Four class actions filed Thursday and Friday against various defendants involving the Progress Software Corp. (PSC) data breach show the far reach of the late May cyberattack that potentially affected millions of customers, according to complaints.
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Four class actions filed Thursday and Friday against various defendants involving the Progress Software Corp. (PSC) data breach show the far reach of the late May cyberattack that potentially affected millions of customers, according to complaints.
Meta removed a pro se fraud complaint Thursday to U.S. District Court for New Jersey from the Superior Court of Essex County, New Jersey, brought by a plaintiff who opted out of the $725 million Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Litigation. Deciding the settlement was “inadequate,” plaintiff Aakash Dalal “timely opted out” of the settlement by certified and regular U.S. mail to the settlement administrator “requesting exclusion from the class action," said his June 19 complaint (docket 2:23-cv-13558).
The lower court’s decision in an ad-pricing class action, Cabrera v. Google, that deprived Google of a defense it would have in an individualized action “by applying a different contract interpretation rule,” violates the Rules Enabling Act, said defendant/petitioner Google Tuesday in its petition for leave (docket 23-80077) to appeal a class-certification order before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Defendants King and Activision Blizzard’s assertion in their motion to compel mandatory alternative dispute resolution that plaintiff Sorina Montoya agreed to rules requiring her to arbitrate is “wrong for several reasons,” said Montoya’s Tuesday opposition (docket 3:23-cv-00314) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Richmond.
Defendants GlobalguruTech and owner Jakob Zahara filed their third motion to quash Xfinity Mobile’s subpoenas to GGT business contacts and for a protective order, said the plaintiffs’ Tuesday filing (docket 2:22-cv-01950) in U.S. District Court for Arizona in Phoenix. The “overbroad request would include irrelevant documents relating to any cell phone transaction” and isn't limited to Xfinity phones or Xfinity products, the motion said.
Fraudulent takedown notices sent to YouTube by Universal Music Group, Sony Music and other labels led to the termination of DJ Erik Mishiyev’s YouTube channel, causing the pro se plaintiff to lose “all his hard work,” alleged Mishiyev's complaint Monday (docket 8:23-cv-01942) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s July decision to deny the FTC a preliminary injunction to block Microsoft’s acquisition of video game company Activision was “riddled with errors and should be reversed,” said the FTC’s opening brief before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Monday. Microsoft announced the agreement to buy Activision for $68.7 billion in January 2022.
T-Mobile and Sprint moved the court Monday to vacate an Aug. 23 award issued to defendant Wireless World. The arbitrator in the case “exceeded her powers, depriving herself of jurisdiction by voiding integral provisions of the operative arbitration agreement,” said the petition (docket 2:23-cv-01337) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle. Plaintiffs called the award “completely irrational" and one that "manifestly disregards Washington law."
OpenAI will move to dismiss counts II-VI of a copyright infringement complaint, at a hearing Dec. 7 or soon thereafter, said a Monday notice (docket 4:23-cv-03223) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. The notice and memorandum of points and authorities in support of the motion to dismiss address claims brought by authors Paul Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey.
Gilbert Hale, Linda Hale and Alan Wooten, plaintiffs in Hale v. Genworth Financial, oppose movant Bruce Bailey’s motion to transfer and consolidate all related actions in MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation and transfer them to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, said their Thursday filing (docket 3083) before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.