Several parties filed responses Friday in opposition to consolidation and transfer in MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation (docket 3083) resulting from Progress Software's May data breaches in which the data of over 15 million individuals was reportedly accessed (see 2307120053).
Security vulnerabilities that enabled Progress Software Corp.'s (PSC) May data breach existed as far back as 2021, said plaintiffs’ Kim Siflinger of Washington and Randy Kiyabu of California in a Thursday fraud class action (docket 1:23-cv-11782) against PSC and Pension Benefit Information (PBI) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.
AT&T and DirecTV reported, and continue to report, a noncustomer to credit reporting agency Experian for nonpayment of bills he doesn’t owe, alleged plaintiff John Gerling in a Thursday fraud lawsuit (docket CL-23-3024) in Texas County Court in Hidalgo.
Progress Software Corp. (PSC) and Pension Benefit Information (PBI) “owed duties” to plaintiff Rosemary Mosqueda and class members, said a Tuesday class action (docket 0:23-cv-02278) in U.S. District Court for Minnesota about a May 27 data breach affecting PSI’s MOVEit software.
“YouTube applies its Community Guidelines independently, transparently, and consistently, regardless of political viewpoint," emailed Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda Thursday, responding to a freedom of speech lawsuit (docket 3:23-cv-03880) filed Wednesday by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. Kennedy's claims are "meritless and we look forward to refuting them," Castaneda said.
Defendants Meta, Google, Snap and ByteDance “intentionally design” their social media platforms to entice “still developing minors” into spending “ever increasing amounts of time on their platforms,” alleged the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, district attorney in a Wednesday complaint (docket 3:23-cv-01283) on behalf of the county and commonwealth in U.S. District Court for Middle Pennsylvania in Scranton.
Plaintiff Jerome Edmondson, CEO of EDN Global, attempted to avoid written contracts with AT&T when he tried to “plead around” them “by omitting a breach claim and instead asserting a host of tort claims,” said AT&T Tuesday in its memorandum in support (docket 3:23-cv-00355) of its motion to dismiss Edmondson and EDN's amended complaint for failure to state a claim.
Activision Blizzard “lacks sufficient information to admit or deny” that plaintiff Sorina Montoya spent over $3,000 in a Candy Crush tournament -- and so therefore “denies it” -- said the video game company in a Tuesday answer (docket 3:23-cv-00314) to Montoya’s fraud class action in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Richmond.
Plaintiff Tracy McCarthy’s fraud claims against Amazon and its Audible subsidiary for deceptive practices under New York General Business Law (GBL) are time-barred and “duplicative,” said Amazon’s motion to dismiss (docket 2:23-cv-01019) the first amended complaint (FAC) Monday in U.S. District Court for Washington in Seattle.
CEO Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) spared few punches Tuesday in attacking Elon Musk, owner of the X platform, formerly Twitter, a day after the platform sued his group for allegedly running a "scare campaign" to drive away advertisers. Musk’s "latest legal threat is straight out of the authoritarian playbook," emailed Ahmed.