GlobalguruTech’s (GGT) July 14 motion to quash Xfinity Mobile’s subpoenas to payment service companies is improper because defendants don’t have standing to object to the wireless carrier’s subpoenas since they're directed to third parties, not to the defendants, said Xfinity’s Thursday response (docket 2:22-cv-01950) in U.S. District Court for Arizona in Phoenix. Also, a motion to quash must be filed in the place where compliance is required, which is the Northern District of Georgia, not the district of Arizona, it said.
Verizon was “grossly reckless and negligent” in allowing a third-party criminal to access plaintiff Christopher Ayeni’s cellphone and steal more than $215,000 from his bank accounts, alleged Ayeni's complaint (docket 2:23-cv-00618), removed July 24 by defendants Verizon and Bank of America to U.S. District Court for New Mexico in Las Cruces from the 5th Judicial District Court, Eddy County, New Mexico. Verizon “failed to follow reasonable procedures” to prevent criminals from hacking Ayeni’s device and account data “when criminals apparently visited a Verizon location and sought to ‘hack’ into” his account and phone, said the complaint.
Dynatrace is "aware" of the privacy class action filed against the company Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston (see 2307270025), "and believes it is without merit,” emailed a spokesperson Friday. Dynatrace “at this time" intends to "vigorously defend itself against these allegations,” said the spokesperson. Plaintiffs Alyssa Gary and Marla Defoort allege in their class action that Dynatrace's session replay spyware “wiretaps” the electronic communications of “thousands” of website visitors, secretly observing and recording their “keystrokes, mouse clicks, data entry, and other electronic communications, in real time.” The plaintiffs allege Dynatrace software intercepted their interactions with the Ulta Beauty website in December without their consent.
The U.S. District Court for Eastern New York should remand a negligence lawsuit to Suffolk County Supreme Court, recommended U.S. Magistrate Judge James Wicks in a Thursday report (docket 2:23-cv-02786), submitted as supplemental information by the Social Media Victims Law Center before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
Amazon removed a seller breach of contract case (docket 1:23-cv-06549) from New York Supreme Court to the U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan Thursday, saying China-based Shenzhen Xingchen Xuanyuan Industrial’s verified complaint is subject to an arbitration agreement.
“Spyware” from software monitoring company Dynatrace “wiretaps” electronic communications of “thousands” of website visitors, secretly observing and recording their “keystrokes, mouse clicks, data entry, and other electronic communications, in real time,” alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-11673) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.
Google charges advertisers “hefty amounts for the privilege of autoplaying their advertisements into the void,” said a breach of contract class action Wednesday (docket 5:23-cv-03685) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
Healthcare payment services company Intellihartx (ITx) waited four months after discovering a data breach to notify patients their personally identifiable information may have been compromised, said two Tuesday class actions in U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio in Toledo.
Geolocation data company X-Mode Social tracks and identifies mobile app users in real time and then sells the data “to whoever wants it,” alleges a Tuesday class action (docket 1:23-cv-11651) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.
RCN Telecom Services failed to design, construct, maintain and operate its website to be fully accessible to and independently usable by visually impaired or blind people, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, said a Friday class action (docket 1:23-cv-05543) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn.