U.S. District Court Judge Dale Fischer for Central California granted plaintiff “John Doe’s” motion to remand a privacy case against the Cedars-Sinai health system to California Superior Court in Los Angeles, said her Monday order (docket 2:23-cv-00870). Cedars-Sinai removed the case to district court in February.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for Western Louisiana in Monroe granted Children’s Health Defense's (CHD) unopposed motion Tuesday (docket 3:22-cv-01213) for leave to file an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs Missouri and Louisiana’s motion for a preliminary injunction in a freedom of speech lawsuit against President Joe Biden and some 60 individuals and government agencies.

Despite its “resounding” victory against Epic Games Monday, Apple is exploring legal options in response to the one antitrust claim the company lost before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the company said in a statement Tuesday (docket 21-16506) (see 2304240060).

Cisco and CDW seek reversal of a district court’s denial of a motion to transfer under the first-to-file rule when a party “asserts claims in a second federal court, having previously asserted the claims in a first federal court where litigation between the parties remains pending.” So said their petition for mandamus relief Tuesday (docket 23-40257) at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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NAB's attempt to get the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to force the FCC to move on its 2018 quadrennial review isn't likely to result in new media ownership rules coming out of the agency soon in large part due to the 2-2 commissioner deadlock, broadcast experts told us. NAB's suit Monday seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the commission to complete the 2018 review within 90 days of a court decision. The NAB legal action was expected (see 2303290065). The FCC didn't comment.

After installing a software update for his Google Pixel 5 smartphone, plaintiff Steve Nichols, Fort Collins, Colorado, no longer had 5G service in locations where he previously did, alleged a Saturday fraud and breach of contract class action (docket 1:23-cv-01022) in U.S. District Court for Colorado in Denver.

Now that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has scheduled oral argument for May 25 on the petition to transfer the 16 data breach class actions against T-Mobile for consolidation under a single judge (see 2304170007), there’s “a strong likelihood” the JPML will resolve the petition in less than two months, said T-Mobile. It filed a reply Monday (docket 3:23-cv-00427) in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego in support of a stay, pending JPML action, in one of those class actions, Shoemaker v. T-Mobile, over the opposition of the 46 named plaintiffs in that case (see 2304180014).

The Supreme Court on Monday granted review of two cases concerning questions about whether it's constitutional for public officials to block critics on social media.

Nothing in California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, AB-2273, restricts the content that businesses can provide to minors, and “any incidental effect the Act may have on businesses’ speech is justified by the State’s compelling interest in children’s welfare,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D), in a Friday opposition (docket 5:22-cv-08861) to NetChoice’s April motion for preliminary injunction (see 2304070041) in U.S.District Court for Northern California in San Jose.