Kat Black

September 27, 2024 | The Recorder

The lawsuit, which accused Google of abusing its "monopoly power" to exert unchecked control over the "quantity of ad inventory," alleged violations of California's Cartwright Act, unfair business practices and unfair competition.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

September 26, 2024 | The Recorder

The complaint, filed on Aug. 5, is one of a national wave of class actions targeting Snowflake after a series of high-profile cyberattacks on the company compromised consumer data at over 165 businesses that implement its data storage services, including Ticketmaster and AT&T.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

September 24, 2024 | The Recorder

Pac-12's counsel at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, which filed the complaint on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claimed that the Pac-12 was forced to agree to the "unlawful" terms of its agreement with the MWC under duress. The claim alleged an invalid contract for unenforceable penalties and violations of the Section 1 of the Sherman Act, California's Cartwright Act and California's Unfair Competition Law.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

September 23, 2024 | The Recorder

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an order granting Meta's motion to dismiss the case with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Sept. 17. Meta's counsel included Latham partners Andrew Clubok, Susan Engel and Melanie Blunschi and associates Nicholas Rosellini and Elizabeth Cheng.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

September 20, 2024 | The Recorder

SOS is represented by pro bono counsel Nora Salem and Brett Williamson from O'Melveny & Myers and is seeking $500,000 in damages equivalent to the expenses incurred during the process of seeking approvals for the expansion.

By Kat Black

5 minute read

September 19, 2024 | The Recorder

"Our philosophy is that privacy policies and data security are just part of what I would term 'good security hygiene,' at this point, for companies. I think that they need to take a hard look at their privacy policies on a regular basis," said Piper.

By Kat Black

8 minute read

September 19, 2024 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California issued the order appointing Hueston to the role on Sept. 11, shortly after releasing an opinion in Powers v. McDonough, a class action filed on behalf of veterans against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, on Sept. 6.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

September 19, 2024 | Litigation Daily

The pair say that as case law under the Video Privacy Protection Act has become unfavorable to plaintiffs, they've seen creative attempts to apply other untested laws bearing statutory penalties to online technologies.

By Kat Black

8 minute read

September 18, 2024 | The Recorder

The complaint, filed by Almeida Law Group and Siri & Glimstad on Aug. 1 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act; invasion of privacy - intrusion upon seclusion; and unjust enrichment.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

September 16, 2024 | The Recorder

Netgear, which is based in San Jose, California, filed a complaint alleging patent infringement against network equipment manufacturer TP-Link, which was originally founded in Shenzhen, China, and now maintains its headquarters in both Singapore and the U.S., in April 2023 with the U.S. International Trade Commission. The ITC launched an investigation into Netgear's allegations on May 8, 2023.

By Kat Black

3 minute read