Kat Black

September 10, 2024 | The Recorder

James Pizzirusso, a co-founder and partner at Hausfeld who is representing plaintiffs in cases filed against Snowflake, said that the company "should have taken extra precautions here given the sensitivity of the data that it hosted" and "the massive number of breaches that have been occurring in the last decade."

By Kat Black

3 minute read

September 09, 2024 | The Recorder

The original complaint is one of three class actions—one against OpenAI, one against Google's parent company, Alphabet, and one against AI computing company Nvidia—filed last month by Bursor & Fisher in the Northern District of California alleging unjust enrichment.

By Kat Black

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September 06, 2024 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled that "the agreement to arbitrate is unconscionable and thus not enforceable."

By Kat Black

3 minute read

September 05, 2024 | The Recorder

Bursor & Fisher and the Simon Law Firm filed the complaint on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. According to the claim, Google's use of the AI product, developed in 2022 to automate and fine-tune businesses' customer service interactions, violated Section 631 of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits wiretapping. The plaintiff and class members could be awarded $5,000 per violation under CIPA.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 30, 2024 | The Recorder

According to the suit, Evolve confirmed on June 25 that it had been breached by a "known cybercriminal organization" that published its clients' data on the dark web.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

August 29, 2024 | Law.com

The promoter, Remo Palladini, filed breach-of-contract complaints on Aug. 27 in the Supreme Court: County of New York. Palladini is represented by Christopher Cardillo, an attorney at Block, Longo, LaMarca and Brzezinski in New York. Counsel for the defense has not yet appeared.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 28, 2024 | The Recorder

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by Hausfeld attorneys Sathya Gosselin and Swathi Bojedla, accuses the Big Tech giant of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act and California's Unfair Competition Law by exploiting its position as "the largest information gatekeeper in existence" to "steer users to its own inferior content to pad its massive revenues."

By Kat Black

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August 28, 2024 | The Recorder

The suits were filed on Aug. 19 in the California Northern District Court against TV-Novosti, which operates the Russian government-funded TV network RT; media company NO Fond Pravoslavnogo Televideniya, which distributes a TV channel associated with the Russian Orthodox Church; and NAO Tsargrad Media, a TV station owned by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, who was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2022 with violating U.S. sanctions "arising from the 2014 Russian undermining of democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine."

By Kat Black

4 minute read

August 27, 2024 | The Recorder

The complaint, brought by the Block Firm in Atlanta and Candice Fields Law in Sacramento, was filed against the Big Tech giant and AppleCare Service Co. on Aug. 23 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division. It alleges breach of contract, unjust enrichment and violations of California's Unfair Competition Law and its Consumer Legal Remedies Act. The plaintiff is seeking seeking damages, injunctive relief, punitive damages and attorney fees.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 24, 2024 | The Recorder

The 110-page document contends that RealPage, which is based in Richardson, Texas, and is owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and "has built a business out of frustrating the natural forces of competition." Counsel has yet to appear for the defendant.

By Kat Black

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