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Kat Black

Kat Black

Kat Black is a reporter and editor at ALM covering tech, entertainment, cybersecurity and data privacy litigation in California. Now based in Los Angeles, she worked as a business journalist and freelance writer in New York City before joining ALM in 2024.

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August 23, 2024 | The Recorder

AI-Powered Software Company Invoca Hit With Digital Privacy Class Action

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, contends that Invoca covertly intercepts and eavesdrops on these phone conversations, thereby violating California's "wiretapping" laws.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 22, 2024 | The Recorder

Writers Sue Anthropic for Allegedly Stealing 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Books to Train AI Models

The complaint, filed on Monday in the Northern District of California, accuses the San Francisco-based company of illegally downloading and copying pirated versions of the material to feed to its large language models, which are designed to simulate human communication and generate predictive written responses to prompts by algorithmically processing the datasets they ingest.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 21, 2024 | The Recorder

9th Circuit Reverses District Court Ruling Favoring Google in Privacy Class Action

The opinion, filed Tuesday by Judge Milan D. Smith Jr., held that the California Northern District Court failed to apply the correct standard by not evaluating the transparency of Google's data privacy disclosures and plaintiffs' ability to consent to data collection through the prism of a "reasonable user."

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 20, 2024 | The Recorder

'A Wake-Up Call': Experts Assess Impact of SSN Data Breach Case

The breach became public knowledge this month after a California resident filed a class action lawsuit against background check company Jerico Pictures, doing business as National Public Data in Coral Springs, Florida, on Aug. 1 in the Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division. The plaintiff is represented by Kopelowitz Ostrow, Arnold Law Firm and Wucetich Korovilas.

By Kat Black

9 minute read

August 16, 2024 | The Recorder

Nvidia Slapped With Class Action by YouTube Creators for Using Content to Train AI Software

According to the suit, Santa Clara-based Nvidia, which designs the graphics processing units that power AI, illegally used "millions" of YouTube videos as training models for its "Cosmos" AI software, a deep-learning program that was designed to support such other Nvidia products as image generation and automated driving.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

August 14, 2024 | The Recorder

'Irreversible Suffering': Apple Hit With Class Action Over Lack of Safety 'Guardrails' for Children

The suit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by the Buche Law Firm and Eisenberg & Baum, claims that Apple has escaped accountability for the proliferation of CSAM on iCloud by engaging in "privacy-washing," which it defines as "a deceptive marketing tactic where Apple touts its commitment to protect the privacy of its consumers but neglect[s] to meaningfully implement its stated ideas to practice."

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 14, 2024 | The Recorder

'A Prime Target': AT&T Hit With Class Action One Month After Disclosing Massive Data Leak

The claim, brought on behalf of class members who had different wireless carriers but texted and called AT&T Mobile users, alleged that the company's own negligence resulted in an April 2024 cyberattack that leaked the call logs of more than 100 million AT&T customers, compromising their own data in the process.

By Kat Black

6 minute read

August 13, 2024 | The Recorder

Who Got the Work: Willkie Farr and Gibson Dunn Enter Appearances for Big Tech in Pending Privacy Class Action

Plaintiffs say a wellness company breached California's wiretapping and eavesdropping laws by feeding consumers' confidential information to Big Tech "third-party" defendants through its websites.

By Kat Black

3 minute read

August 12, 2024 | The Recorder

Edelson Files Wave of Digital Privacy Class Actions Against Tech Companies Over Geolocation Data Collection

All three complaints argue that the companies' use of software development kits violates a California privacy law that prohibits using recording devices to intercept communications without the parties' consent.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

August 08, 2024 | The Recorder

X Corp., Rumble File Antitrust Suits Against World Federation of Advertisers on Boycott Claims

Both complaints were filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita Falls Division. X Corp. is represented by S|L Law and Dhillon Law Group and Rumble is represented by S|L Law and Kressin Meador Powers.

By Kat Black

4 minute read