Kat Black

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

September 13, 2024 | The Recorder

The Southern District of New York came in second with 173 trade secret cases filed.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

September 12, 2024 | Law.com

The claim alleged that the New York Times violated the federal Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the New York Video Consumer Protection Act by sharing consumers' personally identifiable information with third parties. Counsel has not yet appeared for the defendants.

By Kat Black

4 minute read

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

3 minute read

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