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The Recorder

Apple Slapped With Consumer Class Action Over Warranty Charges for Inactive Devices

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.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Amendments to Federal Lawsuit Against BusPatrol Prompts Call for Rule 11 Sanctions

The door has been left open to an amended complaint and defense lawyers from Nixon Peabody say they are contemplating a motion seeking sanctions.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Law Firm Was Hacked. Now It Faces a Class Action Lawsuit

The Wacks Law Group of Whippany discovered suspicious activity on its network on March 9. A short time later, a ransomware group called Qilin claimed responsibility for the breach, according to the suit.
4 minute read

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.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyers Assemble Across Country for Securities Class Action

The complaint filed Wednesday alleges an unexpected shakeup of the company's top executives on Sept. 13, 2023 caused Orthofix stock to fall by more than 30%.
3 minute read

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.
3 minute read

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."
3 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Tom Girardi's Secretaries, Housekeeper and Neurologist Testify at Criminal Trial; Could 3rd Circuit's Preemption Ruling Put Monsanto's Roundup Before SCOTUS?

6 minute read

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.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Class Action Decertified in Houston, Dallas Landlord-Tenant Utility Fee Dispute

Four law firms representing former and current tenants of a large multifamily company allege the tenants were illegally charged a water billing utility fee.
3 minute read

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