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'It's Not Going to Be Pretty': PayPal, Capital One Face Novel Class Actions Over 'Poaching' Commissions Owed Influencers

Credit card company Capital One Financial Corp. is the latest to field a lawsuit alleging that it deploys its Capital One Shopping web extension to replace affiliate cookies with its own and poach affiliate marketing commissions from YouTube influencers.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Google Legal Exec Joins Ad Tech Unicorn as GC

Iris Chen is joining the Bay Area machine learning startup Moloco from Aribnb, where she's been deputy general counsel for more than four years.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'True Leadership Is About Putting Others First': 2024 In-House Award Winners Inspired, Took Road Less Traveled

Among the honorees were Don Liu of Target and Sam Khichi of CVS, who immigrated to the United States as children and were determined to make the most of the opportunities their parents provided. As an elementary school student, Khichi worked at his father's dry cleaning store and sold greeting cards door to door.
8 minute read

The Recorder

'Biggest Influencer Scam of All Time'?: PayPal Accused of Poaching Commissions Via Its 'Honey' Browser Extension

Fintech platform PayPal was hit with a proposed class action for allegedly replacing affiliate links indicating that YouTube influencers have driven sales of a product or service with links crediting Honey, a browser extension owned by PayPal that applies coupon codes on e-commerce websites.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Paxton's 2024 Agenda: Immigration, Climate, Transgender Issues, Social Media, Abortion, Elections

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton boasted his 100th lawsuit against the Biden Administration in November, but his 2024 agenda went far beyond attempts to stymie efforts of federal agencies.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Amazon's Audible Hit With Privacy Class Action Over Use of Tracking Pixels

Amazon's podcast and audiobook service, Audible, has been hit with a privacy class action for allegedly diverting users' personally identifiable information to Meta Platforms.
3 minute read

Law.com

Big Tech and Internet Companies Slammed With Consumer Class Actions in December

A flurry of class actions pummeled the tech industry last week, targeting companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, GoodRx and mobile gaming platforms.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Home Improvement App Thumbtack Hires Ex-SmileDirectClub Legal Chief

Susan Greenspon Rammelt is jumping aboard Thumbtack as it battles such rivals as Angi and Houzz for market share in the huge, but fragmented, home services market.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Holds that Arbitration Agreements Can Be Formed Through ‘Clickwrap’ Process

New York joins a growing number of states to explicitly hold that arbitration agreements entered into through a web-based “clickwrap” process are validly formed. Where such clickwrap agreements to arbitrate delegate decision-making to the arbitrator for all questions of arbitrability, once contract formation is established, it is for the arbitrator to determine enforceability and applicability.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Dismisses Digital Privacy Suit Against E-Commerce Company

In Ingrao v. AddShoppers, the court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss allegations that they compiled users' personal information to send targeted ads.
4 minute read

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