This Court Ruling on Face Scans Could Spell Trouble for Facebook
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Jan 1, 2016
A Lawsuit in the Name of Fitbit Shareholders Says the Company Deceived Them
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Uber Might Owe Tens of Thousands of California Passengers $1.8 Million in Class Action Lawsuit
Several Uber customers in California received notice today they’re involved in a class-action lawsuit against the rideshare giant. Uber agreed to the terms of a $1.8 million suit alleging it inappropriately charged customers an “airport fee toll” late last year. The lawsuit, filed in November 2015, accused Uber of charging customers the “airport fee toll” several months before the airport …
Are Health Hackers the New Cyber Security Threat?
Last January an administrator at health insurer Anthem noticed an unusually complex query running on the computer network. It looked like a colleague was responsible, but a quick check revealed that it was coming from somewhere else. Minutes later, Anthem was in crisis mode.
Yahoo Settles E-Mail Privacy Class-Action: $4M for Lawyers, $0 for Users
Yahoo’s once-iconic San Francisco billboard, pictured here in 2011. In late 2013, Yahoo was hit with six lawsuits over its practice of using automated scans of e-mail to produce targeted ads. The cases, which were consolidated in federal court, all argued that the privacy rights of non-Yahoo users, who “did not consent to Yahoo’s interception and scanning of their emails,” were being violated …
VW May Not Be Trying Hard Enough to Fix Those Diesels
It hasn’t been a “New year, new me” kind of 2016 for Volkswagen so far. Following the company’s admission last September that it installed “defeat devices” on 11 million diesel-powered cars across the world to cheat emissions tests, things have gone from bad to worse. The German automaker faces dozens of lawsuits.
EFF Wants Cisco in Court Over Falun Gong Atrocities
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is trying to rally a federal appeals court to hear a lawsuit in which network hardware maker Cisco is accused of helping China identify members of a religious minority who were later tortured by its government. Cisco built the Golden Shield system that blocks foreign content and tracks online activity in China. According to the EFF, the plaintiffs …
Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: Collective Action
Project Paperless LLC, a strange company whose ownership is shrouded in mystery, wants $1,000 for every person in your company who scans documents and e-mails them. They claim that they have a valid patent covering this ‘‘invention,’’ and while $1,000 per employee is a lot of cabbage, it’s nothing compared to what it would cost you to prove to a court that the patent is as bogus as we all know …
John Edwards (Yes, That One) Looks to Profit From Volkswagen Lawsuits in His Day Job as a Lawyer
Just when you thought the Volkswagen emissions drama couldn’t become any more of a circus, a disgraced former politician knocks on the door. John Edwards, the former U.S. senator and two-time presidential candidate and former hugely successful lawyer for plaintiffs against major corporations, is said to be lobbying a U.S. District Judge to play a leading role in the private class action …
The Impending Battle Over the Future of Televised Baseball
Next week, in a federal courtroom in New York City, the future of televised baseball will be at stake. On one side, attorneys representing baseball fans at-large will contend that MLB’s existing broadcast policies violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally limiting competition and consumer choice, ultimately increasing the price we pay for televised baseball. On the other side, lawyers for …