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FTC sues Amazon for allegedly tricking customers into Prime subscriptions
The FTC has sued Amazon for allegedly fooling customers into Prime subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel.
News publishing giant Gannett sues Google for monopolizing ad tech
Gannett, a news publisher accused of monopolistic behavior, is suing Google for monopolistic behavior. It’s the latest in a string of lawsuits against the search giant, and it repeats many of the arguments made by the Department of Justice in its second lawsuit against Google, filed earlier this year. Gannett is the US’ largest news publisher. “Google has monopolized market trading to their advantage and at the expense of publishers, readers and everyone else,” Gannett CEO Mike Reed said to CNBC. “Digital advertising is the lifeblood of the online economy. Without free and fair competition for digital ad space, publishers cannot invest in their newsrooms.”
Amazon settles lawsuit with FTC over Ring doorbell privacy concerns
The $5.8 million settlement is already done.
US judge grants final approval to Apple’s $50 million ‘butterfly’ keyboard settlement
A US judge gave final approval to a $50 million class-action settlement that will see payments sent out to users of older MacBook laptops.
DoorDash faces lawsuit accusing it of charging iPhone users more for delivery
DoorDash has been charging iPhone users more than Android users for identical deliveries, according to a lawsuit seeking class action status.
Twitter faces lawsuit for allegedly getting a Saudi dissident imprisoned
The sister of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, who was allegedly kidnapped and tortured for operating a Twitter account critical of Saudi Arabia, has filed a lawsuit accusing Twitter of breaking the law for letting its employees reveal his identity.
Google will pay Texas $8 million to settle claims of 'deceptive' Pixel 4 ads
Google is paying Texas $8 million to settle claims it misled customers with Pixel 4 ads.
Apple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spying
After more than three years of litigation, Apple has quietly dropped its lawsuit against Gerard Williams III, the former chip executive the company accused of poaching employees.
Here's how to claim your cut of Meta's $725 million Cambridge Analytica class action settlement
If you used Facebook between May 2007 and December 2022 and lived in the US during that time, you’re eligible to get cash from the settlement.
SEC charges crypto exchange Bittrex for violating US securities laws
The SEC alleges Bittrex, once one of the largest crypto exchanges in the US, operated as an unregistered securities exchange.
Juul will pay $462 million to 6 states in underage vaping settlement
The deal will also put strict restrictions on how the company can market its products.
Former Twitter execs sue company over unpaid legal fees
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and two other former execs allege the company owes them more than $1 million in unreimbursed legal fees.
Jury reduces Tesla's $137 million racism lawsuit penalty to $3.2 million
The lawsuit was filed by a former Black worker who accused the company of enabling a racist workplace.
Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules
The lawsuit originated from the Internet Archive’s decision to launch the “National Emergency Library” during the early days of the pandemic.
Amazon faces lawsuit over alleged biometric tracking at Go stores in New York
Amazon is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to inform customers at its Go cashierless stores in NYC that it's collecting their biometrics as required by law.
Warner Bros. Discovery sues Paramount over 'South Park' streaming rights
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Paramount for allegedly violating a contract for 'South Park' streaming.
Hitting the Books: That time San Francisco's suburbs sued the airport for being too loud
Dr. Eric Porter, Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz, examines how San Francisco International came to be and the challenges it will face in a climate changing 21st century in his latest work, A People's History of SFO: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport.
Elon Musk defends 'funding secured' tweets in Tesla shareholder trial
Elon Musk said that just because he tweets something, it "does not mean people believe it or will act accordingly."
Epic and Match antitrust case against Google goes to trial November 6th
Epic and Match are now set to take Google to court over claimed antitrust abuses on November 6th.
Court rejects Elon Musk’s request to move Tesla shareholder trial out of San Francisco
A federal judge has denied Elon Musk’s request to move his upcoming trial against a group of Tesla shareholders to Texas. Musk's legal team had argued he wouldn't get a fair trial due to a biased jury pool.