Items tagged with Lawsuit
It took several years, but there's finally a proposed resolution for a privacy fumble related to Siri that prompted a rare apology from Apple back in 2019. As part of the proposed settlement, Apple would dole out $95 million in collective funds to past and present Siri device owners, though there is a deadline that is...
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Pocketpair, the studio behind surprise hit Palworld, is embroiled in a legal battle with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company, after being accused of having violated several patents. Pocketpair is pushing back against these claims in court, but in the meantime the company will be making changes to core gameplay while the...
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Nintendo’s lawyers have been busy lately. The company is in an ongoing legal battle with the makers of Palworld, and they're squashing developers of Switch emulation software. The legal team isn’t getting rest any time soon as the company has a new target in its crosshairs, third party accessory manufacturer...
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It seems as if Nintendo is aggressively going after its enemies these days. In the last few months, the company has gone after developers of popular Switch emulators and launched legal proceedings against the studio behind the smash hit Palworld. Now the company has set its sights on finding the party responsible for...
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Uber is in hot water yet again, this time for supposedly enrolling customers into its Uber One subscription service without their knowledge and/or with misguided promises of savings. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking the company to court over ambiguous billing practices plus making the cancellation process...
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Pocketpair is currently defending itself versus Nintendo and the Pokémon Company in court battles on both sides of the Pacific, in a legal fight that started last year following the explosive popularity of Palworld. Now, there’s more insight as to how Pocketpair will be defending itself in Japanese court, in a case...
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When is a sale price not really a sale price? That's the $4 million dollar question that HP doesn't have to answer, but it did agree to pay that amount to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the firm of "false advertising" and "misleading" customers on its website (entirely separate from any printer-related...
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As Ubisoft continues to struggle to find its footing in the current gaming market, the company also finds itself embroiled in a legal battle with gamers that started late last year. The lawsuit stems from the decision to shut down the servers for its online racing game, The Crew. And the latest argument the company...
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MrBeast, a.k.a. Jimmy Donaldson, is taking former employee Leroy Nabors to court claiming that prior to being fired, Nabors had downloaded company secrets, employee and financial information, and intellectual property content, which totals up to a breach of contract. Donaldson even alleges that Nabors installed hidden...
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An Australian court has ruled that YouTuber Karl Jobst's video contained false and damaging allegations that defamed Billy Mitchell. The court awarded a massive payout of about $237,000 against Jobst in favor of Mitchell for the defamatory comments.
The ruling was predicated on a lawsuit following a video in which...
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Apple is in the sights of a lawsuit that accuses it of falsely promoting its Apple Intelligence features to drive more sales of its products. The aggrieved individuals claim that Apple has failed to realize its promises about its intelligence features, and that those who have bought Apple's devices based on the...
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In a landmark settlement, New York's Attorney General announced that DoorDash has agreed to pay more than 60,000 DoorDash drivers nearly $17 million in stolen tips. Over a two-year period between 2017 and 2019, DoorDash misled its customers and delivery workers (i.e. Dashers) by using tips meant for Dashers to offset...
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Adding to the growing number of lawsuits against big tech's AI developments, Chegg, an edtech company specializing in textbook rentals and tutoring, is suing Google. It alleges that Google's "AI Overviews" feature, prominently placed in search results, has negatively affected its traffic and revenue.
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The legal battle between authors and Meta over copyright infringement continues. Following the plaintiffs' (Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, Christopher Golden, et al., ) amended claim last month, Meta filed a reply on Tuesday, denying allegations of seeding (continuing to host files available on your systems so that...
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Meta is involved in a class action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement, a claim the company disputes. Newly unsealed court documents containing private conversations between Meta employees appear to support the plaintiffs' allegations, however. These documents suggest Meta employees were aware of the potential...
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Apple has agreed to a $20 million settlement over a protracted class action suit relating to battery malfunctions on some Apple watches. The suit has dragged on since 2018, but it has finally been resolved, paving the way for settlements to be paid to affected users. The plaintiffs' grouse revolves around issues with...
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Uber has initiated a fraud and conspiracy lawsuit against a network of professionals comprising doctors, lawyers, and other specialists. The lawsuit alleges that fraudulent car crashes were orchestrated and then unnecessary or excessive medical treatments were prescribed with the intent of exploiting New York's...
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Nearly all of social media took action against President Trump and either restricted or suspended his accounts following his comments on January 6, 2021, which spawned a number of lawsuits.
President Trump argued that suspending his accounts and censoring his posts on Meta's social media platforms constituted an...
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Apple is currently embroiled in a class action lawsuit that alleges the company included toxic chemicals known as PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in its watch bands. This lawsuit follows a study that found elevated levels of perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), a type of PFAS, in nine out of 22 tested watch...
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A Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard that's taking effect in 2029 requiring auto manufacturers to meet stronger emergency braking system requirements, is being challenged by the Alliance of Automotive Innovation (AAI). The rule expects vehicles to be able to identify and react (i.e. auto brake) at higher speeds...
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A lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses AllState and its data analytics subsidiary Arity of illegally tracking drivers without their knowledge or consent, as well as collecting and selling location data. According to the lawsuit, AllState accomplished this through "secretly embedded software" in...
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Apple’s ability to design privacy conscious and secure technologies is being threatened as the company faces a $1.2B class action lawsuit. The plaintiff's lawyers claim that Apple isn’t doing enough to prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on its platform. The lawsuit points to the company...
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