Cain King of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, provided his name, Social Security number and other personally identifiable information (PII) to SouthState Bank, which failed to keep it confidential and to protect it from unauthorized access and disclosure, alleged a class action Friday (docket 8:24-cv-00849) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.

Notices of appearance in In Re: Apple Inc. Smartphone Antitrust Litigation are due on or before April 17, said a text-only revised briefing schedule Friday at the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. In their briefs, parties should address what steps they have taken to pursue alternatives to centralization including engaging in informal coordination of discovery and scheduling, said the order.

Communications Litigation Today is tracking the below lawsuits involving appeals of FCC actions. Cases marked with an * were terminated since the last update. Cases in bold are new since the last update.

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is moving with apparent speed to corral the growing volume of AT&T data breach class actions into a single, centralized proceeding.

The former chief technology officer of Lifetoken Software abruptly resigned March 1 and is holding the company “hostage, seeking to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars” from the firm before he returns its property, Lifetoken's complaint alleged Friday (docket 1:24-cv-02587) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan. Lifetoken claims violations of the Defend Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Abuse and Stored Communications Acts.

The plaintiffs in a negligence complaint vs. LastPass allege the theft of their cryptocurrency and digital assets were due to LastPass’ willful and knowing failure to warn them that information stored in their LastPass Vaults could be accessed following an August 2022 data breach.

Defendant Vivek Ramaswamy disagrees with U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Jolson’s April 2 order granting plaintiff Thomas Grant’s motion for limited expedited discovery, and asks that the court set aside the order because it’s “clearly erroneous and contrary to law,” according to Ramaswamy’s objection Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00281) in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio in Columbus.

ISP FirstDigital has blocked Comcast from exercising its rights under federal law to construct and operate its cable systems and connect requesting customers to its cable and other services in two Utah residential developments, alleged a Cable Act complaint Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00249) in U.S. District Court for Central Utah in Salt Lake City.

T-Mobile negligently allowed a SIM swap to occur, enabling an identity thief to take over a customer’s phone number and create an account using her personal information and phone number, alleged a Feb. 27 fraud complaint (docket 8:24-cv-00734) filed in Orange County, California, Superior Court and removed Thursday to U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana.

Disability law “must be considered” when determining whether standards incorporated by reference into federal regulations are reasonably available as the Administrative Procedure Act requires, said the American Foundation for the Blind and Prime Access Consulting, which promotes accessible websites and web content, in an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 23-1311) at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.