A permanent injunction barring Internet Archive from scanning print copies of physical books and lending the digital copies to users of IA’s website without the publishers’ permission would take effect immediately under a proposed consent judgment IA and four book publishers sent Friday in a letter (docket 1:20-cv-04160) to U.S. District Judge John Koeltl for Southern New York in Manhattan. Koeltl granted summary judgment for copyright infringement March 24 and gave the parties until April 7 to propose the appropriate procedure to determine the judgment to be entered in the case (see 2303270006).
Verizon seeks expedited review of its allegations against Ocean City, New Jersey, for its “unreasonable and unsupportable” denial of Verizon’s application for “minor site plan approval” to build and install a personal wireless services facility, said its complaint Friday (docket 1:23-cv-04370) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Camden. The facility consists of antennas and related equipment and cabling on the roof of and on the ground adjacent to an existing two-story commercial building at the property in town, it said.
Plaintiff Michael Harris became a victim of identity theft when unauthorized individuals attempted to open bank accounts in his name, said a Tuesday negligence class action (1:23-cv-11816) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston. The suit names Progress Software Corp. (PSC) for a May data breach involving its MOVEit file transfer software.
Comcast’s preliminary injunction showing “is virtually unrebutted” in its attempt to block MaxLinear from walking away from its contractual obligations to supply chips for Comcast’s broadband gateways (see 2305300045), said Comcast’s reply memorandum of law Thursday (docket 1:23-cv-04436) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan in further support of the injunction. A hearing on Comcast’s injunction motion is set for Sept. 13 at noon EDT (see 2307180044).
The U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco took possession Thursday of a Nov. 23 pro se lawsuit (docket 3:23-cv-04045) transferred from the Eastern District of Texas that alleges Meta and TikTok violated the Texas code by censoring social media content. TikTok removed the case to the federal court from County Court at Law No. 4 of Collin County, Texas, in November. Attorney plaintiff Paul Davis’ emergency motion to remand was denied.
The several Computer & Communications Industry Association members “directly regulated” by Montana’s TikTok ban (SB-419) will have their “core First Amendment rights” infringed unless the law is enjoined, said the association’s amicus brief Thursday (docket 9:23-cv-00056) in U.S. District Court for Montana in Missoula. CCIA filed the brief in support of the preliminary injunction the plaintiffs seek to block Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) from enforcing SB-419 when it takes effect Jan. 1.
Pollen Mobile, a subsidiary of Pronto.ai, violated federal and California securities laws by selling unregistered securities and expiring gift cards, alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 3:23-cv-04023) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
Seven former Twitter employees sued Twitter and X Corp. Tuesday for discrimination and/or violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) involving their “separations from employment with Twitter during the chaotic days” after Elon Musk bought the company, said a class action (docket 3:23-cv-04016) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
T-Mobile collected from customers a “city license” or "utility” tax it wasn't authorized to collect under ordinances of various Missouri municipalities, alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 4:23-cv-00561) in U.S. District Court for Western Missouri in Kansas City.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed an application (docket 5:23-cv-03880) for a temporary restraining order against Google Wednesday to stop YouTube from using its “’medical misinformation’ policies” to remove videos of Kennedy’s speech "on matters of public concern” during the 2024 presidential campaign. Kennedy filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Google and YouTube (see 2308030049) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco last week involving Google's COVID-19 vaccine misinformation policy.