Monthly Archives: December, 2019

FTC May Prevent Facebook App Integrations

On December 12, reports emerged that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may bring to court to prevent Facebook from moving ahead with its plans to integrate...

Games Company SciPlay Sued over IPO Docs

Hongwei Li bought stock in SciPlay, a digital game developer, that can be traced to the company’s IPO. A complaint was filed against SciPlay...

Fitbit Investor Suits Pile Up After Google’s Acquisition Announced

Fitbit is currently being sued in at least four different cases in response to Google’s announcement to acquire the company. The suits are Flynn v. Fitbit, Inc....

PayPal Sues Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

On December 11, plaintiff PayPal filed a complaint against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (PayPal, Inc. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1:19-cv-03700) over disclosures required by CFPB....

Epic Games Preemptively Sues for Declaratory Judgment

On December 9, Epic Games preemptively filed a complaint against Sick Picnic Media (Epic Games, Inc. v. Sick Picnic Media, LLC and Matthew F. Geiler 1:19-cv-11215-PGG) for...

Judge Orders Netflix to Stop Poaching Fox Employees

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is suing Netflix for poaching two of their Vice Presidents who had entered into fixed-term employment contracts with Fox (TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX...

Twitter Funds Research for a Decentralized Version of its Platform

On December 11, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey tweeted that Twitter is funding a small group of researchers to build an “open and decentralized standard for social media”;...

Uber Driver Alleges Termination After Protest Appearance

On December 11, plaintiff Ahmed Youssef filed a complaint against defendant Uber Technologies, Inc. (Ahmed Youssef v. Uber Technologies, Inc. 1:19-cv-08106) for unlawful termination. The complaint was...