Monthly Archives: August, 2020

Class Action Suit Filed Against Facebook for BIPA Violations

On Monday, Kelly Whalen filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Inc. for violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The case was...

Ninth Circuit Hands Qualcomm Major Victory in Antitrust Row with FTC

On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FTC in a much-anticipated decision concerning whether the telecommunications giant Qualcomm Incorporated violated...

2nd Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Fraud Case Against Chipotle

On August 12, a panel of Second Circuit Judges affirmed that the Southern District of New York properly dismissed a securities fraud case against...

FCC Cancels Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture Against AT&T

On Tuesday, BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC, doing business as AT&T Southeast (AT&T) escaped forfeiture penalties assessed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) because the action...

FDA Asked to Take E-Cigs Off Market During COVID-19 Pandemic

On Tuesday, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, wrote to Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, Commissioner of the...

USDA Announces Additional Commodities Eligible for CFAP

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Tuesday that more commodities are now eligible for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). According...

Jury Finds Apple is Liable for Over $500 Million for 4G LTE Patent Use

On August 11, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas found that Apple Inc. infringed several patents owned by Optis Wireless Technology, LLC...

New York Attorney General Claims Hillandale Farms Used Pandemic to Gouge Prices

New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a complaint filed on Tuesday that one of the largest egg producers in the United States,...