Monthly Archives: August, 2020

Macy’s Sued For Using Clearview AI’s Facial-Recognition Database

In the latest Clearview AI legal entanglement, plaintiff Isela Carmine filed a putative class action complaint on Wednesday in the Northern District of Illinois...

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB in Fitness Tracking Patent Fight

The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision in its opinion filed on Thursday, between appellant Blackbird Technologies and appellees...

Rehearings Sought by Both Parties in First Roundup Case

Monsanto Company and Dewayne Lee Johnson each filed a petition for rehearing on Tuesday in the original case against Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. The parties...

Chicken Grower Files Complaint Alleging Case Farms Forces Unfair Contracts

David Lutz, a citizen of North Carolina, filed a class-action complaint in the Western District of North Carolina on Thursday, alleging that Case Farms,...

Marriott Moves to Dismiss Data Breach Complaint

On Thursday, Marriott International, Inc. filed a motion to dismiss Patti Springmeyer and Joe Lopez’s amended complaint, claiming that the plaintiffs lack Article III...

Transport Company Sued For Clean Water Act Violation After Oil Tanker Truck Spill

At the request of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Environmental Enforcement Section of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) has...

DOJ Says Medical Marijuana Rulemaking Should Not Be Before Ninth Circuit

On Monday, the Department of Justice argued before the Ninth Circuit that the Controlled Substances Act’s (CSA) procedure for the federal legalization of medical...

FCC to Reduce Inmate Calling Rates After D.C. Circuit Rejections

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has responded to calls to reduce inmate calling services (ICS) rates. The proposed reform,...