Monthly Archives: June, 2021

SCOTUS Returns LinkedIn Data Scraping Case to Ninth Circuit After CFAA Ruling

In its Monday Order List, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

Intel Seeks Inter Partes Review of Acqis Computer System Patent

Intel Corporation asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to review six claims of Patent No. 9,529,768 (the ’768 Patent) owned by Acqis...

Consumers Present $2.7M Settlement for Preliminary Approval in Western Digital Hard Drive False Advertising Case

Late last week, the plaintiffs party to an action against Western Digital Corporation requested that the Northern District of California court accept the deal...

User Sues Facebook, Claiming Banned Account Caused Distress

A complaint filed in the Northern District of California on Monday accused Facebook, Inc. of permanently disabling plaintiff Adrienne Sepaniak King’s account without explanation....

Court Dismisses State Law Claims in Lawsuit Against CVS

On Friday, the Southern District of New York granted a request by CVS to dismiss state claims in a lawsuit filed against it for...

Court Limits Farmworker Backpay to Those Whose Employers Had Notice of Delayed Wage Rates

The Eastern District of California on Friday amended a May 14 order to make clarifications regarding its ruling to require farmworkers working under H-2A...

Multiple States Move to Relax Marijuana Laws

Late last week, multiple governors took steps to relax their states’ marijuana laws and to affirm their personal positions on the matter. According to an...

USDA Announces Effort to Beef Up Antitrust Law Enforcement Among Meatpacking Companies

In a press release on Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is beginning work on additional rules to support...