Monthly Archives: December, 2022

“Fortnite” Creator to Pay $520M in Privacy Fines

The company behind one the of the most popular video games will pay over half a billion dollars in fines, according to the Federal...

Shareholders Oppose Bumble’s Motion to Dismiss in Securities Class Action

On Friday, Bumble, Inc. shareholders filed an opposition motion to the Southern District of New York requesting the court to deny Bumble, Inc. and...

Amazon Web Services Alerts Court to Recent Decision in Support of Dismissal of BIPA Case

Late last week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) pointed the Seattle, Wash. court overseeing the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) class action to a...

Class Leadership Confusion Continues in Clearview AI Privacy MDL

A filing submitted late last week by one of the attorneys embroiled in a lead counsel fight in the biometric privacy-related multidistrict litigation asked...

London Bitcoin Mining Firm Faes Sues Blockware Solutions Alleging Not-as-Advertised Mining Machines and Services

A complaint filed over the weekend by Faes & Company (London) claims it paid more than half-a-million dollars for underperforming bitcoin miners and similarly...

SEC Complaint Charges Four Men with Fraud Relating to Crypto Pyramid Scheme that Targeted Spanish-Speaking Communities

An enforcement action announced Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that four men are behind an international pyramid scheme involving a...

9th Circuit Issues Amended Opinion in Twitter-Texas AG Dispute

On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a censorship dispute between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Twitter Inc....

Judge Orders Twitter to Notify Laid Off Employees of Legal Claims in Severance Packages

On Wednesday, Judge James Donato ruled that defendant Twitter must give laid off employees clear notice of the legal claims pending against it in...