Monthly Archives: December, 2022

Legislators Introduce Satellite Communications Laws Updating Decades Old Rules

An announcement late last week from the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee said that two bipartisan bills have been introduced seeking to...

Consumer Reports Beats Subscribers’ Right-to-Publicity Case

Consumer Reports, Inc. won dismissal of allegations brought by subscribers who alleged that the product testing organization illegally provides information about them to third...

Shareholder in Misconduct Case Against Musk and Twitter Execs Asks to Revise Pleading

Plaintiffs late last week argued that the Northern District of California court overseeing the class action against Elon Musk over his alleged illegal market...

A-Listers, Yuga Labs Sued Over Bored Ape NFT Promotions

Last Thursday, plaintiffs who lost money on Yuga Labs Inc.’s non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and ApeCoin digital tokens sued the company, its executives, related entities...

Fifth Circuit Issues Opinion in Workers’ COVID-19 Negligence Case Against Meat Packing Employer Swift Beef

Last week, a Fifth Circuit opinion addressed the issue of venue in a case between meat packing company Swift Beef and its employees,...

In Final Push, WhatsApp Urges SCOTUS to Reject NSO Group’s Certiorari Bid in ‘Pegasus’ Malware Case

After NSO Group took the opportunity to address the Solicitor General’s brief to the Supreme Court last week, WhatsApp followed suit. In its eight-page...

Insider.com Hit With Video Privacy Law Class Action

Late last week, subscribers who both have Facebook accounts and subscriptions to insider.com, a multimedia website, sued Insider Inc. for violations of the Video...

Twitter Sued for Patent Infringement Relating to Creating and Distributing Media Content

Last Thursday, a lawsuit was filed against social media company Twitter by Virtual Creative Artists LLC (VCU) in the Northern District of Illinois....