A week after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a blog post that Microsoft will take a seat on the OpenAI board as a nonvoting observer, the Authors Guild and the 17 plaintiff authors who brought suit against numerous OpenAI entities and Microsoft filed an amended copyright infringement complaint Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-08292) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan. Microsoft is a 49% shareholder in OpenAI.
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Plaintiff’s trademark rights are in X Social Media, not X, said X Corp.’s motion to dismiss Monday (docket 6:23-cv-01903) a trademark infringement suit in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Orlando. Marketing company X Social Media alleged the former Twitter caused irreparable harm to it when it began using the "X" mark in July as its brand for the social media platform (see 2310030044).
The Economist Newspaper NA intentionally, systematically and unlawfully discloses customers’ private purchase information in violation of Utah’s Notice of Intent to Sell Nonpublic Personal Information Act (NISNPIA), alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-00878) in U.S. District Court for Central Utah in Salt Lake City.
Orrick Herrington, the global law firm that has defended data breach clients, failed to implement cybersecurity measures of its own in a 2023 breach, said a class action Monday (docket 3:23-cv-06264) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
Amazon and its companies, plus John Doe defendants 1-100, violate California codes by contractually denying customers’ right to free speech, alleged a class action Friday (docket 23ST-cv-29540) in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The suit represents California consumers who have visited, used or completed transactions through Amazon’s various e-commerce sites.
Lumen is suing an investor and board member who allegedly pocketed the entire distribution authorized by the board in a 2019 consent, after the investor and his wife received $3.4 million -- vs. the $266,200 they should have received -- due to a clerical error, said a complaint (docket 1:23-cv-16484) in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago.
Google’s administrative motion Friday to align briefing schedules in two tax filing website cases should be denied because it’s relying on a motion to compel arbitration in one “as an excuse to delay proceedings” in another, said plaintiff Mary Smith’s opposition Monday (docket 5:23-cv-03527) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
Washington College failed to secure plaintiff Abigail Collins’ personally identifiable information (PII) in a March data breach, alleged a class action (docket 1:23-cv-03258) Friday in U.S. District Court for Maryland in Baltimore.
Matthew Goettsche defrauded investors between April 2014 and December 2019 in a cryptocurrency scheme that purportedly rewarded them for recruiting new investors, alleged a complaint Friday (docket 1:23-cv-03174) in U.S. District Court for Colorado in Denver.
Plaintiff Norma Egan’s claims in a privacy suit must be dismissed, said defendant X-Mode Social Friday in a memorandum of reasons (docket 1:23-cv-11651) in support of its motion to dismiss her July lawsuit (see 2307260030) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.