Global Tel-Link charged incarcerated and nonincarcerated persons rates in excess of the contract rates for certain electronic communication services in West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (WVDCR) facilities, alleged a fraud class action Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-00827) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Alexandria.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer’s April 29 notice letter about a May 2023 data breach includes three pages devoted to steps victims can take to help protect their personally identifiable information (PII), said a class action (docket 2:24-cv-02106) Thursday in U.S. District Court for Eastern Philadelphia. Steps included enrolling in credit monitoring services the defendant is offering victims, it said.
Apple’s App Store “gatekeeping” and its “arbitrary decisions” hurt “honest developers,” alleged Turkish app developer 618Media Apple in an antitrust complaint Wednesday (docket 5:24-cv-02952) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
Verizon and Coinbase caused the theft of $452,000 belonging to a Verizon customer following a SIM swap at a Verizon Wireless store in Indianapolis, alleged plaintiff Bryan Volz’s complaint Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-01416) in U.S. District Court for Maryland in Baltimore.
An Alabama city's moratorium preventing Brightspeed from installing the aerial portion of its fiber optic network to make the network operable for high-speed broadband service violates the Communications Act, state law and “basic principles of legal equity,” alleged Brightspeed's complaint Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-00156) in U.S. District Court for Southern Alabama.
Printbox, a subcontractor for Amaze Software, is suing the company for failing to make full payment for photo and print services that the plaintiff completed for Amaze customer Sam's West, which owns Sam's Club. The Polish company filed a fraud complaint Wednesday (docket 5:24-cv-051060) in U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Amazon's "anti-competitive and monopolistic practices" have artificially inflated prices for Arizona consumers and harmed smaller third-party retailers that rely on its platform, said Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) in a news release Wednesday in which she announced two lawsuits against Amazon in Maricopa County Superior Court for violations of Arizona consumer fraud and antitrust laws.
Montana’s Age Verification Act, SB-544, violates the First and 14th amendments and “burdens interstate commerce,” said the Free Speech Coalition and seven plaintiff website operators and content providers in a complaint Tuesday (docket 9:24-cv-00067) against Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) in U.S. District Court for Montana in Missoula.
Trinity Broadcasting Network knowingly disclosed Leah Smith's personally identifiable information (PII) to Meta, said her March 18 Video Privacy Protection Act class action in California Superior Court for Orange County, removed Tuesday to U.S. District Court for Central California (docket 2:24-cv-04030).
BookTix, a virtual box office for local community performances, conceals processing fees until the final moments of checkout, in violation of New York’s “all-in pricing” mandate, alleged a fraud class action Monday (docket 7:24-cv-03670) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in White Plains.