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.

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).

Plaintiff Tonny Storey’s fraud class action complaint against Amazon for failing to deliver products by a promised date doesn't state a claim for breach of contract, said Amazon’s Rule 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-01529) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.

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.

Defendant Zachary Lotz, who also goes by the aliases Lao Ganma and Sam Hill, “has repeatedly harassed, and continues to harass, Shopify merchants and Shopify itself through knowingly false allegations of copyright infringement,” alleged Shopify’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act complaint Monday (docket 1:23-cv-01254) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Buffalo.

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.

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.

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.

Verizon seeks a preliminary injunction, pending trial on the merits of its claims in the case, ordering the city of Milwaukee “to issue permits and all necessary permissions” for the installation of small-cell wireless communications facilities in the city’s Deer District (see 2311270034), said its motion Monday (docket 2:23-cv-01581) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

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