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898NYC Sues Airbnb Listing Co In Bid To Stop Short-Term Rentals
New York City has sued Guesty, a startup that provides services for listing on Airbnb and other home-sharing sites, in an escalation...
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1.4KOracle Says It Backs Groups Taking On Big Tech Rivals
Oracle is among the donors of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), which aims to fight against the dominance of Big Tech. California-based Oracle...
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2.0KOracle, Google API Litigation Looms Over Open Banking’s Future
In technology, one key question is: “Build or buy?” Another is: “Who owns the intellectual property?” In an upcoming Supreme Court case,...
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3.3KRetailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
In retailing it’s usually a good thing when you’re the first to do something. Except when it’s a lawsuit. And except when...
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2.8KDOJ To Review Liability Law For Online Content Companies
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is organizing a workshop to review a federal law that predominantly releases websites from legal culpability...
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1.3KSupreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using...
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1.5KSmileDirectClub Offers Refunds To Silence Customer Complaints
SmileDirectClub, which specializes in straightening peoples’ teeth, is gaining a reputation for squashing any kind of negative press, The New York Times...
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5.7KBiden Wants To Abolish Law That Gives Online Companies Content Liability Immunity
Joe Biden, a candidate for president, said he wants to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that gives...
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3.4KApp Developers Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
Facebook has been sued by four companies regarded alleged anti-competitive practices, according to a report by Reuters. The companies say that the...
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4.2KThe Instant Verdict Is In For Legal Disbursements
The fact that instant disbursements are overwhelmingly preferred by consumers isn’t much of a surprise. When stacked up against a paper check,...
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1.7KApple Sued For Allegedly Infringing On Medical Tech Patents
Medical technology company Masimo is suing Apple, saying that the company stole trade secrets related to its health monitoring technology and also...
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2.0KSonos Hits Google With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Sonos is suing Google as of Tuesday (Jan. 7), alleging that the tech giant infringed on their patents for music speakers, per...
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3.4KUber, Postmates Sue CA Over Labor Rights Law
Uber and Postmates have filed a lawsuit against the state of California to try and block a new law that will change...
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2.0KNew CA Privacy Law Requires Retailers To Disclose Data Collection
A new law in California requires companies to explain exactly what customer information, if any, is being sold to third parties, according...
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6.9KWawa C-Store Chain Sued Over Malware Attack
Multiple lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in Philadelphia over a data breach at Wawa convenience stores, which affected 850...
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4.2KDanske Bank Hit With Third Money Laundering Lawsuit
Danske Bank is facing another lawsuit from about 60 investors over alleged money laundering, according to a report by Reuters. It’s the...
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5.9KPayPal Sues CFPB Over ‘Misleading’ Digital Wallet Disclosure Rules
PayPal has filed suit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), alleging that the agency has dismissed its arguments that digital wallets...
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2.1KCA College Student Accuses TikTok Of Illicit Data Harvesting
A California college student has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the viral video service of sending her personal data to its...
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2.4KBrazil Regulator Dismisses Itau Unibanco’s Appeal In Antitrust Case
Itau Unibanco Holding, Brazil’s largest lender, lost its appeal related to an antitrust case. Earlier this year, Itau announced it would prepay...
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2.2KSenators Introduce Sweeping Online Privacy Legislation
A group of key Senate Democrats on Tuesday (Nov. 26) unveiled a far-reaching online privacy bill that levies tough new punishments for...
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2.4KInsurance Execs Concerned About Inflated Jury Payouts
Global insurance executives are worried about the hefty monetary awards juries have been handing out to plaintiffs. The trend of larger jury...
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2.5KWeWork Under Investigation By NY AG
Sources have told Reuters that WeWork is under investigation by the New York State Attorney General (NYAG). While a spokesman for the...
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2.7KLawsuit Targets WeWork For Lost Value After Pulled IPO
A lawsuit is being launched by minority shareholders against WeWork, Adam Neumann — its co-founder and former chief executive officer — and...
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4.1KCourt Rules Only ‘Depository Institutions’ Eligible For OCC’s Bank Charters
Lights out for the FinTech charter idea? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) debuted a special purpose charter in...
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1.4KUS Accuses Turkey’s Halkbank Of Plot To Evade Iran Sanctions
The U.S. has accused Halkbank, one of Turkey’s largest banks, of participating in a scheme to evade sanctions against Iran. In an...
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2.8KUber Faces Millions In Liabilities If Drivers Become Employees
A 2017 deposition is giving insight into Uber‘s legal strategy when fighting back against driver-related lawsuits. Legal documents related to an Atlanta...
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2.2KGoogle’s EU Antitrust Appeal Hearings Scheduled For Feb.
Google’s appeal against a $2.64 billion fine for antitrust practices in the EU will be heard by a court over a three-day...
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4.5KCalibra Faces Trademark Infringement Suit Over Logo
Adding another possible legal showdown to the Libra crypto project, and potentially adding to its list of challenges, Facebook’s Calibra is facing...
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2.5KNY Lawsuit Claims Online Retailers Selling eCigs To Underage Buyers
More than 20 online eCigarette retailers are being sued by New York City for allegedly selling to children. Bloomberg is reporting that...
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3.1KDomino’s Supreme Court Decision Spotlights Online Web Accessibility
When it comes to QSR and mobile innovation, pizza seller Domino’s has earned itself a leading position. Now, thanks to a court...
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1.9KLawsuit Against Google Gets Green Light From London Court
A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data collection claims was given the green light by London...
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2.8KMA Vape Sales Ban Triggers Retailer Lawsuits
The state of Massachusetts is facing a lawsuit over a new temporary ban on vaping product sales. The owners of six vape...
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2.4KFacebook Investor Lawsuit Is Dismissed
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook from investors alleging they weren’t told about the impact of a privacy breach has been dismissed, according...
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2.4KNY AG Sues Dunkin’ Over Data Breaches, Theft
The attorney general of New York has filed a lawsuit against Dunkin’ Brands over a cyberattack that saw the theft of tens...
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3.4KIBM Lawsuit Accuses Zillow Of Patent Infringement
IBM has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zillow, claiming that the real estate company used key parts of IBM technology on...
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3.7KRipple Asks Court To Dismiss XRP Securities Lawsuit
Cryptocurrency exchange and remittance company Ripple has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against it on procedural grounds, according to...
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2.7KRussian Hacker To Plead Guilty In JPMorgan Case
A Russian hacker who perpetrated the financial data theft of over 80 million JPMorgan Chase & Co. clients will plead guilty to...
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2.9KCollege Scandal Sentencing Highlights Old-Fashioned Payments Fraud
Payments and commerce fraud comes in a variety of rancid flavors and uses a variety of tactics, many of them increasingly sophisticated,...
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2.3KIntel Unit Case Could Cost Big Tech $2B In Taxes
A tax dispute between Intel and the Internal Revenue Service could cost large technology companies billions of dollars, according to a report...
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2.9KEx-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The...
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3.7KJudge Denies Bail For Accused Capital One Hacker
The woman who was accused of hacking into Capital One’s cloud and swiping the information of more than 100 million people was...
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2.6KWells Fargo To Settle Navajo Nation Lawsuit For $6.5M
The Navajo Nation announced that it has settled its lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Co for $6.5 million. The Navajo Nation sued...
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2.3KDOJ Charges Nigerian Email Scammers
The U.S. Justice Department has announced charges against 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering operation...
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4.3KLawsuits Pile Up For Cap One, Amazon Post Hack
Capital One and Amazon Web Services are being sued by customers due to the massive hack that impacted more than 106 million...
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3.4KKik Accuses SEC Of ‘Twisting Facts’ In Crypto Lawsuit
Canadian chat app Kik has filed an answer to a lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claiming that the company’s...
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3.0KeBay Files Suit Against Amazon For Soliciting Sellers
Online commerce platform eBay has filed a lawsuit against Amazon claiming the eCommerce giant was trying to steal its sellers through eBay’s...
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2.6KChinese Banks Held In Contempt By US
An appeals court in the U.S. has upheld the decision by a lower court to hold three Chinese banks in contempt for...
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3.5KIndia’s Lawmakers Recommend Crypto Ban
A panel of lawmakers in India prepared a report about cryptocurrency use in the country and is recommending a ban on all...
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6.3KAmazon Threatens Surescripts Over Blocking PillPack Patient Data Access
Amazon’s pharmacy arm PillPack could soon be blocked from accessing patients’ histories, pitting the online giant against Surescripts, an electronic prescribing company...
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2.7KCannabis Law Reform Gains Momentum In Congress
In a first-ever congressional hearing on marijuana law reform, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security convened July 10...
