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Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Amazon Sold Consumers’ Geolocation Data

January 29, 2025
FTX Investors Add MLB and Formula 1 to Class-Action Lawsuit
Legal // November 28, 2023

Investors who lost billions of dollars in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX have reportedly expanded their legal action to include Major League Baseball (MLB), Formula 1 racing, and Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s racing team. The investors allege that these entities aided and abetted the fraud orchestrated by FTX, adding to...

UK Tribunal Halts Proposed Class-Action Lawsuits Against Mastercard and Visa
Credit Cards // June 08, 2023

Proposed lawsuits against Mastercard and Visa in the United Kingdom have been halted. The country’s Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled Thursday (June 8) that the four lawsuits proposed by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims (CICC) cannot proceed now but that the lawyers can provide revised proposals within eight weeks....

Lawsuit Targets WeWork For Lost Value After Pulled IPO
Legal // November 10, 2019

A lawsuit is being launched by minority shareholders against WeWork, Adam Neumann — its co-founder and former chief executive officer — and the prime investor, Japan’s SoftBank, Reuters reported on Friday (Nov. 8). In a proposed class action filed in San Francisco Superior Court, the...

Calif Lawmakers Seek More Stringent Data Privacy Law
Regulation // February 26, 2019

California lawmakers are looking to make their strictest-in-the-nation data privacy law even tougher. Last year, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that provides consumers with more transparency and control over their digital data. The law, which goes into effect next year, gives consumers the right to...

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Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Amazon Sold Consumers’ Geolocation Data

January 29, 2025
Amazon reportedly faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the company tracked consumers’ movements through their cellphones and sold the data it collected. The complaint alleges that an Amazon Ads SDK embedded in apps by tens of thousands of app developers enabled Amazon to collect timestamped geolocation data about where consumers live, work, shop […]

FTX Investors Add MLB and Formula 1 to Class-Action Lawsuit

November 28, 2023
Investors who lost billions of dollars in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX have reportedly expanded their legal action to include Major League Baseball (MLB), Formula 1 racing, and Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s racing team. The...

UK Tribunal Halts Proposed Class-Action Lawsuits Against Mastercard and Visa

June 08, 2023
Proposed lawsuits against Mastercard and Visa in the United Kingdom have been halted. The country’s Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled Thursday (June 8) that the four lawsuits proposed by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims...

Lawsuit Targets WeWork For Lost Value After Pulled IPO

November 10, 2019
A lawsuit is being launched by minority shareholders against WeWork, Adam Neumann — its co-founder and former chief executive officer — and the prime investor, Japan’s SoftBank, Reuters reported on...