Monthly Archives: October, 2019

Kik Messaging App Lives After Acquisition from MediaLab

In September, Kik, a popular messaging app, announced it was shutting down to focus on its cryptocurrency, Kin. However, Kik will no longer be shutting down due to...

Facebook’s Libra Announces Board Despite Exits

Facebook’s ambitious Libra cryptocurrency announced the creation of its 21-member association Tuesday.  The announcement was made in the wake of reports earlier this week that multiple prominent...

Panama Papers Firm Disclosure Sues Netflix Ahead of Film Release

In a complaint filed Tuesday, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co. attempted to block the release of Netflix’s upcoming film “The Laundromat," alleging...

TikTok Hires Law Firm to Advise Moderation Policy

Relentlessly popular video app TikTok, created by Chinese company ByteDance, has hired K&L Gates to advise its content moderation policies, the company revealed in a post...

Verizon Sues Visa, Mastercard Echoing Decades-Long Fee Dispute

In a complaint filed last Thursday in the Eastern District of New York, Verizon fired another salvo in the long-running price-fixing dispute between merchants and credit card...

Three Credit Check Lawsuits Hint at Cable Company Class Action

Three separate, unrelated lawsuits filed this week allege that Comcast and DirecTV, respectively, queried the plaintiffs’ credit reports in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Two...

SoftBank’s Fortress Orchestrated Anticompetitive Patent Litigation, says Intel

Semiconductor manufacturer Intel filed suit against Fortress Investment Group, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group for violations of the Sherman Act and Clayton Act, as well as...

Federal Trade Commission Targets Stalking Apps

On October 22, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is prohibiting developers of three ‘stalking’ apps from selling apps that track mobile devices unless certain measures...