Monthly Archives: December, 2021

Amazon Secures Stay of Arbitration in Flex Driver’s E-Spying Class Action

On Tuesday, a Los Angeles, California judge paused the Amazon Flex Drivers’ suit against the company until its appeal concludes. The court opined that...

House Committee Holds CDA Section 230 Hearing, Facebook Whistleblower Testifies

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced four proposals that would modify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act...

Publishers Accuse Shopify of Facilitating Sale of Pirated Digital Textbooks

E-commerce solution company Shopify is under fire for allowing customers to sell pirated copies of textbooks. Plaintiffs including Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill LLC, and...

SoundHound Propelled by PIPE Deal

Artificial intelligence innovator SoundHound, Inc. will be going public next quarter in a SPAC deal that values the company at $2.1 billion. Expected to...

NY AG Asks for Prelim. Injunction to Protect Amazon Warehouse Workers

Letitia James, New York state’s chief law enforcement officer, has asked that a New York state court require Amazon to implement certain health and...

Apple Sues NSO Group After 9th Cir. Blocks Sovereign Immunity Defense in WhatsApp Case

Last week’s complaint by Apple Inc. alleges that defendants NSO Group Technologies Limited and related entity, Q Cyber Technologies Limited are “hackers— amoral 21st...

Uber Receives Price Gouging Class Action Complaint

A Bronx, New York woman is claiming that ride-hailing company Uber sometimes charges customers more than the price initially presented to them for rides....

Quest Removes Age Discrimination Case to Federal Court

On Monday, a case brought by a former employee earlier this year was removed to federal court by Quest Diagnostics. The plaintiff’s January...