Emily Ashcraft

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Judge Rules Uber Cannot Compel Arbitration in ADA Case

Uber's motion to compel arbitration was denied in an Americans with Disabilities Act case before Judge Douglas P. Woodlock of the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs, Dino Theodore...

Appeals Court Upholds Facebook Message Scanning Settlement

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals approved the original settlement in a case brought against Facebook for monitoring communications in its Messenger app. The decision requires Facebook to place...

Qualtrics Among Those Sued Over QR Code Reader Tech

Coding Technologies filed a suit against Qualtrics over their use of QR codes on March 1, 2020, claiming the system of transferring data is infringing on their copyright....

“This Land is Your Land” Will Remain Private Property

In an order signed on February 28, a federal judge ruled that the song “This Land is Your Land” or “This Land” will remain privately owned. In 2016, a...

Company Sues Uber and Lyft with Patents Recently Acquired...

Uber and Lyft were both served a complaint by Quartz Auto Technologies for patent infringement. The complaint states that each of these patents was owned by IBM, but were...

Apple Could Pay $25 to iPhone Users Whose Devices...

A proposed settlement would require Apple to pay between $310 and $500 million to iPhone owners impacted by the iOS 10.2.1 and 11.2.0 updates, which allegedly caused some iPhones...