[ad_1] The legal challenge against Google dates back to a case filed by Robert Heath in 2015. According to Heath’s account of his experiences with Google, he was interviewed for a position that he was told by a recruiter he would be a “great candidate” for, only to run into issues during a phone conversation […]
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Nintendo faces class action lawsuit over Switch controller ‘drift’
[ad_1] The complaint accuses Nintendo of violating California’s fraud laws as well as state- and federal-level warranty laws. It further accuses the company of misrepresentation, breaching implied warranty and “unjust enrichment.” The attorneys are looking both for monetary damages as well as relief that could include forcing Nintendo to offer better coverage for the issue. […]
Former Tesla employee admits to storing Autopilot source code on his own iCloud
[ad_1] In the court filing, ex-employee Guangzhi Cao admits that he accessed Tesla’s source code and uploaded the files to a personal drive, but denies that his actions constitute theft of trade secrets. Tesla disagrees, writing in its complaint that the Autopilot feature Cao worked on is the “crown jewel of Tesla’s intellectual property portfolio” […]
Court says Amazon could be liable for third-party vendors’ products
[ad_1] By siding with the plaintiff, the appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision over a lawsuit filed by Heather Oberdorf, who was blinded when a retractable dog leash she bought from the website recoiled and hit her face. None of the parties involved in the lawsuit could get in touch with the vendor, The […]
Minnesota cop receives $585,000 after fellow officers spied on DMV data
[ad_1] This isn’t the first such lawsuit against Minneapolis for similar behavior, or even other Minnesota cities. It’s the first to go to trial, however, and certainly the first to involve a court-decided payout. City attorney Susan Segal told Wired she was “disappointed” in the outcome, but stressed that Minneapolis had tightened its restrictions on […]
Twitch sues hijackers who streamed porn and violent videos
[ad_1] The company named “John and Jane Does 1-100” as the lawsuit’s defendants. According to a copy of the lawsuit posted by Gizmodo, “Doe 1 is a person or entity responsible in whole or in part for the wrongful conduct alleged herein who has operated an account on the Twitch Services under a pseudonym.” John […]
Niantic sues group of alleged ‘Pokémon Go’ cheaters
[ad_1] Some of the Global++ members are named, including reported leader Ryan Hunt and YouTube promoter Alen Hundur. There are also 20 anonymous members who haven’t been identified so far. Global++ hadn’t directly answered the allegations, but it responded to the lawsuit by taking down its website and Discord servers. It said it was shutting […]
Huawei trademarks its own mobile OS following US ban
[ad_1] Meanwhile, Huawei has made its feelings about its ban clear in an ex parte memo to the Federal Communications Commission. The letter, published this week, condemns the decision to ban the company on the grounds of national security threats, noting that doing so will “do little or nothing to protect the security of America’s […]
Ten states sue to block T-Mobile merger with Sprint
[ad_1] The states said they gave “significant consideration” to the companies’ talk of expanded rural coverage, but noted that T-Mobile hadn’t provided evidence of cell site expansion in these areas that wouldn’t already be served by at least one of the two networks. They also rejected the carriers’ argument that a union was necessary to […]
Comcast to pay $9.1 million for adding service plans without consent
[ad_1] Just over 240,000 of the stated violations were committed by signing up customers who were completely oblivious. For the remaining 205,000 violations, Comcast is accused of either failing to mention the cost or falsely representing it. The pure damages will only account for a fraction of the $85 million Comcast is estimated to have […]