U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit March 7, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the...
Meta’s Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking February 22, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even...
New Jersey Domestic Violence Victim Suing Prosecutor Over Being Named August 19, 2021 A New Jersey woman who killed her abusive ex-fiance can proceed with a lawsuit that claims her rights as a...
Montana Utility Regulator Seeks $2.5M in Damages Over Email Spying January 4, 2021 An outgoing member of Montana’s Public Service Commission has filed a $2.5 million damage claim against fellow members of the...
Harry And Meghan File Lawsuit Over Photo of Son at California Home July 27, 2020 By Andrew Dalton Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sued to stop the sale and publication of a photo of their son Archie that...
Google Sued by Arizona over ‘Deceptive’ Location Tracking June 1, 2020 Google kept tabs on the whereabouts of its users even if they had turned off location tracking, an Arizona official...
Washington Governor Signs Facial Recognition Law Curbing Use April 1, 2020 By Paresh Dave Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed the first U.S. state law that sharply curbs law enforcement’s use of facial recognition...
Motel 6 to Pay 2,000 Guests Whose Names It Gave to Immigration Officials February 10, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Almost 2,000 guests of Blackstone Group Inc.’s Motel 6 are poised for cash payouts in a settlement with the hotel...
California Judge Rejects Lawsuit Claiming Google Privacy Violations July 16, 2015 By Joel Rosenblatt Google Inc. users were blocked from suing over alleged privacy violations by a judge who said they failed to show...
Privacy Restrictions on Nevada Drones Would be Imposed by Bill March 26, 2015 A Nevada Assembly member is attempting to create a regulatory framework for drones that would protect people’s privacy in the...