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Fla. AG, Smartbiz Jointly Request 90-Day Continuance of Robocall Trial

Feb 19, 2024 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Rebecca Day

The office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) and robocall defendant Smartbiz Telecom seek a continuance of their trial for at least 90 days, said their joint motion Feb. 13 for continuance (docket 1:22-cv-23945) in U.S. District Court for…Southern Florida in Miami. The court on Nov. 30 rescheduled the trial to start during the two-week period beginning March 4.
Humans Need to 'Remain in Control' of AI Technology, Says Microsoft’s Smith

Jan 11, 2024 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

In an "innovation-led economy," innovation must “flourish,” but with AI "the protection of people” is critical, Microsoft Vice Chairman-President Brad Smith told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce State of American Business 2024 webinar Thursday. “We need to ensure that humans…remain in control of this technology,” Smith said during a Q&A with Harold Kim, the Chamber’s executive vice president-chief legal officer. “We need to have safety and security standards,” he said.
NetChoice Brushes Off Remark Its Members ‘Have No Interest in Protecting Children’

Jan 10, 2024 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

NetChoice responded obliquely to comments Tuesday by Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) criticizing the court’s decision granting NetChoice’s motion for a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of the state’s social media law when it takes effect Monday (see…2401090062).
District Court's IA Ruling Focused on 'Wrong End' of Copyright Equation, Says Copia

Jan 1, 2024 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Rebecca Day

Public's Rights 'Trammeled'The district court’s decision in the copyright infringement case against Internet Archive “puts copyright law at odds with the Constitution,” said the Copia Institute’s Dec. 22 amicus brief (23-1260) in support of IA's appeal before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Appeals Court.
Judge Recommends Dismissing Scam Victim’s Claims vs. Wells Fargo, Chase

Jan 1, 2024 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

‘Sympathetic’ to Her ‘Plight’Though the court is “sympathetic” to Jillane Pope’s “plight” as a victim of text-phishing scammers, “the law is not on her side to recover her losses” from Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase, said a report Wednesday (docket 2:23-cv-00086) from U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin Pead for Utah in Salt Lake City in which he recommends granting the banks’ motions to dismiss Pope’s complaint.
Lahaina Wildfire Plaintiffs Who Sued Spectrum File Notice of 2 Related Cases

Nov 16, 2023 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

The 38 plaintiffs seeking to hold Spectrum and Hawaiian Telcom, among dozens of named landowner, state, municipality and utility defendants, liable for negligence that caused the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire (see 2311150004) filed a Local Rule 40.2 notice Wednesday (docket…1:23-cv-00459) with the U.S. District Court for Hawaii of two related federal class actions pending in the District of Hawaii. Neither of the two related cases names the telecommunications companies as co-defendants.
'Fate' of US Free Speech Rests on What SCOTUS Does With Social Media Injunction: RFK Jr.

Sep 20, 2023 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

Uncharted ‘Constellation’Though litigants “exaggerate,” it may “actually be true that the fate of the freedom of speech in America depends” on what the U.S. Supreme Court does with the preliminary injunction barring federal officials from coercing social media platforms to moderate their content, said the Children’s Health Defense and its founder, Robert F.
Rochester’s Annual Telecom Fee Falls ‘in the Middle of the Pack,’ Says City

Sep 11, 2023 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

Order ‘Silent’ on MethodologyRochester, New York, denies the allegations of Crown Castle, Extenet and Verizon that the new telecommunications code the city enacted three years ago imposes excessively high fees on telecom providers in violation of federal law (see 2308010002), said the city’s post-trial memorandum of law Friday (docket 6:19-cv-06583) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Rochester.
TIAA Opposes Centralization, Transfer in MOVEit MDL; Pushes for N.Y. Court

Sep 11, 2023 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Rebecca Day

'Individualized Circumstances'Plaintiffs Gayle Jentz, Andre Lopez, Gwendolyn Smuda, Steven Checchia and Robin Anderson and defendant Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) oppose plaintiff Bruce Bailey’s July motion for transfer and centralization of cases related to MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation to the district of Minnesota, said their Friday response (docket 3083) before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML).
Ariz. Robocall Defendants to Pay $124,000 to Settle FTC Telemarketing Violations

Jul 23, 2023 | communicationslitigationtoday.com | Paul Gluckman

Permanent Injunction IssuesDefendants Vision Solar and Solar Xchange will pay the federal government and the state of Arizona $62,000 each of a $13.9 million suspended civil penalty to settle allegations they violated the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule and Arizona’s Consumer Fraud Act and Telephone Solicitations Act, said a stipulated order for a preliminary injunction and monetary judgment Thursday (docket 2:23-cv-01387) in U.S. District Court for Arizona.