Saturday, March 25, 2023

lawsuit

Google agrees to pay $391 mn in users’ location data tracking lawsuit

Google will pay a historic $391.5 million in settlement to 40 states in the US over allegations that the tech giant tracked users location data without their consent in the country. Last month, Google paid $85 million to the state...

George Floyd’s daughter to file $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West

Rapper Kanye West continues to attract controversies as the daughter of George Floyd, whose death in police custody triggered global protests against racism, is now planning to file a $250 million lawsuit against the rapper over controversial remarks he...

Judge orders Tesla to tell laid off employees about lawsuit

Elon Musk-run Tesla must tell its employees about a lawsuit it is facing over allegedly violating federal laws by requiring workers to sign separation agreements, a US judge has ruled. The electric car-maker Tesla was sued by two employees in...

Tesla hit with class-action lawsuit over ‘phantom braking’ issue

Elon Musk-run Tesla has been hit by a class-action lawsuit in the US over a phantom braking problem that the lawsuit alleged turned "a safety feature into a frightening and dangerous nightmare". The lawsuit, filed by Tesla owner Jose Alvarez...

Visa ‘intended’ to help Pornhub monetise child porn, alleges lawsuit

A US court has allowed a lawsuit against Visa to go ahead that alleged that the financial services company helped monetise sexual videos involving children on Pornhub, owned by porn site operator MindGeek. Judge Cormac Carney in California issued the...

Mark Zuckerberg, Sandberg set to be deposed in Cambridge Analytica lawsuit

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are set to be deposed in a Cambridge Analytica lawsuit, the media reported. According to a court document, Zuckerberg will have to answer questions for up to six hours, while Sandberg could...

Apple agrees to pay $50 mn to settle flawed ‘butterfly’ keyboards lawsuit

Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle the lawsuit over flawed "butterfly" keyboards in MacBooks in the US. A group of MacBook users in 2018 had filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple for the controversial butterfly keyboards, alleging...

Apple faces $935 mn lawsuit in UK for ‘secretly throttling’ iPhones

London: Apple is set to face another class-action lawsuit seeking damages worth $935 million in the UK over intentionally slowing down the performance of older iPhones to encourage customers to buy newer models. Consumer rights campaigner Justin Gutmann is filing...

Fans sue Universal for £3.6million after Ana de Armas was cut from ‘Yesterday’

Two Ana de Armas fans are suing Universal for $5million (£3.6million) after the actor’s scenes were cut from Yesterday.Danny Boyle’s 2019 film imagined a world where everyone has forgotten about The Beatles except for one struggling musician.Originally de Armas...