A John Doe defendant living in Taiwan entered into a contract with fine art broker Sotheby’s and consigned three pieces of fine art nonfungible tokens (NFTs) created by the artist Beeple that were stolen from plaintiff Augusto Reyes, alleged Reyes' fraud complaint Tuesday (docket 2:24-cv-03371) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.

The SEC's 3-2 vote Feb. 29 finalizing a new rule to expand the definition of the statutory term “dealer” under the Exchange Act is “unclear in ways that squarely conflict with the statute,” said a complaint Tuesday (docket 4:24-cv-00361) filed by the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas and the Blockchain Association in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.

T-Mobile seeks to compel plaintiff Jesus Marcos’ SIM swap claims to arbitration because he “repeatedly consented” to T-Mobile’s terms and conditions, including their arbitration provisions, said T-Mobile’s memorandum of points and authorities Monday (docket 5:24-cv-00085) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Riverside in support of its motion to compel. T-Mobile seeks to stay the litigation, pending the completion of the arbitration.

T-Mobile unlawfully uses biometric data and it benefits the company's bottom line, a class action Monday (docket 1:24-cv-03070) alleged in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.

GM and OnStar “surreptitiously” tracked plaintiff Colin Cogle’s driving behavior and location data and sold it to third parties, including LexisNexis, without his knowledge or consent, alleged Cogle's class action Monday (docket 2:24-cv-11062) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan in Detroit.

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The Insurance Marketing Coalition asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court to reject the FCC’s opposition to the coalition’s motion to stay portions of the commission’s Dec. 18 order implementing rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to target and eliminate illegal robotexts, pending the disposition of the coalition’s appeal to vacate the order, the coalition’s reply said Monday (docket 24-10277).

Section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act “should have been as unremarkable as it was uncontroversial,” said a brief Monday (docket 24-1179) in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from 20 industry and business petitioners, including CTIA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in support of their 16 consolidated challenges to the FCC’s Nov. 20 digital discrimination order (see 240319004).

Vermont National Telephone (VTEL) is challenging the DOJ's move to dismiss fraud litigation against Dish Network and designated entities (DE) Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless regarding 2015's AWS-3 auction (see 2403040052).

StubHub’s suggestion that users can apply an “estimated fees filter” to search for tickets is an “intentionally misleading statement,” alleged a class action Monday (docket 2:24-cv-03318) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.