Two Cyprus-based entities, Restoro and Reimage, operating as a “common enterprise,” agreed to pay the FTC $26 million to resolve allegations they ran a phony computer tech support scheme since January 2018 that bilked tens of millions of dollars from consumers, in violation of the FTC Act and the commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, said their proposed stipulated order Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-00735) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Defendants Abdoulaye Niang, Alexander Niang, Mewza LLC, Abarika LLC and Henan Fanding Network Technology fraudulently claim they are original creators of the Rainbow Friends video game characters “Purple” and “Green,” alleged a trademark infringement suit Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-01913) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.

Dotdash Meredith, publisher of more than 40 magazines, including People, Better Homes & Gardens and Southern Living, sells subscribers’ purchase information without providing prior notice of the disclosures, as required under Utah’s Notice of Intent to Sell Nonpublic Personal Information Act (NISNPIA), alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-00046) in U.S. District Court for Utah.

U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack for Eastern New York in Central Islip adopted U.S. Magistrate Judge James Wicks' Jan. 19 report and recommendation (R&R) and granted summary judgment for Crown Castle on all three of its claims against Oyster Bay, New York (see 2401220028), said her signed memorandum and order Wednesday (docket 2:21-cv-06305).

Optical store chain Eyemart Express tracks users’ activity on its website without their consent and without disclosing the tracking practices, alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 3:24-cv-00621) in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas.

Nearly 800,000 class members suffered theft of their personally identifiable information (PII) and invasion of privacy in a data breach at New York-based labor union Unite Here, alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-01904) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.

Twenty industry and business groups, including CTIA, USTelecom and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, seek expedited briefing and oral argument on their consolidated petitions for review challenging the lawfulness of the FCC’s Nov. 20 digital discrimination order (see 2402290002), said their motion Wednesday (docket 24-1183) in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The FCC’s March 7 response opposing Essential Network Technologies and MetComm.net's Feb. 26 emergency motion to expedite consideration of the companies' E-rate program appeal “confirms that the motion should be granted,” according to the petitioners’ reply Wednesday (docket 24-1027) at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

A former Maximus sales director deleted company data, “sabotaged its systems, and revoked administrator access of other Maximus employees” without authorization, alleged a fraud complaint Tuesday (docket 1:24-cv-00395) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Alexandria.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court should grant Cox Communications’ March 5 petition for rehearing en banc (see 2403070003) because the panel’s holding that Cox is guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement will have an adverse effect on “innocent” internet users, said Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in an amicus brief Tuesday (docket 21-1168).