AT&T removed a Dec. 15 fraud case involving an allegedly faulty Simplifi router operating on its FirstNet network from Circuit Court of Waukesha County to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee, said its notice of removal Monday (docket 2:24-cv-00088).
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Following last week’s oral argument in two Chevron cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (see 2401170074), the future of the doctrine appears in doubt.
The Dec. 18 report from U.S. Magistrate Judge Lee Dunst for Eastern New York in Central Islip erred for multiple reasons when it recommended the dismissal of AT&T’s cell tower complaint against Muttontown, New York (see 2312190057), said AT&T’s opposition brief Friday (docket 2:22-cv-05524).
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar seeks leave to participate as an amicus in oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association in their challenges to the Florida and Texas social media content moderation laws, said Prelogar’s separate motions Monday (dockets 22-277 and 22-555).
Comcast hasn’t offered victims of an October data breach at Citrix Systems affecting 35.8 million current and former Xfinity customers financial assistance with credit monitoring, though they will have to monitor their accounts for years to come, said three more lawsuits against the broadband provider filed since Friday. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in Citrix’s systems, affecting Xfinity and other Citrix customers in what has been dubbed the Citrix Bleed.
Communications Litigation Today is tracking the below lawsuits involving appeals of FCC actions. Cases marked with an * were terminated since the last update. Cases in bold are new since the last update.
Numerous class actions challenging the “secret collection and monetization” of cellphone geolocation data have survived motions to dismiss and Norma Egan’s should as well, said the plaintiff's opposition Friday (docket 1:23-cv-11651) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston to X-Mode Social's motion to dismiss her first amended privacy complaint.
Inmate Calling Solutions (ICSolutions) charged “junk fees” fraudulently itemized as a “tax” to inmates’ families for calls originating from prisons, alleged a class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-02027) in U.S. District Court for Kansas in Kansas City.
The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition seeks leave to intervene on the FCC’s behalf in opposing a petition asking that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals review the commission's Oct. 25 declaratory ruling authorizing funding for Wi-Fi service and equipment on school buses under the agency's E-rate program (see 2312200040), said the coalition’s unopposed motion Friday (docket 23-60641).