Plaintiff Robert Marrone and nearly 169,000 class members who were victims of a September data breach at Warren General Hospital in Warren, Pennsylvania, are at “significantly increased risk of fraud,” alleged a Nov. 22 class action (docket 1:23-cv-00330) in U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania in Erie.

AT&T seeks to transfer to U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas the July 28 securities fraud class action in which it’s alleged to have made “materially false and misleading statements” about its ownership of legacy telecom cables laden with toxic lead (see 2307300002), according to its Nov. 22 motion (docket 2:23-cv-04064) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark. AT&T is seeking a Dec. 18 hearing on the motion, it said.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Northern District of Georgia's decision blocking the Georgia secretary of state from running statewide elections for the five-member Public Service Commission on grounds that the at-large elections constituted unlawful vote dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).

Milwaukee and its public works commissioner, Jerrel Kruschke, unlawfully denied Verizon’s applications for permits to install small cells on newly constructed poles in the city’s Deer District, alleged Verizon’s complaint Friday (docket 2:23-cv-01581) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

In a robocall case brought by the attorneys general of 48 states against Avid Telecom and executives Michael Lansky and Stacey Reeves, the plaintiffs’ opposition brief “reflects some confusion about the requirements and application of the primary jurisdiction doctrine,” said the defendants’ reply brief Friday (docket 4:23-cv-00233) in U.S. District Court for Arizona in Tucson in further support of their motion to stay and refer as a matter of primary jurisdiction to the FCC.

A YouTube video by ComplaintBox attacked Crash Proof Retirement by falsely stating that the plaintiff “exists to exploit seniors,” said a complaint Nov. 17 (docket 2:23-cv-04546) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia brought by Crash Proof and parent company Retirement Media Inc. (RMI).

The U.S. Supreme Court should grant the cert petition of criminal defendant Keiron Sneed to review the Illinois Supreme Court's judgement, reversing a lower court's denial of the state's motion to compel Sneed's to produce his cellphone passcode, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in its Nov. 16 amicus brief (docket 23-5827). The order would require Sneed "to honestly recall and enter his memorized cellphone passcode to aid in his own prosecution," EFF said.

The U.S. District Court for Oregon erred June 13 when it granted YouTube’s motion to dismiss the second amended complaint of plaintiff-appellants Victor Walkingeagle, Nathan Briggs and Donald Molina for violations of Oregon’s Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), said their opening brief Monday (docket 23-35465) in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit should therefore reverse the district court’s dismissal order and remand for further proceedings, it said.

The government will have a final opportunity before Jan. 17 oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court to stand by its defense of Chevron deference when it files its responding brief Dec. 15 in Relentless v. Commerce Department (docket 22-1219).

Certain beauty products sold on Amazon Marketplace, “facilitated by Amazon,” use plaintiff Johnnetta Clemons’ image “to falsely promote and advertise” products as fulfilled by Amazon, said a trademark infringement lawsuit (docket 6:23-cv-02247) that Amazon removed Monday from the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in Orange County, Florida, to U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Orlando.