17 results for 'cat:"Communications" AND cat:"Technology"'.
J. Nagala finds that pro se Chinese dissident’s claim against YouTube and Google, which demonetized his channel after the Chinese Communist Party allegedly hacked it, does not violate the terms of service agreement. The court converts to a motion for summary judgment.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Nagala, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv513, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: communications, Contract, technology
J. Moss refuses to issue Meta Platforms an injunction preventing the Federal Trade Commission from moving forward with modifications to the parties’ previous settlement that would require Meta to institute a more stringent privacy program and data security protections for its users, and restrict its use of facial recognition technology. Meta fails to show the FTC's powers violate due process or right to a jury trial, nor does it show it faces irreparable harm without an injunction.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Moss, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv3562, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: communications, Constitution, technology
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J. McCafferty partially grants a communication company’s motion to prevent the technology corporation Nokia from relying on the duty to mitigate as an affirmative defense at trial because Nokia failed to plead the duty to mitigate in its answer during a pretrial conference. Nokia may not “rely on the affirmative defense of the duty to mitigate at trial,” but it doesn’t have to exclude all evidence “that may be relevant to the duty to mitigate regardless of its relevance to other issues at trial.”
Court: USDC New Hampshire, Judge: McCafferty, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv949, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: communications, Contract, technology
J. Dever denies a Spectrum customer’s motions to amend and for extension of time after the communications company opposed her motions to amend following the customer’s complaints about her Wi-Fi service. The customer, a “notorious pro se litigant,” argues that her internet service was not adequate and that she should not have to pay for it. Her claims are insufficient for breach of contract on the federal level, and the case is remanded for her state claims.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Dever, Filed On: January 8, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv408, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: communications, Contract, technology
J. Saylor vacates a default and dismisses an amended complaint against Meta, Facebook’s parent company, by one of the social media platform’s users after his Facebook account, which he used for his business, was disabled with little explanation of why. Meta does not have the minimum contacts in Massachusetts necessary to establish jurisdiction for the court.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Saylor, Filed On: December 1, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv11956, NOS: Arbitration - Other Suits, Categories: communications, Jurisdiction, technology
J. Copenhaver grants the telecommunications service provider's motion to partially vacate his order granting the technology solutions company's motion for summary judgment as to liability on Count VII of its qui tam suit. The company accused the service provider of defrauding the federal government through approval of its grant application to build an open-access, middle-mile broadband internet network in West Virginia with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. Since a settlement was reached prior to trial in December, vacatur is warranted since "Frontier stands to suffer the material reputational consequences of False Claims Act liability upon a tiny fraction of the case to the same degree as if it had been liable for the case in its entirety."
Court: USDC Southern District of West Virginia, Judge: Copenhaver, Filed On: November 7, 2023, Case #: 2:14cv15947, NOS: False Claims Act - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: communications, False Claims, technology
J. Easterbrook finds that the lower court properly found that the city cannot compel Netflix, Hulu, Disney, and other streaming video providers to pay 5% of all revenues they receive under an Illinois law that requires cable services to pay a fee for using public rights of way. Even prior to an amendment, which explicitly excludes "streaming content", the law excludes "services offered over the public internet" which clearly applies to the defendants. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Easterbrook, Filed On: October 13, 2023, Case #: 22-2905, Categories: communications, technology
J. Smith finds the district court properly found in favor of the 5G telecommunications provider, entering permanent injunction against the city which attempted to block expansion of its network. The Federal Telecommunications Act preempts the city’s spacing and undergrounding requirements. “Safe-harbor” provisions in the Act were forfeited by the city’s failing to answer the complaint. Affirmed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Smith, Filed On: August 4, 2023, Case #: 22-20454, Categories: communications, Municipal Law, technology
J. Millett upholds the district court's ruling against sex worker advocacy groups that challenged the constitutionality of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which criminalizes those who run an online site that facilitates prostitution of another person. The Act is not overbroad or unconstitutionally vague. Affirmed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Millett, Filed On: July 7, 2023, Case #: 22-5105 , Categories: communications, Constitution, technology