California federal judge dismisses Saudi Arabia analyst's lawsuit against Twitter
A federal California court Tuesday dismissed Ali Al-Ahmed’s lawsuit against Twitter Inc. for suspending his account. Al-Ahmed is a Saudi analyst and critic granted asylum in the US. US Judge Edward Chen for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Al-Ahmed’s amended complaint’s causes of action were time-barred and improperly [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday reversed a ruling holding that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) preempts state law causes of action against Google for collecting data from children’s online behavior. Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown authored the three-judge panel decision. The court ruled that COPPA does not preempt [...]
Walmart on Tuesday offered to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits concerning the corporation’s pharmacies and their role in the opioid crisis. When litigation over the opioid crisis was initiated, pharmacies like Walmart, CVS and Walgreens alleged that their role in the opioid crisis was limited to filling legal prescriptions for a legal drug. However, [...]
The US Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday announced that it will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan until June 30, 2024. This status was previously set to expire on December 31, 2022. TPS is a protective status for [...]
US judge issues final approval on $80M Volkswagen, Porsche class action settlement
US District Judge for the Northern District of California Charles Breyer Wednesday granted final approval of Volkswagen and Porsche’s $80 million settlement of a class action lawsuit. The companies were accused of manipulation of fuel economy and fuel emission tests for nearly 500,000 gasoline-powered Porsche class vehicles with a model year between 2005-2020. Judge Breyer [...]
A group of former and current Twitter employees Thursday filed a class action lawsuit in the San Francisco Division of the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuit comes amid widespread layoffs at the company, spearheaded by new CEO Elon Musk. Musk acquired the company after completing a deal Oct. 27 [...]
Former Apple engineer pleads guilty to stealing self-driving car trade secrets
Former Apple Inc. engineer Xiaolang Zhang pleaded guilty Monday to theft of trade secrets from the company’s self-driving vehicle program. According to filings with the US District Court for the Northern District of California, Zhang admitted to one count of trade secret theft. The case dates back to 2018 when Zhang was indicted for stealing [...]
Federal judge rules Walgreens contributed to San Francisco opioid epidemic
US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled Wednesday that the nationwide pharmacy chain Walgreens contributed to and is liable for the opioid epidemic in San Francisco. This decision results from a month-long bench trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sued Walgreens for public nuisance [...]
A US federal judge has granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss wire fraud charges against former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan. Judge James Donato signed the dismissal, and the case is in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. A federal grand jury charged Sullivan for his [...]
US Supreme Court denies Bayer appeal of weed killer cancer suit
The US Supreme Court Tuesday denied Bayer AG’s appeal of a $25 million judgment against it from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Bayer’s appeal attempted to dismiss all legal claims from customers that contracted cancer from using Bayer’s weed killer Roundup, which contains glyphosate. In 2019 Edwin Hardeman won $25 million [...]
