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Google to pay $68M to settle assistant privacy lawsuit
Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class action alleging its voice assistant illegally recorded private conversations and violated user privacy.
Lawsuit over info disclosed on ‘dark web’ can proceed
The 4th Circuit reinstated data breach claims after finding plaintiffs had standing when their driver’s license data appeared on the dark web.
Consumer Protection: Court consolidates three FCRA suits
Where a consumer filed three virtually identical lawsuits against credit reporting agencies, the suits involved common questions of law or fact and the law favored consolidation, the suits were consolidated.
Consumer Protection: Suit arising out of allegedly improper vehicle inspection reinstated
Where the purchaser of a vehicle sued the company that performed an allegedly defective vehicle inspection that the plaintiff relied upon when he purchased the vehicle, the circuit court erred when it dismissed the Virginia Consumer Protection Act claim.
Texas sues Tylenol over unproven pregnancy safety claims
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, alleging deceptive marketing of Tylenol as safe for pregnant women despite autism concerns.
Consumer Protection: District court wrongly dismissed two plaintiffs’ data breach claims
Where two individuals alleged that they found their driver’s license numbers listed on the dark web, and they attributed the listings to a breach of the defendants’ network, the district court wrongly dismissed their claims. These allegations were sufficient to show a concrete injury in the eyes of Article III.
Consumer Protection: Consumer reporting agency fails to dismiss FCRA suit
Where a consumer plausibly alleged a credit reporting agency reported inaccurate information, that it failed to follow reasonable procedures to ensure it did not report inaccurate information and that its conduct was willful, the agency’s motion to dismiss was denied.
Consumer Protection: Over $69,000 in fees awarded to prevailing plaintiff in defective RV suit
Where the purchaser of an RV vehicle prevailed on her defective vehicle claim, she was awarded over $69,000 in attorneys’ fees.
Consumer Protection: FDCPA vehicle repossession claim is dismissed
Where a man alleged a towing company breached the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act during its repossession of his vehicle, but his arguments were not supported by the law, this claim was dismissed.
Consumer Protection: Woman files suit following data breach
Where a woman’s alleged her private information was part of a data breach, and that it was coopted by malevolent third-parties and used to apply for and acquire credit cards in her name, her data breach suit largely survived the defendant’s motion to dismiss.
Consumer protection class action allowed to proceed in federal court
A federal judge ruled a class action under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act against BMW over a rollaway defect in its X1 vehicle can proceed.
Consumer Protection: Maryland has sovereign immunity against takings claim
Where a man argued that Maryland effectuates a taking because it does not pay interest on unclaimed property that is returned to the property owner, his claims were barred by Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. A federal-court order to pay that kind of “accrued monetary liability” for injury suffered before the entry of a federal court decree is barred by the Eleventh Amendment.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – 74-year-old injured in two-vehicle crash
- Employment- Arbitrator finds unfair labor practices by school
- Medical Malpractice- Gallbladder removal surgery results in reparative procedure
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Car with mother, two children broadsided, rolled several times
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Driver, passenger suffer injuries after truck crosses into lane
- Fraud – Jury sides with couple in home construction case
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Triathlete suffered fractures after being struck by pickup truck
- Medical Malpractice- Nursing facility patient died after falling, suffering head injury
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Sales manager sustained multiple injuires in Virginia Beach collision
- Products Liability – Workplace accident results in amputation at the wrist
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Railroad worker injured in collision with tractor-trailer
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Evidence supports conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon
- Consumer Protection – Default judgment entered against auto dealership
- Criminal – Full court refuses to rehear Rogers-Singletary error case
- Tort -Former Libyan Army official defeats torture claims
- Tort – LLC doesn’t protect member from fraud claim
- Employment – Court lacks jurisdiction over former IRS employee’s claims
- Constitutional – District court erred when it excused minor from vaccination law
- Criminal – Court rejects Double Jeopardy Clause argument
- Civil Procedure – Court refuses to join non-party to copyright suit
- Criminal – Woman held in contempt for repeatedly interrupting court proceeding
- Civil Rights – Jury to decide if officer violated arrestee’s rights
- Appeals – Tardy appeal is dismissed
