July 21, 2016
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's decision tossing a proposed class action against Pandora Media Inc. for revealing users' listening habits after the Michigan Supreme Court held earlier this month that a man didn't rent or borrow songs from the streaming service.
February 25, 2015
The Ninth Circuit has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to weigh in on a proposed class action claiming Pandora Media Inc. violated Michigan's Video Rental Privacy Act by disclosing subscribers' listening habits, saying the high court needs to clarify whether the music service rents or lends music files to users.
October 04, 2012
A California federal judge's recent refusal to expand a Michigan media privacy statute to cover music-streaming provider Pandora Media Inc. in a putative class action shows courts' reluctance to apply outdated rules to today's technology, putting pressure on lawmakers to modernize these protections, attorneys said Thursday.
September 26, 2011
A Michigan resident last week slapped Pandora Media Inc. with a putative class action in California accusing the Internet radio company of violating consumer protection and privacy laws in his home state by disclosing private information about users' listening habits.