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April 16, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge handed down a 30-month prison sentence Thursday to a Tennessee e-commerce entrepreneur who admitted to scheming to hack accounts on the DraftKings sports betting site, citing his alleged criminal misconduct after pleading guilty.
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April 15, 2026
Does the First Amendment allow Uber Eats to keep your Chick-fil-A order a secret? At the Second Circuit on Wednesday, the fate of a New York City law aimed at reducing restaurant reliance on food delivery apps appeared to hinge heavily on that curious question.
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April 15, 2026
Federal class action filings spiked in 2025 after nearly a decade of relative stability, fueled by a surge in consumer protection lawsuits tied to data breaches, digital commerce and online accessibility claims, according to a new report from Lex Machina.
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April 15, 2026
A California federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of Meta Platforms Inc.'s request for a summary judgment win over claims by state attorneys general in multidistrict social media addiction litigation, saying repeatedly that many disputes should be resolved at trial and panning some arguments by both sides as "a bunch of games."
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April 15, 2026
Roblox has agreed to implement enhanced safeguards for children who use the popular interactive gaming platform and pay $12.5 million to fund an online safety awareness campaign and other initiatives as part of what Nevada's attorney general on Wednesday called a first-of-its-kind agreement to resolve claims that the company failed to adequately protect its youngest users.
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April 15, 2026
Circle is facing a proposed class action from a Missouri crypto user who accused the stablecoin issuer of failing to intervene and freeze assets as unknown hackers drained an estimated $280 million in digital assets from crypto project Drift Protocol in an April Fools' Day exploit.
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April 15, 2026
A private women's healthcare system is facing a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court that alleges it allowed third parties to use sensitive patient information without consent or notice.
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April 15, 2026
A group of Amazon Alexa users has urged a Washington federal judge to reinstate their class consumer protection claims based on allegations the devices secretly recorded their personal conversations, contending the court ignored competing evidence when determining Amazon clearly disclosed the possibility of accidental activations.
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April 15, 2026
A California federal judge Wednesday held that the Palisades Fire arson suspect cannot suppress all evidence discovered via search warrants — including ChatGPT images on his phone depicting a city on fire — finding the government didn't rely only on his mere presence near the crime scene to obtain the warrants.
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April 15, 2026
A Seventh Circuit judge on Wednesday pressed an attorney for a resort company that is arguing a lower court incorrectly found it waived its right to arbitrate Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims against more than 1,000 class members to address why it didn't raise the subject of arbitration earlier as it litigated the case over seven years.
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April 15, 2026
Two former executives for a defense contractor asked a Colorado federal judge Wednesday for an early win in their lawsuit alleging the contractor fired them for reporting a $1.9 million fraud scheme on a classified government contract.
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April 15, 2026
A proposed class action claiming a parking company unlawfully overcharged drivers must go to arbitration, a Colorado federal judge has ruled, finding that lot signs bearing the arbitration clause were sufficient notice, whether or not drivers saw them.
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April 15, 2026
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is committed to using its existing authorities to protect Americans from deceptive artificial intelligence claims and AI-facilitated fraud, while arguing the FTC shouldn't serve as an overarching regulator for the technology.
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April 15, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge has refused to erase a $4 million jury verdict against independent service organization Transtate Equipment Co. for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying trial evidence provided a "firm basis" to support the jury's statutory damages award.
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April 15, 2026
A Pennsylvania regional health system escaped allegations that it intruded on the privacy of visitors to its website by using Meta's Pixel but must face a negligence claim, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled in trimming a proposed class action.
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April 15, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission is admitting that it once again may have been too hasty in putting all foreign-made routers and drones on the so-called covered list of technology deemed to be a risk to national security, and it will be carving out some exceptions.
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April 14, 2026
A pair of bipartisan legislative proposals to boost online safeguards for children sailed through a key U.S. Senate committee Tuesday, including a measure that would require social media platforms to display clear mental health warning labels each time a user accesses the service.
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April 14, 2026
Virginia has become the third state to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data, following the governor's signature on Monday of legislation that received overwhelming backing from lawmakers and consumer advocates, and backlash from the advertising industry.
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April 14, 2026
California Northern District federal judges are seeking public comment on modifying local court rules to allow jurists to audio stream civil jury trials in the district, which regularly presides over high-stakes courtroom fights involving tech giants such as Google, Meta, OpenAI and Apple.
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April 14, 2026
A defense contractor fired two executives who reported a $1.9 million fraud scheme on a classified government contract, but retained the manager who orchestrated it, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Colorado federal court.
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April 14, 2026
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted an uncontested bid by school district plaintiffs to bar Meta and other social media companies from using nonpublic information — including their internal data — to investigate potential jurors for an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the alleged harms of social media addiction.
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April 14, 2026
A key U.S. Senate committee passed a pair of bills Tuesday aimed at improving satellite network security, in part by restricting market access in the U.S. to prevent authorizations for foreign actors deemed as risky.
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April 14, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission isn't done with the covered list yet — later this month the agency will consider changing its rules to expand the reach of the list, so any entity placed on it will no longer be able to provide interstate communications services.
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April 14, 2026
University of Michigan officials hoping to escape multidistrict litigation have said student-athletes cannot show the school or its staff were indifferent to the alleged sexual harassment the student-athletes endured after having their accounts hacked by a former assistant football coach.
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April 14, 2026
A Hims customer filed a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday alleging the telehealth company, which provides prescription and over-the-counter medications for weight loss, sexual health, hair growth and personal care, failed to prevent a foreseeable data breach and waited two months to notify affected customers.