Chargebacks911’s motion to stay discovery pending a ruling on its amended motion to dismiss should be denied, said the FTC and the Florida attorney general in their Aug. 21 opposition (docket 8:23-cv-00796) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Calabretta for Eastern California in Sacramento granted Google’s Jan. 23 motion to dismiss the Republican National Committee’s complaint and its allegations that Google intentionally misdirected the RNC’s fundraising emails to Gmail users’ spam folders at the end of each month (see 2210260080), said Calabretta’s signed order Thursday (docket 2:22-cv-01904). The judge granted the RNC partial leave to amend to establish that Google didn't act in good faith, said the order.

Defendants Maximus, a private contractor that provides appeals services for Medicare, along with Progress Software Corp. (PSC), “maintained the private information of millions of individuals in a negligent manner,” said a fraud class action Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-11939) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson for Northern California in San Francisco denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s application for a temporary restraining order and request for urgent discovery in his freedom of speech lawsuit against Google, said her signed order Wednesday (docket 3:23-cv-03880). Counsel for the parties appeared at a hearing on the application Monday.

Former Comcast utility worker Greg Bostard routinely had to climb over Verizon’s lead-sheathed cables to reach and service Comcast’s cables mounted on the same poles, and his “direct and regular exposure” to toxic lead caused him “a present injury” that increases the risk he will develop more “catastrophic health effects,” alleged his negligence class action Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-08564) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Camden.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) denies NetChoice’s allegations that SB-396, the state’s social media age verification law, is unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds (see 2306300001), said his answer Wednesday (docket 5:23-cv-05105) in U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas in Fayetteville. NetChoice seeks a preliminary injunction to bar Griffin from enforcing the measure when it takes effect Sept. 1.

U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez for Southern Florida in Miami denied defendant Smartbiz Telecom’s Jan. 20 motion to dismiss Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s (R) robocall complaint (see 2301230054), said his signed order Wednesday (docket 1:22-cv-23945).

Some $1,399 worth of SanDisk solid-state disk drives (SSDs) bought by plaintiff Emilio Pousa are “essentially worthless,” and parent company Western Digital didn't compensate him for his losses, said a Tuesday fraud class action (docket 5:23-cv-04281) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. Pousa names Western Digital and “Does 1-10,” whose identities and involvement in the wrongdoing at issue will be revealed “if and when they become known,” said the complaint.

Plaintiffs filed a notice of related action “out of an abundance of caution,” in MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation Tuesday before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Plaintiffs Katelin Malo, individually, and as parent and next friend of K.J., a minor, Corrinna Reed and Joann Kindred sued (docket 6:23-cv-01149) Performance Health Technology (PH Tech) this month in a negligence class action stemming from the MOVEit data breach May 30.

Amazon sued a network of alleged piracy websites for selling DVDs that infringe Amazon's copyrights for original works, including The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, said a Tuesday complaint (docket 2:23-cv-06886) in U.S. District Court for Western California in Los Angeles.