Negligence class actions continue apace as customers become aware of the Oct. 10 data breach at software provider Citrix that affected millions of Comcast subscribers and other Citrix customers. The breach affected more than 35 million customers, according to the Maine attorney general’s office.

Nine former Twitter employees filed a motion Friday to compel and for preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland on behalf of the “thousands” of former employees with whom Twitter and X “have refused to proceed with arbitration,” said their memorandum of points and authorities (docket 4:23-cv-03301) in support of their motion.

Communications Litigation Today is tracking the below lawsuits involving appeals of FCC actions. Cases marked with an * were terminated since the last update. Cases in bold are new since the last update.

Even in “hard cases,” courts must exercise independent judgment and determine the “original public meaning” of federal statutes “based on their best understanding of statutory text, structure, history, purpose, and precedent,” but Chevron “flouts these principles,” said the petitioners’ U.S. Supreme Court reply brief Friday (docket 22-1219) in Relentless v. Commerce Department in support of overruling Chevron.

A weather-tracking company copied and displayed protected video footage of a tornado hitting Elgin, Texas, in violation of copyright law, alleged a complaint Thursday (docket 6:24-cv-06014) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Rochester.

Amazon removed to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles Friday a class action filed Nov. 23 in Los Angeles County Superior Court in which five plaintiffs allege that the conditions of use that Amazon imposes on consumers to use or shop its platfoms prohibit them from mentioning Amazon or any of its brand names in any manner that “disparages or discredits” the company.

The same attorney who previously helped bring shareholder derivative class actions against top AT&T and Verizon executives and board members for allegedly covering up their knowledge of abandoned toxic lead-laden telecom cables (see 2308020046) filed another suit Thursday (docket 3:24-cv-00063) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Trenton on behalf of Verizon shareholder Wade Sarver.

An Ohio law requiring age verification to access social media runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution, NetChoice said Friday. The tech industry group asked the U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio to block the 2023 law from taking effect Jan. 15. Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) lambasted the lawsuit as “cowardly but not unexpected.”

Cognizant Technology Solutions targeted “historically economically disadvantaged groups” in low-paying labor markets to perform the “grueling job” of social media content moderation, alleged a fraud complaint Thursday (docket 8:24-cv-00045) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.

PHE, owner of an adult products e-commerce website, www.adameve.com, provided co-defendant Google with information that revealed plaintiff Jane Doe’s private and protected sexual information and IP address, without notifying her and without her consent, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 24ST-cv-00181) in Los Angeles County Superior Court.