MGM Resorts International's “impermissibly inadequate data security” caused the personally identifiable information (PII) of plaintiffs and class members to be “exfiltrated by unauthorized cybercriminals” in a Sept. 7 data breach, alleged a Nov. 27 class action (see 2:23-cv-01981) transferred Thursday from U.S. District Court for Southern California to U.S. District Court for Nevada in Las Vegas.

The content-moderations restrictions in Texas House Bill 20 and Florida’s Senate Bill 7072 don’t “comply” with the First Amendment and should be defeated, said NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association in separate opening briefs Thursday at the U.S. Supreme Court in the tandem of social media cases.

Plaintiffs have “pled in detail the necessity of relief for third parties whose speech and reading activities are prohibited by the overbroad provisions” of Section 1201 of the Digital Millennial Copyright Act, and the law “should not be allowed to escape review on its merits," said plaintiffs-appellants in their opening brief (docket 23-5159) of an appeal challenging a lower court ruling before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Despite bearing the burden of demonstrating that plaintiff Jackie Lane assented to an agreement to arbitrate her claims against Altice USA’s Suddenlink, the defendant doesn’t disclose “what agreement it relies on for this position or provide any proof of same,” said Lane’s opposition Wednesday (docket 3:23-cv-00380) in U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia in Huntington to Altice’s Oct. 27 renewed motion to compel arbitration. That omission alone is grounds to deny Altice’s motion, it said.

Meta seeks a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining the FTC, Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya from modifying the agency's 2020 privacy consent order with new restrictions on Meta’s business activities. Meta’s complaint late Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-03562) asked the court to declare that “fundamental aspects” of the FTC’s structure violate the Constitution, and these violations “render unlawful” the FTC’s proceeding against Meta.

Simon & Schuster took career and business management titles it published by author Martin Yate and turned them into collections, without the knowledge of the author and without paying royalties, said Yate’s Wednesday copyright infringement complaint (docket 1:23-cv-12896) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.

The U.S. telecom industry “prioritizes the health, safety, and environment of its communities and workers,” emailed a USTelecom spokesperson Wednesday. The company was commenting in response to Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes’ (D) announcement earlier Wednesday that she’s investigating lead-covered cables that may be present in Arizona, posing a potential environmental and public health risk (see 2311290060).

T-Mobile breached its contractual obligations to Irvine, California-based mobile device maker Unimax by failing to accept delivery of nearly half a million devices, alleged Unimax's fraud complaint Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-01830) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.

AT&T violated California statutes by falsely advertising the reliability, coverage and speed of its phone and internet services, while billing for services not provided, alleged a class action (docket 2:23-cv-09979), removed Monday from California Superior Court to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) is investigating lead-covered cables that may be present in Arizona, a response to recent reports identifying them as a potential environmental and public health risk, her office said Wednesday.