U.S. Magistrate Judge Mustafa Kasubhai for Oregon in Eugene denied plaintiff AT&T’s motion for summary judgment against Lane County, Oregon, but granted the county’s motion for summary judgment against AT&T, said the judge’s signed opinion and order Wednesday (docket 6:22-cv-01635). In dismissing AT&T’s case, the judge held that the carrier failed to exhaust its remedies under Oregon’s administrative land use process.

The U.S. District Court for Northern California didn’t err by granting summary judgment to Telephone Consumer Protection Act plaintiffs True Health Chiropractic and McLaughin Chiropractic Associates for collectively receiving 13 unsolicited fax ads from McKesson promoting medical software products, said a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel's memorandum Wednesday (docket 22-15732). The district court properly held that McKesson failed to show that the plaintiffs consented to receive faxed ads, it said.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel for Southern New York in White Plains should deny as premature the request of Chestnut Ridge, New York, to move for summary judgment against T-Mobile, Robert Gaudioso of Snyder & Snyder, T-Mobile’s counsel, wrote the judge in a letter Tuesday (docket 7:23-cv-05852).

The plaintiffs in two fraud class actions against Amazon over its return policies filed a joint motion with a proposed order (docket 2:23-cv-01545) to consolidate cases Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle, but they disagree on how the case should go forward. They asked the court for its “guidance” on how to proceed if it grants the motion to consolidate.

The 33 attorneys general suing Meta in California et al. vs. Meta over Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) violations filed an administrative motion (docket 4:23-cv-05448) Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland to consider whether materials designated as confidential by Meta should be sealed.

Personally identifiable information (PII) from 23andMe’s DNA Relatives feature is “now in the hands of criminal hackers,” said a privacy class action Tuesday (docket 3:23-cv-05464) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.

Spotlighting their bipartisan effort to challenge a common Meta foe as the alleged culprit in the youth mental health crisis, attorneys general from six states used a virtual news conference Tuesday to announce the filing of a 33-state lawsuit (docket 4:23-cv-05448) against the Instagram and Facebook parent in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland.

NetChoice believes its court challenge to SB-396, the Arkansas age-verification Social Media Safety Act, “is appropriate for resolution as a matter of law,” and it therefore “intends to file an early dispositive motion” to that effect, said its position statement in a joint Rule 26(f) report Monday (docket 5:23-cv-05105) in U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Google records and reads conversations between Californians and Verizon customer service representatives through its Google Cloud Contact Center AI (GCCCAI) software product, alleged a privacy class action Monday (docket 3:23-cv-05437) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.

Lower courts are in a “real muddle” over the Federal Arbitration Act's reach, said Amazon's U.S. Supreme Court cert petition Thursday. The petition asked SCOTUS to reverse the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Sept. 1 affirmance of the district court's December 2021 denial of Amazon's motion to compel arbitration in a case involving delivery drivers in the Amazon Flex program.