Amazon and Amazon Web Services “expressly deny” they violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by using the company’s Rekognition facial-imaging technology to monitor employees in Amazon fulfillment centers, said the companies in a notice of removal Wednesday (docket 1:22-cv-05159) in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Amazon and AWS “intend to defend this matter vigorously,” they said.
Florida asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that a state law’s social moderation limits are likely unconstitutional. The state filed a petition for certiorari Wednesday. Tech associations that challenged the Florida law supported SCOTUS review. Since the 5th Circuit upheld a Texas social media law last week, legal observers expect the Supreme Court to hear a case on the constitutionality of state social media laws to resolve the circuit split (see 2209200008).
Energy management products, luxury loudspeakers, connected devices and dealer tools are among the products exhibitors will showcase next week at CEDIA Expo, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Dallas.
Bowers & Wilkins updated its mid-tier 700 Series loudspeaker line Wednesday, focusing on design, upgraded drivers and a new downfiring port in the flagship model. The result of the three-year makeover is an eight-model series that includes three floor-standing, three stand-mount and two center-channel speakers. Four models have the company's tweeter-on-top design.
The data breach that Samsung disclosed publicly Sept. 2 exposed consumers’ “personally identifiable information” (PII) to harm because the company “intentionally, willfully, recklessly, or negligently” failed to take “adequate and reasonable measures to ensure its data systems were protected against unauthorized intrusions,” alleged a class-action complaint Monday (in docket 1:22-cv-07974) in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
A federal judge questioned whether Facebook has monopolized the social media market, citing reports about hundreds of thousands of users leaving the platform. DOJ and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to revive an antitrust lawsuit against parent company Meta (see 2208240027), filed by 48 states and territories. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg dismissed the case in June 2021 (see 2106280057), saying the states waited too long to file the claim.
The SEC and AT&T face an Oct. 17 court deadline for submitting a proposed schedule through the start of trial in their 18-month legal fight, including an estimate about how long a trial would last, said an order (docket 1:21-cv-01951) signed by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer. The judge, in a Sept. 8 opinion, denied the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment in the case, in which the SEC sued AT&T for violations of the commission’s fair disclosure regulation (Reg FD).
Xperi hopes to capitalize on consumer streaming subscription fatigue, said Geir Skaaden, chief products and services officer, on the company’s Tuesday virtual Investor Day. The event outlined how Xperi and licensing company Adeia plan to go forward following their planned spinoff, due to happen Oct. 1 (see 2209080029).
Voxx launched a new e-commerce platform, rolling it out first through its Premium Audio Co. subsidiary, it said Monday. The company has been looking “at all aspects of its consumer-facing assets to improve the customer experience” and move to a more “user-friendly platform” designed to improve visibility, data aggregation and support functions, it said.
A potential legislative proposal from Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., that would create a new tech regulator (see 2209120059) is dividing the Senate.