by Kathy Ossian | Oct 26, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
Setting up a social media profile posing as someone else likely violates the platform’s terms of service. It may also constitute trademark infringement, unfair competition and civil fraud. Illinois-based poultry processor Wayne Farms LLC filed a federal complaint...
by Kathy Ossian | Oct 13, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
In the first decision of its kind, a California appellate court has held that Amazon may be subject to liability for a personal injury caused by a third-party product sold through its site. Angela Bolger purchased a replacement laptop computer battery on Amazon and...
by Kathy Ossian | Sep 28, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
In the first half of 2020, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (“Zoom”) was named in a number of proposed class action lawsuits. Claims in the various lawsuits include violations of state data protection laws based on: (a) alleged improper sharing of users’ personal...
by Kathy Ossian | Sep 14, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
Recently, Maplebear Inc. dba Instacart field a lawsuit in federal court in Texas against Cornershop Technologies Inc. Cornershop is an online grocery delivery service launched in Chile in 2015 and purchased by Uber in 2019. In May 2020, Cornershop began...
by Kathy Ossian | Aug 25, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
In a class-action styled lawsuit filed last month, Adam Bauer, a LinkedIn user, accuses the social networking platform of accessing his and other iPhone users’ sensitive data from Apple’s “Handoff” clipboard. The purpose of the clipboard is to temporarily store...
by Kathy Ossian | Aug 9, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report of its audit of the governance and protection of Department of Defense (DOD) Artificial Intelligence Data and Technology. The dual purpose of the audit was to determine DOD’s progress in: (a) developing a...