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Judge refuses to delete class action over Twitter data breach
The lawsuit asserted the former owners and management at the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allowed an API defect to remain unfixed, letting hackers scrape private user data for nearly a year from 2021-2022 and then sell the data as recently as 2023 -
Face scans class action vs Google mostly tossed, because Google didn't 'profit,' judge says
Complaint accuses Google of using biometric data to improve smartphone technology -
Plaintiffs can seek emotional distress damages in class action vs CooperSurgical for loss of emrbyos
A San Francisco federal judge rejected CooperSurgical's efforts to toss a San Jose couple's class action lawsuit, which is one of at least 39 cases in California courts accusing the company of selling defective 'culture media' used by fertility clinics to aid embryo development in invitro fertilization -
Netflix beats investors' lawsuit claiming misled about extent of 'password sharing'
A San Francisco federal judge has ruled investors can't continue their lawsuit accusing media streaming giant Netflix of misleading shareholders and the market about restraints on growth from the company's alleged failure to adequately police and account for inter-household "password sharing" -
Healdsburg family settles suit vs city over alleged unconstitutional 'inclusionary zoning' fees
The city of Healdsburg will pay a local couple $30K for trying to force them to pay $20K in 'inclusionary zoning fees' to get a permit and zoning needed to build their family a new home and rent out their existing duplex. The couple and their lawyers urged everyone to fight similar 'unconstitutional' fees -
Judge flushes class action saying Peet's Coffee discriminates vs lactose intolerant
Customers say they shouldn't have been charged more for nondairy alternatives, but a judge said disability access laws don't require coffehouses to provide nondairy alternatives for blended coffees with no additional charge -
Judge grants final OK to $115M Oracle data privacy class action deal; Lawyers get $28.75M
About 3.2 million class members are set to receive $25 each from the deal. The judge overruled objectors who argued the plaintiffs settled too quickly for too little -
Fed judge rejects reporter's challenge to Alameda County ban on 'spectating' at illegal car 'sideshows'
The judge said the First Amendment protects the rights of reporters to publish and speak, not necessarily to stand on the sidewalk and observe illegal and dangerous gatherings within a proscribed radius. The reporter and his lawyers are considering an appeal -
Judge: Tenderloin residents, business can't use Covid-era order to force city to address homeless camps now
A San Francisco federal judge said the settlement under which the city agreed to work to reduce homeless tents on Tenderloin sidewalks and other public spaces to "zero" expired at the same time Mayor Breed officially ended the declared Covid emergency in 2023 -
Hundreds of school districts cleared to keep up 'nuisance' lawsuit vs. social media companies
A federal judge said the core theory of allegations is the impact of compulsive use of the products marketed by the companies that own and operate Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, among other social media platforms alleged in the lawsuits to be "addictive" and harmful to society, and schools in particular. -
Ex-BART workers fired over Covid vax mandate should get $7.8M, jury says
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District should pay at least $1.1 million to six workers who were fired in 2022 after BART repeatedly refused to grant religious exemptions and accommodations to workers who said their faith prevented them from complying with BART's Covid shot mandate -
Tenderloin residents, hotels cleared to move ahead with suit vs SF over drug, crime 'nuisance'
A federal judge has ruled residents and hoteliers in the Tenderloin have done enough to show the city of San Francisco's policies and actions may have exacerbated the drug, crime and homelessness problems plaguing the neighborhood -
Judge closes out some claims in privacy class action vs Apple, but suit OK to continue
Language on device analytics less clear than app tracking request -
Meta, social media operators can't pull plug on states' suit over young people's 'addiction'
An Oakland federal judge said a bipartisan coalition of nearly three dozen state attorneys general had provided enough evidence to this point that Meta and other social media companies knew their products were addictive to young people and misled the public about the risks, leading to societal harms -
Judge: San Francisco sheriff violating order against warrantless searches on pretrial detainees
Miyamoto pauses the program, but defends heightened standards as essential to public safety -
Judge tosses class action vs Musk, Tesla over 'full self-driving' car tech claims
A San Francisco federal judge parked, for now, a class action lawsuit accusing Elon Musk and his electric car company, Tesla, of allegedly misleading investors and the public about the autonomous abilities of Tesla vehicles. The judge said the statements amounted to "puffery" or "forward-looking" projections -
SF federal judge: EPA must reevaluate acceptable fluoride levels in water
While public health officials believe water containing fluoride helps to promote dental and skeletal health in the U.S., a federal judge said EPA has been wrong to refuse to consider fluoridation's alleged and debated impact on childhood cognitive development -
Woman can't press constitutional claims vs Santa Clara over police dog attack
A federal judge said an attack by a Santa Clara 'K-9 officer' that left a woman with significant injuries wasn't a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights, because the attack was initiated by the dog and the dog's police officer handler never intended to restrain the woman -
23AndMe says $30M data breach settlement in jeopardy from 'mass arbitration' claims
23AndMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle millions of claims over a 2023 data breach. Attorneys stand to make $7.5 million from the deal. However, the company said other lawyers are threatening the deal with parallel arbitration and state court claims -
Judge says 49ers can't spike suit accusing them of refusing to help elderly wheelchair user find a seat
A family filed a lawsuit accusing the San Francisco 49ers and others associated with operating Levi's Stadium of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act because they wouldn't help an elderly wheelchair without a ticket for the wheelchair area find another seat at which to watch a game last December