U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Defendant: Despite doomsday warnings, lawsuit over ChatGPT makes no specific claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiffs who warned of the end of humanity failed to make their case that their personal information was stolen to teach the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT. -
Class action: Martian Sales mislabels highly addictive kratom products
A class action lawsuit accuses Martian Sales, which makes kratom powder products, of misleading consumers into becoming addicted to a product that is similar to opioids, but is marketed as safe. -
Chef Boyardee is off to court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — The maker of Chef Boyardee products has been sued for claiming they are free from preservatives. -
Google lawsuit: Two Vietnamese men behind thousands of fake copyright takedown demands
Google has filed suit against two Vietnamese men who they say have created numerous fake accounts to lodge thousands of frivolous copyright infringement complaints against 117,000 websites, simply to harm their competition. -
Ashkenazi Jew sues 23andMe over data breach
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Class action lawyers are targeting 23andMe because of a data breach. -
Pro-Palestinian groups ask courts to order Biden administration to end support for Israeli actions vs Hamas in Gaza
A group of Palestinian human rights organizations have filed suit, asking a federal judge in San Francisco to order the President of the United States to stop Israel from continuing its military actions in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. -
Class Action: Lenovo not actually giving computer buyers any discounts online
Computer seller Lenovo has been hit with a class action lawsuit under California business law, saying the seller has allegedly misled buyers into believing they are buying at a discount, when they are not. -
Lawsuit claims protein deception
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Nature's Path faces a lawsuit alleging it misrepresents the amount of protein in its products. -
Class action: PostMeds data breach exposed patient info
Online pharmacy PostMeds has been hit with a class action lawsuit over a data breach that allegedly exposed patient information. -
Class action: Nature's Path 'high protein' foods may not be as high in protein as marketed
A class action lawsuit accuses food seller Nature's Path of misleading consumers by allegedly selling foods labeled as "high protein," without including actual protein content measurements on the product label. -
Class action: Alamo Drafthouse lets social media platforms track online activity of customers
A class action lawsuit accuses movie theater chain Alama Drafthouse of allegedly improperly sharing customer info with Facebook, TikTok and Google, among others, through the embedding of so-called tracking pixels on the Alamo website. -
Lawsuit claims preservatives in Ocean Spray juice
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — The maker of Ocean Spray juices faces a class action for labeling them as having no preservatives while containing citric acid -
Lawsuit: Ocean Spray sells juice that allegedly falsely claims to be preservative free
A class action lawsuit accuses Ocean Spray of selling juice that falsely claims to include no preservatives. -
Lawsuit: Tesla intentionally misleading buyers about the range of their EV cars
Tesla has been accused in a new class action lawsuit of intentionally misleading consumers about the driving range of their battery-powered cars. -
J. Crew's arbitration clause helps it in fight against class action
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Clothing retailer J. Crew has successfully invoked an arbitration clause to defend itself from a class action lawsuit. -
Class action says P&G should pay for allegedly falsely marketing ZzzzQuil brand sleep meds as 'non-habit forming'
A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Procter & Gamble Company, accusing the company of falsely marketing their ZzzQuil brand Nighttime Sleep Aid products as "Non-Habit Forming" despite the potential for the active ingredient, diphenhydramine, to cause psychological dependence. -
Consumers sue Walmart over alleged false claims of the effectiveness of Equate cold congestion products
California residents have filed a class action lawsuit against Walmart, claiming that the company has falsely marketed over-the-counter remedies for years as effective treatments for cold congestion, even though the products contained pheylephrine. -
Class action lawsuit accuses ZOA energy drinks of not actually being preservative free despite advertising
A California resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against ZOA Energy, claiming that the company falsely advertises its energy drinks as containing "zero preservatives" despite the products containing citric acid, which is recognized as a food preservative by the FDA. -
Class action: Google improperly recorded, saved customer interactions with Verizon
A California resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company's virtual agent services provided to Verizon call centers violate the California Invasion of Privacy Act by recording and transcribing phone conversations without obtaining prior consent from callers. -
Another class action accuses Mubi of sharing user viewing info with Facebook, violating VPPA
A man has filed a class action lawsuit against Mubi, Inc., claiming that the company violates the Video Privacy Protection Act by reporting user viewing habits and personal information to Meta/Facebook without their consent.