Law Archive

Wes DavisMar 17, 2024

Apple will face an AirTags class-action lawsuit.

Judge Vince Chhabria of California’s Northern District found that three plaintiffs had sufficiently claimed “negligence and product liability” in the suit, which alleges that AirTags “help stalkers track their victims,” Bloomberg reported Friday.

Bloomberg quotes Judge Chhabria:

“Apple may ultimately be right that California law did not require it to do more to diminish the ability of stalkers to use AirTags effectively, but that determination cannot be made at this early stage,”

Apple Must Face Suit Claiming Air Tags Are Weapon of Stalkers

[Bloomberg]

US prosecutors are investigating how Meta platforms played a part in illegal drug sales

Wes DavisMar 16, 2024

Richard LawlerMar 15, 2024

Prosecutors recommend a 40- to 50-year sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried.

The former crypto billionaire was found guilty on all seven charges he faced in November, and the judge is scheduled to deliver a sentence on March 28th. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers suggested a five- to six-year prison sentence, but a filing submitted by the prosecution on Friday disagrees:

While a Guidelines sentence – which would exceed 100 years, effectively a life sentence – is not necessary, the Government urges the Court to impose a sentence that underscores the remarkably serious nature of the harm to thousands of victims; prevents the defendant from ever again committing fraud; and sends a powerful signal to others who might be tempted to engage in financial misconduct that the consequences will be severe.
A sentence of 40 to 50 years is necessary to serve such purposes.

The trial and sentencing of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried

Supreme Court defines when it’s illegal for public officials to block social media critics

Lauren FeinerMar 15, 2024

Pornhub shuts down in Texas to protest age verification law

Emma RothMar 14, 2024

The FTC and DOJ think McDonald’s ice cream machines should be legal to fix

Gaby Del ValleMar 14, 2024

Epic asks judge to enforce the Apple App Store injunction

Wes DavisMar 13, 2024

Wes DavisMar 12, 2024

Masimo jailbroke iPhones to try to keep the Apple Watch banned.

That’s according to the US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) recently-published January 12th ruling that approved Apple’s modification meant to lift the Apple Watch ban.

CBP chief Dax Terrill wrote that Masimo installed “otherwise restricted software that, but for the jailbreaking, would not have been feasible.” He concluded that the software change “would appear to resolve the issue of infringement.”

CROSS Customs Rulings Online Search System

[rulings.cbp.gov]

Wes DavisMar 10, 2024

Three authors accuse Nvidia of using their books for AI training without permission.

The authors, Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Steward O’Nan, allege that Nvidia trained natural language aspects of its NeMo platform on a massive training dataset containing their work, according to Reuters. Their class-action suit, if certified, would cover anyone in the US with work involved in NeMo’s training.

Although Reuters doesn’t specify, the suit may be referencing the “Books3” dataset that other author lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta are based on.

Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

[Reuters]