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On April 30, 2021 a California district court trimmed various federal privacy-related claims, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)...
Plaid Federal Electronic Surveillance Claims Dropped, Privacy Claims Survive Tuesday, May 11, 2021 On April 30, 2021 a California district court trimmed various federal privacy-related claims, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) claim, from a highly-visible, ongoing putative class action against fintech services company Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”), but allowed other state law privacy claims to go forward. The lawsuit involves Plaid’s alleged collection and use of consumers’ banking login credentials and later processing and selling of such financial transaction da...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 For those who have not been following the Plaid class action unfold, we previously covered it HERE and HERE. Soon after the class actions were consolidated last year, Plaid filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Class Action Complaint in September, 2020. Oral arguments were held in February of this year, and the Court just issued its 38-page ruling, partially granting Plaid’s motion to dismiss, with prejudice. As you may recall, this action consists of five separately-filed putative class action complaints in which 11 named plaintiffs allege...
> In 2019, cheat creator Global++ was sued by Pokémon Go developer Niantic for infringing its intellectual property rights and spoiling the gaming experience for legitimate players. The parties have now agreed to settle the case for a cool $5,000,000, with the former admitting several types of copyright infringement and computer abuse violations. Providing tools and services enabling players to cheat in video games is big business but after years of relative freedom, cheat facilitators are increasingly being targeted by developers for undermining gaming experiences and business models. In ...