Seven petitioners moved the U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan for an order compelling X, formerly Twitter, to pay arbitral fees in accordance with the rules of JAMS in the absence of governing New York law mandating any other division of fees, said their notice of petition Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-02135) to compel Twitter and X to arbitrate with them in accordance with the terms of Twitter’s dispute resolution agreement (DRA).

Eight plaintiffs-appellants chose to buy Apple computers, but they didn’t know about and didn’t choose to buy the iCloud software that was automatically installed on their computers when they created their Apple IDs, said their opening brief, dated Wednesday and docketed Thursday (docket 24-715) in the 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court. Their appeal seeks to reverse the district court’s dismissal of their fraud complaint against Apple.

The ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox affiliates associations seek leave to intervene in support of the four petitions for review consolidated in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that challenge the FCC’s Dec. 26 quadrennial review order for allegedly violating Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act (see 2403050075), said their unopposed joint motion Friday.

Fast food chain Wingstop and voice AI technology platform ConverseNow capture biometric identifiers, including unique voiceprints of customers, without informing them in writing or obtaining their written consent, as required by Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 1:24-cv-02302) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Illinois in Chicago.

U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel for Southern New York in Manhattan granted the motion of Nexstar Media Group and two sidecar companies, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting, to dismiss DirecTV’s antitrust complaint for lack of standing, said the judge’s signed opinion and order Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-02221).

The district court “correctly reviewed” and upheld AB-587, California’s social media disclosure law, under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1985 decision in Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel, said an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 24-271) at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from the Democratic attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia.

“Consumers shouldn’t have to pay higher prices because companies break the law,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told a news conference Thursday announcing the bipartisan antitrust suit (docket 2:24-cv-04055) against Apple brought by DOJ and the AGs of 15 states and the District of Columbia. DOJ alleges in USA v. Apple that the tech giant has consolidated its monopoly power “not by making its own products better but by making other products worse.”

Two negligence class actions were filed in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania Wednesday involving the Citrix Systems October data breach that compromised the personally identifiable information (PII) of over 35 million Comcast Xfinity customers. One names Citrix only; the second names Citrix and Comcast.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should affirm the district court’s denial of X’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) from enforcing the state’s social media transparency law, AB-587 (see 2401020002), said five First Amendment and internet law scholars in an amicus brief Tuesday (docket 24-271) in support of the law.

Greensboro College waited about six months to notify some 52,000 victims of an August data breach, alleged a negligence class action Tuesday (docket 1:24-cv-00243) in U.S. District Court for Middle North Carolina in Greensboro.