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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Not for the Faint of Heart: Magistrate Judge Wicks Recommends Dismissal of Heart Monitoring Patent Case for Failure to Join a...

United States Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks (E.D.N.Y.) recommended that Defendant Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion to dismiss Plaintiff Joseph Wiesel’s (“Wiesel”) action for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,020,514 (the “’514...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: E-Scooters and Usury

This week, the Ninth Circuit examines whether a city’s collection of location data from electronic scooters violates the Fourth Amendment, and whether a consumer lender can circumvent state usury laws by making loans through...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Federal Appellate FDCPA Decision Threatens to Upend Debt Collection and Loan Servicing

On April 21, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision that threatens significant consequences for a variety of loan servicing and debt collection industries. The upshot of the court’s holding...more

Carlton Fields

Federal Court Dismisses Policyholder’s Third-Party Action Against Reinsurers

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A Puerto Rico district court dismissed a third-party action by defendant-policyholder Puma Energy Caribe LLC against the reinsurers of an insurance policy issued by plaintiff Integrand Assurance Co. Puma claimed that the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ninth Circuit Rules That Users, Not Consumers, Must Prove an Authorized Purpose for Obtaining a Consumer Report

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Synopsis: Last month, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion, affirming broad Article III standing and holding that, for permissible-purpose claims, a consumer-plaintiff need allege only that his/her credit report was obtained...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Mobile App VPPA Suit Survives Spokeo Standing Challenge

In Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., a user of the free USA Today app alleged that each time he viewed a video clip, the app transmitted his mobile Android ID, GPS coordinates and identification of the...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

4th Time is Not a Charm: Android Users Plead Themselves Out of Court

Finding that the Plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to pursue their case, Google, Inc. (“Google”) won dismissal of the Android users’ putative class action lawsuit after more than three years of litigation. In re Google...more

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