Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile (XM) seeks expedited discovery in its complaint to thwart illegal trafficking in stolen phones (see 2211170061), said its motion Tuesday (docket 2:22-cv-01950]) in U.S. District Court for Arizona. XM especially seeks permission to serve nonparty subpoenas because certain nonparties “have significant evidence relevant to this case that they are otherwise under no duty to preserve and may destroy pursuant to their corporate document retention policies,” said the motion.
Masimo and its Cercacor Labs subsidiary went too far in their proposed final judgment and permanent injunction against former Chief Technology Officer Marcelo Lamego when they sought to prevent Lamego and his company, True Wearables, from keeping certain confidential documents, said their objections Monday (docket 8:18-cv-02001) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana.
Masimo and its Cercacor Labs subsidiary moved Monday for a final judgment against former Chief Technology Officer Marcelo Lamego and a permanent injunction barring him from further misappropriating Masimo’s pulse oximetry trade secrets, said their proposed order (docket 8:18-cv-02001) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana. U.S. District Judge James Selna’s “finding of facts” ruling Nov. 7 also said Lamego breached his fiduciary duty of loyalty to Cercacor and he violated his employment agreements by keeping confidential information and documents (see 2211170034).
Amazon’s Oct. 3 complaint alleging Washington state’s requirement to abate hazards in the workplace violates its 14th Amendment rights to due process is a lawsuit that “fails at the starting gate,” said the Washington Department of Labor & Industries in a motion to dismiss Friday (docket 2:22-cv-01404) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.
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Defendants Kevin David Hulse and David Arnett, operating under an entity called DK Automation, have lured consumers into purchasing business opportunities since at least February 2020, promising to build purchasers a 100% “turnkey Amazon empire” that generates “passive income on autopilot,” alleged an FTC complaint Wednesday (docket 1:22-cv-23760) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami.
The Nov. 7 ruling by U.S. District Judge James Selna for Central California in Santa Ana that former Masimo engineer Marcelo Lamego misappropriated the company’s pulse oximetry trade secrets “will give comfort to companies that invest in innovation,” said Masimo’s General Counsel Tom McClenahan in a statement Thursday. The "finding of facts" ruling (docket 8:18-cv-02001) confirmed “that California’s trade secrets laws will help protect their investments from employees who seek to unlawfully use those innovations for their own benefit,” he said.
Amazon “misrepresents” the benefits of Prime memberships when it advertises products available for free shipping in one or two days but in reality keeps members “waiting substantially beyond” those promised turnaround times, alleged a fraud class action Thursday (docket 3:22-cv-01764) in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego.
The U.S. District Court for Middle North Carolina in Winston-Salem, in a text-only order Friday (docket (1:22-cv-00727), granted Meta’s motion for a deadline extension to Dec. 8 to answer the Sept. 1 class action in which plaintiffs allege Facebook’s Pixel tracking tool violated their medical privacy.
Ahdoot Wolfson is soliciting Toyota, Porsche, BMW and Lexus owners as plaintiffs in possible class actions that seek to make the major automakers accountable for discontinuing in-vehicle reception of 3G network services, its website shows. Breach of warranty, unfair competition and fraudulent omission are some of the allegations the law firm leveled against Ford in a putative class action Thursday (docket 3:22-cv-01716) in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego on behalf of Alpine, California, consumer Michael Scriber, the owner of a 2020 Ford Fusion Energi.