The “historic” injunction imposed July 4 by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for Western Louisiana in Monroe (see 2307050042) “put a stop to an egregious campaign” in which dozens of Biden administration officials “insinuated themselves into the content-moderation decisions of social-media platforms to silence disfavored viewpoints,” said the plaintiffs’ opposition Friday (docket 23-30445) in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to the government’s motion to stay the injunction (see 2307250002).
The Pasadena, Texas, design manual imposed burdensome requirements on Crown Castle’s small-node networks, and was “part of the battle” between telecommunications providers that are trying to expand 5G wireless services “and municipalities that are resisting that expansion,” said Friday’s decision (docket 22-20454) at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the district court’s ruling in Crown Castle’s favor (see 2308060001).
Charter Communications calls consumers nationally to promote its Spectrum TV and internet bundles, using prerecorded messages to people who didn’t provide their prior express written consent to receive them, or whose numbers are listed on the national do not call registry, alleged plaintiff George Morris’ class action Friday (docket 3:23-cv-01741) in U.S. District Court for Northern Texas in Dallas. Morris seeks “redress for all persons injured” by Charter’s conduct, it said.
The Arkansas attorney general's opposition to NetChoice’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block him from enforcing SB-396, the state’s social media age verification law, when it takes effect Sept. 1 (see 2307280019) “confirms the profound First Amendment problems” with the law and the “pressing need” for that injunction, said NetChoice’s reply brief Thursday (docket 5:23-cv-05105) in U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Apple falsely promoted iOS 15 as improving the performance of older devices like the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus when in fact it didn’t work at all well on those devices, and the company should have known that, alleged nine iPhone 7 owners in a fraud class action Wednesday (docket 5:23-cv-03882) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose.
The July 24 letter from Pasadena, Texas, denying Crown Castle’s contentions that the city’s design manual “overtly discriminates” against small-cell technology (see 2307250038) isn’t a proper Rule 28(j) letter because it doesn’t “identify any new legal authorities,” Crown Castle wrote the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a responding letter Wednesday (docket 22-20454). “Even worse, it is incorrect,” it said.
The opposition from plaintiffs Justin Davis and Gary Davis to HP’s motion to dismiss their fraud class action (see 2307030008) fails to address “controlling” 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals precedent, or the guidance provided by the district court’s prior decisions, said HP’s reply brief Tuesday (docket 4:23-cv-02114) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in Oakland in support of dismissal. The plaintiffs allege the defective trackpads in their HP Omen laptops rendered their computers unusable without an external mouse.
The same lawyer who filed the securities fraud class action Friday against AT&T over the carrier’s alleged failure to disclose that its telecom cables were covered with toxic lead (see 2307300002) took aim with a similar complaint Tuesday against Verizon, its CEO Hans Vestberg and Matt Ellis, who left his chief financial officer role May 1.
Rochester, New York, enacted a new telecommunications code three years ago that imposes “excessively high fees” on telecom providers in violation of federal law, said plaintiffs Verizon, Extenet and Crown Castle in a joint memorandum of law Monday (docket 6:19-cv-06583) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Rochester. Their opening brief in support of their motion for judgment in their favor followed a two-day consolidated bench trial in early June (see 2212200065).
AT&T’s March 2020 update to its environmental policy attesting to its commitment to employee safety contained “materially false and misleading statements” because the company “owned cables covered in toxic lead” that caused harm to “everyday people,” employees and the environment, alleged shareholder John Brazinsky in a securities fraud class action Friday (docket 2:23-cv-04064) in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark.