Amazon and Epson sued two dozen entities and 10 John Does for selling counterfeit Epson products on Amazon from January 2023-February 2024, said a trademark infringement lawsuit Monday (docket 2:24-cv-00616) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.

Adell Broadcasting will bring legal action against Nexstar and Mission Broadcasting if Mission doesn’t accept the FCC’s conditions for approving Mission’s proposed $75 million buy of Adell’s WADL Mount Clemens, Michigan (see 2404240070), Adell CEO Kevin Adell told us in an interview Tuesday.

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NetChoice and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) filed dueling motions for summary judgment Friday (docket 2:24-cv-00047) in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio over the state's social media parental notification law. NetChoice’s motion seeks to permanently block the statute on constitutional grounds, while Yost’s motion defends the law as "valid," and argues for its enforcement.

Apple's and Roblox’s goal of keeping minors and young adults playing videogames longer, so they spend more money on in-game purchases, is causing physical and mental harm to young players while the companies grow their revenue, alleged a videogame addiction lawsuit Friday (docket 0:24-cv-01602) in U.S. District Court for Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Yippee Entertainment, a faith-based streaming service for children, violates the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by disclosing the personally identifiable information (PII) of viewers for marketing, advertising and analytics purposes, alleged a class action Friday (docket 3:24-cv-00797) in U.S. District Court for Southern California.

The Northern District of Texas is the appropriate transferee forum for coordinated or consolidated litigation in In re: AT&T Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, said movant Alex Petroski in a Thursday reply (docket 3:24-cv-00757) before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (docket 3114). The reply was in further support of his motion for transfer and centralization of related actions to the district.

Twenty Republican attorneys general support the 20 industry petitioners asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the FCC’s digital discrimination order on grounds it exceeds agency authority and lacks clear congressional intent (see 2404230032). The AGs made their argument in an amicus brief Thursday (docket 24-1179).

Communications Litigation Today is tracking the below lawsuits involving appeals of FCC actions. Cases marked with an * were terminated since the last update. Cases in bold are new since the last update.

J.P. Morgan Chase failed to properly secure the personally identifiable information (PII) of its clients’ employees in a data breach that occurred in 2021 but wasn’t discovered until February of this year, alleged a class action Friday (docket 1:24-cv-03438) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York.