Hacker News with Generative AI: Lawsuits

A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy (apnews.com)
Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change

Politics, Lawsuits, Trade, Climate Change, Agriculture

13 points by bloppe 2 days ago | 0 comments

5th Circuit Lets AT&T Off the Hook for Major Location Data Privacy Violations (techdirt.com)
For decades, major wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile collected vast troves of sensitive user location and movement data, then sold access to any random nitwit with two nickels to rub together.

Privacy, Telecommunications, Lawsuits, Data Security, Location Tracking

12 points by hn_acker 3 days ago | 1 comments

At Trial, Instagram Co-Founder Says Meta Denied His Company Resources (nytimes.com)
Kevin Systrom, the co-founder of Instagram, testified on Tuesday in a landmark federal antitrust trial that his startup was starved of resources after Meta bought it because Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, was afraid of the success of the photo-sharing app.

Meta, Antitrust, Social Media, Business, Lawsuits

8 points by pdyc 3 days ago | 0 comments

It takes one click to join Uber One, and 32 actions to quit (theregister.com)
The USA’s Federal Trade Commission on Monday launched a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the rideshare giant ripped off customers by enrolling them in its “Uber One” membership scheme without permission, failing to deliver promised savings, and making it devilishly difficult to opt out.

Consumer Rights, Uber, Lawsuits, FTC

9 points by beardyw 4 days ago | 0 comments

Harvard University sues Trump administration (bbc.com)
Harvard University filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop billions of dollars in proposed cuts.

Lawsuits, Politics, Education, Trump Administration

18 points by colinprince 4 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla odometer uses "predictive algorithms" to void warranty, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is facing a new scandal that once again sees the electric automaker accused of misleading customers. In the past, it has been caught making "misleading statements" about the safety of its electric vehicles, and more recently, an investigation by Reuters found Tesla EVs exaggerated their efficiency. Now, a lawsuit filed in California alleges that the cars are also falsely exaggerating odometer readings to make warranties expire prematurely.

Lawsuits, Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Warranty

11 points by frutiger 4 days ago | 0 comments

Harvard Sues Trump Administration (thecrimson.com)
Harvard sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over its multibillion dollar cuts to the University’s research funding, accusing the White House of undertaking an arbitrary and unconstitutional campaign to “punish Harvard for protecting its constitutional rights.”

Politics, Lawsuits, Higher Education, Funding Cuts

15 points by hackdna 4 days ago | 1 comments

The ACLU Is Suing the Government to Get Access to Doge Records (wired.com)
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the US Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Lawsuits, Government, Privacy, ACLU

19 points by jmsflknr 4 days ago | 0 comments

U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google (nytimes.com)
The Justice Department said on Monday that the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search was to break up the $1.81 trillion company, kicking off a three-week hearing that could reshape the technology giant and alter the power players in Silicon Valley.

Antitrust, Google, Lawsuits, Technology

11 points by zzzeek 4 days ago | 1 comments

We Are Suing the President (stonemaiergames.com)
We are joining a lawsuit will challenge the President’s unchecked authority to impose tariffs. We will not stand idly by while our livelihoods–and the livelihoods of thousands of small business owners and contractors in the US, along with the customers whose pursuit of happiness we hold dear–are treated like pawns in a political game.

Politics, Lawsuits, Business

20 points by savanaly 4 days ago | 5 comments

FTC takes action against Uber for deceptive billing and cancellation practices (ftc.gov)

FTC, Uber, Business Practices, Consumer Protection, Lawsuits

425 points by pinewurst 4 days ago | 264 comments

Tesla whistleblower says Musk wanted to deport her team for raising brake issue (electrek.co)
Former Tesla engineer Christina Balan, who was fired in 2014, said in an interview that her entire team was threatened with deportation for taking her side when she brought up a brake safety issue directly to Elon Musk.

Tesla, Whistleblowers, Elon Musk, Automotive Industry, Lawsuits

27 points by iancmceachern 5 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla settles with worker who claimed employees told "welcome to the plantation" (the-independent.com)
Elon Musk’s Tesla has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit after a Black employee sued the company, alleging a manager sometimes greeted her by saying “welcome to the plantation” and “welcome to the slave house.”

Tesla, Racial Discrimination, Lawsuits, Workplace Culture

52 points by Veserv 5 days ago | 33 comments

Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, US lawsuit claims (yahoo.com)
Tesla faces a proposed class action claiming it speeds up odometers on its electric vehicles so they fall out of warranty faster, saving Elon Musk's company from having to pay for repairs.

Tesla, Lawsuits, Electric Vehicles, Warranty

9 points by noitpmeder 8 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla odometer uses "predictive algorithms" to void warranty, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is facing a new scandal that once again sees the electric automaker accused of misleading customers.

Tesla, Lawsuits, Electric Vehicles, Consumer Protection, Algorithms

10 points by mizzao 8 days ago | 0 comments

Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, US. lawsuit claims (cnbc.com)

Tesla, Lawsuits, Automobiles, Consumer Rights

21 points by SirLJ 8 days ago | 1 comments

Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers (prospect.org)
For nearly three decades, a cold war has raged through the halls of Congress and in high-end shellfish restaurants perched precariously on Washington, D.C.’s southern coast. The battle lines have shifted between successive administrations, sometimes tilting toward proletariat victory, and sometimes cutting fast toward total surrender to corporate America.

Politics, Taxes, Business, Lawsuits

456 points by leotravis10 8 days ago | 228 comments

HP agrees to $4M settlement over claims of "falsely advertising" PCs, keyboards (arstechnica.com)
HP Inc. has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to customers after being accused of “false advertising” of computers and peripherals on its website.

Lawsuits, Consumer Protection, Technology, HP

9 points by bradac56 8 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla odometer uses "predictive algorithms" to void warranty, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is facing a new scandal that once again sees the electric automaker accused of misleading customers.

Tesla, Lawsuits, Automotive Industry, Consumer Protection

11 points by cwal37 9 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla makes its cars lie about their mileage, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
Tesla is facing a new scandal that once again sees the electric automaker accused of misleading customers. In the past, it has been caught making "misleading statements" about the safety of its electric vehicles, and more recently, an investigation by Reuters found Tesla EVs exaggerated their efficiency. Now, a lawsuit filed in California alleges that the cars are also falsely exaggerating odometer readings to make warranties expire prematurely.

Tesla, Lawsuits, Electric Vehicles, Consumer Protection

14 points by LinuxBender 9 days ago | 1 comments

How Meta AI Staff Deemed More Than 7M Books to Have No "Economic Value" (vanityfair.com)
As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company’s stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and Andrew Sean Greer, are individually worthless.

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Lawsuits, Book Industry, Meta

43 points by cbzbc 9 days ago | 21 comments

Zuckerberg defends Meta under oath in federal court (npr.org)

Meta, Lawsuits, Social Media, Zuckerberg, Legal Proceedings

6 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 9 days ago | 0 comments

Google sued for £5B in UK over allegations of shutting out rivals (theguardian.com)
Google is being sued in the UK for up to £5bn in damages over allegations it shut out rivals in the internet search market and abused this dominance to overcharge businesses for advertisements.

Antitrust, Google, Lawsuits, Business, UK

6 points by chrisjj 10 days ago | 0 comments

Snapchat is harming children at an industrial scale? (afterbabel.com)
On October 1, 2024, investigative journalist Jeff Horwitz reported a startling statistic from an internal Snap Inc. email quoted in a court case against Snap Inc., the company which owns Snapchat. The email noted that the company receives around 10,000 reports of sextortion each month—and that figure is likely “only a fraction of the total abuse occurring on the platform.”

Social Media, Child Safety, Technology, Lawsuits

157 points by Tomte 10 days ago | 137 comments

Tesla has to replace computer in ~4M cars or compensate their owners (electrek.co)
Tesla (TSLA) has to replace the ‘self-driving’ computer inside about 4 million vehicles or likely compensate the owners of those vehicles.

Tesla, Automobiles, Lawsuits, Software, Compensation

10 points by LaSombra 10 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs (pluralistic.net)
A lawsuit filed in February accuses Tesla of remotely altering odometer values on failure-prone cars, in a bid to push these lemons beyond the 50,000 mile warranty limit:

Tesla, Lawsuits, Automotive Industry, Warranty, Odometer

46 points by doener 10 days ago | 11 comments

Tesla (TSLA) has to replace computer in ~4M cars or compensate their owners (electrek.co)
Tesla (TSLA) has to replace the ‘self-driving’ computer inside about 4 million vehicles or likely compensate the owners of those vehicles.

Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Lawsuits, Consumer Protection

18 points by ckastner 10 days ago | 1 comments

Zuckerberg's 2012 email dubbed "smoking gun" at Meta monopoly trial (arstechnica.com)
Starting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust trial Monday with a bang, Daniel Matheson, the FTC's lead litigator, flagged a "smoking gun"—a 2012 email where Mark Zuckerberg suggested that Facebook could buy Instagram to "neutralize a potential competitor," The New York Times reported.

Antitrust, Social Media, Facebook, Lawsuits, Business

7 points by mempko 10 days ago | 1 comments

Trump freezes $2B in Harvard funds after it rejects demands (bbc.com)
The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard University, hours after the elite college rejected a list of demands from the White House.

Politics, Education, Lawsuits

21 points by colinprince 11 days ago | 3 comments

Trump Administration Will Freeze $2B After Harvard Refuses Demands (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration acted quickly on Monday to punish Harvard University after it refused to comply with a list of demands from the federal government that the school said were too onerous.

Politics, Education, Lawsuits

59 points by jbegley 11 days ago | 10 comments