Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal Action

Ryanair calls for limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports in Europe (theguardian.com)
Ryanair wants a limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports, as the airline released further details of legal action to recover €15,000 (£12,615) in costs related to a diversion it said was caused by an allegedly disruptive passenger.

Airlines, Europe, Alcohol, Legal Action

9 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 0 comments

IRS to Seek Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Participated in the "Gig Economy" (justice.gov)
A federal court in California entered an order on Monday authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on JustAnswer LLC, seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who were paid for answering questions as “experts” during the years 2017-2020.

Taxation, Gig Economy, Legal Action, IRS

8 points by sandwichsphinx 22 days ago | 5 comments

Which? launches £3B action against Apple over competition law breaches (which.co.uk)
Which? is today launching a landmark £3 billion legal claim against Apple, claiming the tech giant breached competition law, effectively locking millions of consumers into its iCloud service at rip-off prices

Competition Law, Apple, Legal Action, Consumer Rights, Technology

5 points by OptionOfT 64 days ago | 0 comments

Grindr Illegally Used RTO to Thwart Union, Forced Out 1/2 of Staff, NLRB Alleges (bloomberg.com)
Grindr Inc. illegally imposed a return-to-office policy last year that forced out half its staff in an attempt to thwart a unionization push, the US labor board alleged in a new complaint.

Labor Relations, Unionization, Workplace Issues, Technology, Legal Action

93 points by toomuchtodo 75 days ago | 34 comments

FTC Action to Stop Lyft from Deceiving Drivers with Misleading Earnings Claims (ftc.gov)

FTC, Transportation, Ride-Sharing, Legal Action, Consumer Protection

5 points by andelink 84 days ago | 0 comments

WPE files for injunctive relief against Automattic (reddit.com)
WPE just filed for a preliminary injunction

Legal Action, Lawsuits, WordPress, Automattic

6 points by ChallengeEup237 92 days ago | 1 comments

Pirate library must pay publishers $30M, but no one knows who runs it (arstechnica.com)
On Thursday, some links to the notorious shadow library Library Genesis (Libgen) couldn't be reached after a US district court judge, Colleen McMahon, ordered what TorrentFreak called "one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions" ever issued by a US court.

Legal Action, Piracy, Copyright, Libraries, Publishing

113 points by ohjeez 111 days ago | 2 comments

Noyb files two complaints against EU Parliament over data breach (noyb.eu)

Data Privacy, EU Parliament, Legal Action

16 points by latexr 149 days ago | 3 comments

Webtoon Targets 170 Pirate Domains Through DMCA Subpoena (torrentfreak.com)

Copyright Law, Piracy, Webtoon, DMCA, Legal Action

25 points by gslin 149 days ago | 8 comments

GrapheneOS may take legal action against Google regarding Play Integrity API (x.com)

Legal Action, Android, Privacy, Google, GrapheneOS

82 points by udev4096 171 days ago | 50 comments

Digicert pauses mass certificate revocation due to legal action from customer (mozilla.org)