Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal Action

Ex-PO operator is first Horizon IT victim to launch legal action against (theguardian.com)
The former post office operator Lee Castleton, one of the highest-profile victims of the Horizon IT scandal, has become the first individual to launch legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu.

Legal Action, Technology, Postal Service, Business

11 points by chrisjj 16 days ago | 3 comments

Cloudflare takes legal action over LaLiga's "disproportionate blocking efforts" (broadbandtvnews.com)
Cloudflare has launched a legal action against LaLiga over IP blocking action that it says blocked millions of users from accessing unrelated websites.

Legal Action, Internet, Sports, Blocking

169 points by mrvikdev 39 days ago | 132 comments

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 80 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 98 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 139 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 150 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 160 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 167 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 186 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 225 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 225 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 247 days ago | 50 comments

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