A San Diego pizzeria has filed a proposed class action against Visa, Mastercard, Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, Citibank and Wells Fargo, alleging a long-running conspiracy to fix interchange fees charged to merchants on credit card transactions. The 134-page complaint claims the companies impose rules forcing merchants to accept all cards of a given network regardless of cost and bars steering customers toward cheaper payment options, calling the fees 'monopoly rents.' The suit comes despite a prior class action settlement exceeding $5 billion over similar allegations.
classaction.org
· 2026-10-07
A Cornell University student who filed a lawsuit accusing seven fraternity members of gang rape has had her anonymity targeted by online vigilantes trying to unmask her. Her attorney, Thomas Guiffra, says three unrelated women have been wrongly identified as the plaintiff and subjected to harassment, while the real accuser is also receiving threats on social media.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-07
The US Supreme Court has started hearing oral arguments in the case of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil, which concerns climate change damages and financial liability. The outcome could determine whether local governments can pursue legal action against fossil fuel companies for environmental harm, potentially setting a nationwide precedent. A ruling in favor of the oil companies might limit future climate litigation at the state level.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-06
Former Groq engineers Joshua Rubin and Benjamin Serebrin filed suit on Oct. 2 in Delaware's Court of Chancery, claiming Groq's board agreed to Nvidia's deal without a required stockholder vote and without seeking the best possible price for the company. The deal, announced in December, involved Nvidia licensing Groq's AI inference technology and hiring Groq's CEO Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and other senior leaders, while Groq says it remains an independent company that has since raised about $1 billion. Groq called the lawsuit meritless and said it intends to fight it.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-05
Advocacy groups representing community banks have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, challenging its decision to grant national bank charters to crypto companies. The suit argues that the regulator overstepped its authority in approving these charters for firms operating in the digital asset space.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-04
Newly unredacted documents in the New York Times' copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI show internal Microsoft materials acknowledging that AI products were creating 'doom loops' that undermine the economic foundations of the content creators supplying their training data. One document states the company's AI content strategy threatens the performance of its models and the broader web by damaging the very suppliers it depends on.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-04
Apple has launched SmartphoneAISettlement.com, letting eligible customers file claims for the $250 million settlement over allegedly misleading Apple Intelligence marketing. Buyers of iPhone 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, and various iPhone 16 models purchased between June 10, 2024 and March 29, 2025 can apply for payouts of $25 to $95 per device before the claims window closes on Dec. 21, 2026.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-03
After a jury found Meta misled Facebook users about data privacy in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico's attorneys asked Judge Francis Mathew to impose penalties of $35 billion to $40 billion. The request follows a September 25 verdict in Santa Fe; Meta's lawyers argued the state's proposed sum is unconstitutional and urged a cap of $3.45 billion instead.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-03
California's attorney general and city attorneys from three cities announced Lyft will pay $272.5 million to settle claims it misclassified drivers as independent contractors instead of employees between 2016 and 2020. The lawsuit originated in May 2020 when then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued both Lyft and Uber under Assembly Bill 5; the case against Uber continues separately.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-02
Dish-owned Sling TV has stopped offering Sling Pass, the feature that let customers buy single-day, weekend, or week-long access to cable channels instead of a full monthly subscription. The company confirmed the discontinuation in a statement on its website and in a note sent to customers, as first reported by The Desk.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-02
US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in Google's favor in separate antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media Corporation, which alleged AI Overviews cut their website traffic and revenue. Mehta found the publishers' claims rested on an unfulfilled 'expectation' of search traffic rather than any actual agreement with Google, and dismissed the suits.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-02
Following a late-September jury verdict finding Meta violated New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act with misleading privacy statements tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, state attorneys have asked a judge to impose penalties of $35 billion to $40 billion. The jury found 26 of 29 examined Meta statements misleading, translating into roughly 43 million consumer-law violations based on the New Mexico Facebook users who saw them. Meta is urging the court to cap penalties at $3.45 billion, arguing no residents were shown to have actually been misled, with a ruling expected later this month.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-02
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