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The United Farm Workers have filed suit against the USDA, alleging that the recent halt of the Farm Labor Survey and Farm Labor Report will have a negative effect on farmworker wages. https://lawstreetmedia.com//united-farm-workers-files-law/ #legalnews #agriculture #employment #agnews

The Supreme Court declined to hear an antitrust case filed against Malwarebytes; however, Justice Thomas encouraged the Court to take a case that would permit it to comment on the scope of Section 230 immunity. https://lawstreetmedia.com//scotus-rejects-malwarebytes-c/ #legalnews #tech #section230 #cybersecurity

Read the latest in what is sure to be quite the legal battle between Epic Games and Apple. The recently denied Epic's preliminary injunction motion attempting to lift Apple's ban of Fortnite, but granted an injunction on narrower grounds. https://lawstreetmedia.com//court-upholds-apples-ban-of-f/ #legalnews #antitrust #apple #epicgames #techcompanies

A securities suit against remote work software provider LogMeIn was dismissed this week. The suit arose out of LogMeIn's acquisition of GetGo. The judge held that the suit failed to plead that the statements at issue were fraudulent. https://lawstreetmedia.com//shareholder-class-action-agai/ #legalnews #technology #wfh #remotework #securities

Read our coverage of oral arguments in Google v. Oracle, held earlier today. The case concerns the copyrightability of software interfaces and could have huge implications for the tech industry. https://lawstreetmedia.com//scotus-hears-arguments-in-goo/ #techcompanies #legalnews #copyrightlaw

Wondering if there has been a change in case type distribution from 2019 to 2020 due to COVID-19? Contract litigation has seen slight a spike in 2020. See the graph below, and read about one of these contract-related COVID-19 cases here: https://lawstreetmedia.com//app-developer-sued-for-breach/

Despite COVID-19, slightly more federal civil cases were filed in March 2020 than in 2019. We see a bigger decline in later months. We’re tracking the effects of the pandemic on the legal system at Law Street. Follow along here: https://lawstreetmedia.com/tag/covid-19/

Many lawsuits targeting Clearview are based on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The cases have been clustered in the Southern District of New York and in the Chicago area, in both federal and state court.

With 2020 being Clearview AI’s first year facing federal litigation, they have only used two law firms so far: Jenner & Block and Fox Rothschild.

Did you know that since facial recognition startup Clearview AI gained public attention in January, it’s been sued 19 times in federal court? The majority of Clearview AI’s lawsuits this year have involved claims of property damage and personal injury. States and groups such as the ACLU have brought actions against them, read about one here: https://lawstreetmedia.com//aclu-sues-clearview-ai-over-r/ Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://lawstreetmedia.com/ls-subscribe-basic-1

In 2020 Zoom has sought additional counsel to handle the increased lawsuits. Cooley has many of the cases, and other firms like Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman also represent the company.

Over 50% of Zoom’s 2020 federal litigation has been contract-related. Other areas of litigation Zoom is facing include fraud and Securities and Exchange Commission-related matters.