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Sony argues ‘reasonable consumers would not be misled’ into believing they own digital games in class action motion — PlayStation Store ‘buy’ button lawsuit may never reach a courtroom

Sony Interactive Entertainment asked a federal judge to push a proposed class action lawsuit over the PlayStation Store’s “buy” and “purchase” labels out of court and into individual arbitration.

Tom’s Hardware

Ex-Google engineer's conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned

U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled there was insufficient evidence Ding intended or knew his ‌conduct would benefit ⁠the government ⁠of China, a requirement to convict him on seven counts of economic espionage. Chhabria said evidence supported the guilty verdict on the theft of trade secrets.

The Economic Times

Court Filings Reveal Medicaid Patient Data Was Improperly Shared with ICE, Then Forwarded to Palantir's Deportation App

Court filings revealed July 17 that Medicaid data on millions of Americans was improperly shared with ICE, then sent to Palantir's ELITE deportation app. Here's what enrollees need to know.

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ICE Shared Improperly Disclosed Medicaid Data for Immigration Enforcement, Court Filing Says

The latest disclosures come weeks after U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria temporarily halted further data sharing for immigration enforcement

Latin Times

2 men released from Death Row in California sue Alameda County for $572M over jury selection

Two California men freed from prison last year over prosecutorial misconduct have filed lawsuits against Alameda County

The Independent UK

After judge's ruling, HHS authorized to resume sharing some Medicaid data with deportation officers

The nation’s health department can resume sharing the personal data of certain Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials

The Independent UK

US Judge Allows ICE Access to Medicaid Records, Democrats 'Disappointed' With the Ruling

A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration can share Medicaid data with ICE, sparking fierce opposition from Democrats concerned over immigrant privacy and healthcare access.

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Basic Medicaid info can be shared with ICE, judge says

The categories of data the judge said could be shared are limited.

Axios

The Latest: Federal judge grants request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell case records

A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK

"The Language of [the California Invasion of Privacy Act] Is a Total Mess," Which Gets "Bigger as the World Continues to Change"

From Judge Vince Chhabria's opinion Friday in Doe v. Eating Recovery Center LLC (N.D. Cal.): The California Invasion of Privacy… The post "The Language of [the California Invasion of Privacy Act] Is a Total Mess," Which Gets "Bigger as the World Continues to Change" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Judge orders RFK Jr’s HHS to stop sharing Medicaid info with ICE

Trump administration can’t tap into Medicaid data for millions of people to help make arrests, judge says

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. has been using Medicaid information to violate the Constitution, but a judge just put an end to it

Another illegal thing on Junior Kennedy's long list.

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Judge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop sharing personal data of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials

The Independent UK

A copyright lawsuit over pirated books could result in ‘business-ending’ damages for Anthropic

The lawsuit centers on Anthropic’s use of books to train its LLM, Claude, and could leave the company on the hook for billions of dollars’ worth of damages.

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Meta and Anthropic win key verdicts in US AI copyright cases

The two companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence race won two key verdicts from US courts this week regarding whether they can train on copyrighted books.

The Guardian - UK

Meta wins AI copyright lawsuit as US judge rules against authors

Writers accused Facebook owner of breach over its use of books without permission to train its AI system

International Business Times

US Judge Sides With Meta In AI Training Copyright Case

A US judge on Wednesday handed Meta a victory over authors who accused the tech giant of violating copyright law by training Llama artificial intelligence on their creations without permission.

Fortune

AI training is ‘fair use’ federal judge rules in Anthropic copyright case

Training AI on books Anthropic bought is okay, but downloading pirated ones is not, judge says.

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US federal judge on Meta's AI copyright fair use argument: 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work'

"I just don't understand how that can be fair use."

Reason

Class Action Not Allowed in Suit Alleging Psychological Harm to TikTok Content Moderators

From yesterday's Order Denying Motion for Class Certification, by Judge Vince Chhabria (N.D. Cal.) in Young v. ByteDance Inc.: [1.]… The post Class Action Not Allowed in Suit Alleging Psychological Harm to TikTok Content Moderators appeared first on Reason.com.

The Guardian - UK

Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim

Sarah Silverman and others file court case claiming CEO approved use of dataset despite warnings

The Guardian - US

California prosecutors used anti-gay slurs to refer to prospective jurors

Handwritten notes show Alameda county DA’s office prosecutors using homophobic labels

The Guardian - US

California county to review 35 death penalty cases after judge cites ‘pattern of misconduct’

Alameda county district attorney’s office said it unearthed records suggesting prosecutors deliberately excluded Jewish and Black jurors from capital trials

The Guardian - UK

Meta ‘discussed buying publisher Simon & Schuster to train AI’

Audio shared with the New York Times appears to record executives discussing purchase of the US books giant to feed into its large language models

International Business Times

Judge Junks Lawsuit Against Apple Alleging Crypto Tech Restrictions On Cash App, Venmo

In the sea of antitrust accusations against Apple, the big tech titan has won one, as a judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit alleging the company was blocking payment apps from facilitating crypto payments.

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