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14 votes
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Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI from converting to a for-profit corporation
13 votes -
Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals – the WWF is suing the state in a bid to halt exploration
9 votes -
Supreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracy, in $1 billion Sony v. Cox case
38 votes -
Club Q victims file lawsuit seeking "accountability and justice"
10 votes -
Once Linux’s biggest enemy: Darl McBride dies and nobody notices
21 votes -
Lawsuit: City cameras make it impossible to drive anywhere without being tracked | "Every passing car is captured," says 4th Amendment lawsuit against Norfolk, VA
52 votes -
Industry groups are suing the US Federal Trade Commission to stop its click to cancel rule
46 votes -
Character.AI faces US lawsuit after teen's suicide
31 votes -
Why OpenAI is at war with an obscure idea man
23 votes -
Small businesses continue legal battle over denied pandemic aid
12 votes -
Amazon wins partial dismissal of US antitrust lawsuit
18 votes -
Arkansas sues YouTube over claims it's fueling mental health crisis
16 votes -
Inside the US Department of Justice Live Nation antitrust lawsuit
9 votes -
Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis
15 votes -
Los Angeles police raid goes bad after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine
57 votes -
US DOJ sues Visa, alleges the card issuer monopolizes debit card markets
39 votes -
Lawsuits allege deadly 2021 Texas blackouts were an inside job, that energy companies reduced energy supply before storm
18 votes -
US prepares to sue Visa for alleged anti-competitive behaviour
29 votes -
Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border
114 votes -
US Federal Trade Commission sues insulin middlemen, saying they pocket billions while patients face high costs
37 votes -
Elon Musk says SpaceX will sue US FAA for ‘regulatory overreach’
35 votes -
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company file lawsuit against Pocketpair for Palworld
33 votes -
Wisconsin towns are trying to limit Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. The Dairy industry is fighting back.
20 votes -
Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website – potentially chilling effect on artists engaging critically with large corporations
20 votes -
NYPD officer lands $175K settlement over ‘courtesy cards’ that help drivers get out of traffic stops
54 votes -
"Sound of Freedom" inspiration accused in lawsuits and interviews of sexual predation
15 votes -
How a start-up utopia became a nightmare for Honduras: US investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country
22 votes -
The Internet Archive lost their latest appeal. Here’s what that means for you.
27 votes -
Internet Archive loses appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive
69 votes -
Oracle's $115 million privacy settlement: What consumers should know
22 votes -
Lawsuits against Crowdstrike begin with Delta Airlines and Crowdstrike shareholders filing suit
21 votes -
Are mandatory arbitration agreements the new normal?
For clarity, a mandatory arbitration agreement is when a consumer or customer must "agree to have their case reviewed by a third party—called an arbitrator—and to be bound by the arbitrator's...
For clarity, a mandatory arbitration agreement is when a consumer or customer must "agree to have their case reviewed by a third party—called an arbitrator—and to be bound by the arbitrator's decision." The intent is that you waive your right to sue (in a regular court of law) the party you're entering this agreement with. But these agreements can, in some cases, be ruled as invalid by a court. The examples I've seen apply to the US, but I'd be interested in examples from other countries.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been noticing how out of hand it's becoming to see these statements plastered in Terms of Service and several other locations.
The most newsworthy example recently was Disney claiming that a statement like this in their Disney+ ToS also applied to a wrongful death case on one of their properties. As the linked article says, they backpedaled on this, but it's still disgusting and disturbing they even tried it in the first place.
The most recent example I've seen is this post on Mastodon where it was included on the packaging of a supplement.
I can't help but wonder if this is just a way to deter people from seeking litigation in the first place, especially if they aren't wealthy enough to hire a legal team that could poke holes in the legitimacy of their mandatory arbitration agreement.
I'm sure there's a nearly endless supply of examples of this, especially in software service agreements. But is there anything that can be done about it? Or is this just one more way corporations get to have more power than people that won't ever change?
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Court: Section 230 doesn’t shield TikTok from blackout challenge death suit
25 votes -
Elon Musk’s lawyers quietly subpoena public interest groups
38 votes -
The US DOJ files an antitrust suit against a software company for allegedly manipulating rent prices
46 votes -
Google must destroy $5 billion worth of user data illegally collected in Incognito Mode
55 votes -
A professor is suing Facebook over its recommendation algorithms
23 votes -
Disney seeking dismissal of Raglan Road death lawsuit because victim was Disney+ subscriber
111 votes -
She faked her chimp's death; then things went apeshit
14 votes -
Redbox | Bankrupt
4 votes -
Artist win: AI lawsuit advances
23 votes -
Imane Khelif brings lawsuit against x for "acts of aggravated cyber harassment”
43 votes -
Google violated antitrust laws in online search, US judge rules
47 votes -
Elon Musk’s X sues Unilever, Mars and CVS over ‘massive advertiser boycott’
50 votes -
AI music generator Suno admits it was trained on ‘essentially all music files on the internet’
39 votes -
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again
17 votes -
The truly disturbing story of Kellogg's Corn Flakes
34 votes -
Delta CEO says CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million, will seek damages
44 votes -
Washington, DC attorney general sues StubHub, alleging deceptive pricing
22 votes