Comment on ‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• bl4kers@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  As I understand it there are dozens of similar cases already started. The precedent is what’s meaningful

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• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That is $375M to a single person. This wasn’t a class action. This was a precedent-setting case that opens the floodgates for future lawsuits. Until now, actually getting courts to agree with plaintiffs has been impossible. But since courts use precedent, this allows future plaintiffs to refer to it when filing their own lawsuits.

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That is $375M to a single person.

    Wrong, this was state-initiated consumer protection enforcement action by the state of New Mexico. How those funds get distributed is up to the state government.

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  • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    nmdoj.gov/…/new-mexico-department-of-justice-wins…

    Not a lawyer, but doesn’t this mean it was the state the sued and won, and not a private citizen…?

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