Domain registrar NameCheap is banning new website applications that include terms like “coronavirus,” “covid” and “vaccine” from being automatically registered in an effort to prevent fraud related to the ongoing pandemic.
Read moreA woman sued Uber in L.A. Superior Court, claiming a driver sexually battered and beat her, stole her cellphone so she couldn’t call for help, double-billed her, tipping himself $10 and stole $60 from her purse.
Read moreTexas seeks fines, disgorgement and an injunction against Auctions Unlimited, which it accuses of price-gouging on sanitary supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic, in Harris County Court.
Read moreA federal class action claims New York Sports Clubs “is stealing $30,250,000 per month from customers” by continuing to bill their credit cards for monthly dues though the gyms are closed due to Covid-19.
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Flight delayed in Europe? You’re entitled to compensation from the airline even if you booked your trip through a travel agency, the European Union’s top court said Thursday.
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Merely referring to a national law in a contract is not enough to make a consumer credit agreement clear, Europe’s top court held Thursday.
Read moreClaiming he was negligently overprescribed with Ketamine for back pain, a minister sued an Oregon hospital and compounding pharmacies in Multnomah County Court; he says he has no memory of trying to “sexually attack” his wife, for which he was arrested and charged.
Read moreFour people claim they got Legionnaire’s disease at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, in Fulton County Court.
Read moreIn a federal antitrust complaint, El Pollo Loco accuses Tyson Foods, Koch Meat Co., Sanderson Farms, Perdue Foods, et al. of conspiring to fix the price of chicken.
Read moreA federal class action claims Zynga allowed hackers to compromise 173 million of its video game accounts, exposing users’ personal information.
Read moreThirty-five people filed a federal class action accusing Tennessee’s Division of Tenncare (Medicaid) of illegally disenrolling eligible people.
Read moreBosch microwaves are prone to catch fire, a class action claims in federal court.
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Unable to buy a gun during New Jersey’s shutdown of what it considers nonessential business in the Covid-19 pandemic, a Somerset man filed suit Monday for a federal injunction.
Read moreIn the 265th lawsuit against Capital One Bank in the first 80 days of this year, it is accused of making annoying, unsolicited phone calls in violation of federal law.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Target of falsely advertising that its house brand hand sanitizer “kills 99.99% of germs” without any proof that it does so.
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Hong Kong will ban all nonresidents from entering the city beginning at midnight Tuesday evening to fight the coronavirus, its leader said, as she unveiled plans to stop restaurants and bars serving alcohol.
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Investors dissatisfied with the blockchain platform Tezos moved Friday to settle a raft of lawsuits against the company and its co-founders for $25 million.
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