Shingles Vaccine
Eight people claim in separate federal complaints that Merck’s Zostavax shingles vaccine gave them shingles.
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Rental Cars
A federal class action claims that Payless Car Rental, Dollar Rent a Car, Advantage Rent a Car, et al. charge a bogus $3.50 tax on cars rented at San Diego International Airport, falsely claiming the tax is required by the Port of San Diego.
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Bill to Thwart Abuse of Pre-Emptive Blackouts Clears California Senate
California lawmakers on Monday approved a bill that would allow business and residents to recover money from utilities that purposely shut off power during wildfire season.
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‘Fortnite’ Creator Ducks Bulk of Boy’s Suit Over In-App Purchases
It doesn’t take long for anyone who has ever played a free online video game to realize that those games do cost money – sometimes a lot. This is why video game companies eventually came up with the idea to call them “free to play,” denoting that there will at some point come a time when the user is compelled to pull out their credit card.
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Shkreli Faces Civil Lawsuit Over Huge Hike in Drug Price
Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for securities fraud, is in legal trouble yet again.
Read moreToyota Brakes
A federal class action claims certain Toyota Priuses in model years 2010 to 2015 have defective brakes.
Read moreMLB Faces Class Action From Fantasy Baseball Players Over Cheating
A fantasy baseball contestant filed a federal class action Thursday against Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros, claiming that they cheated fans of an honest fantasy baseball competition.
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States Sue Over White House Plans to Loosen 3D-Printed Gun Restrictions
Accusing the Trump administration of jeopardizing public safety to appease gun lobbyists, 21 attorneys general sued the federal government Thursday over new rules that make it easier to distribute blueprints for 3D-printed guns online.
Read moreMedical Product Liability
Product liability claims against the Japan-based manufacturer of an allegedly defective colonoscope may continue, a federal court in Georgia ruled. The plaintiff claims the colonoscope permits infectious materials to be transferred from one patient to another and caused him to contract HIV, which he then passed to his wife.
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Cloud Cooking Land: Indian Housewives Become Gig Economy Chefs
Rashmi Sahijwala never expected to start working at the age of 59, let alone join India’s gig economy — now she is part of an army of housewives turning their homes into “cloud kitchens” to feed time-starved millennials.
Read moreSecurities Fraud
The SEC says it will return the $63 million investors lost in the alleged Morgan Mezzanine Fund Manager investment fraud.
Read moreCatholic Church
A federal class action claims the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops defrauded donors to its “Peter’s Pence” collection of “hundreds of millions of dollars” by not using it for charitable causes, as promised, but putting it into “suspicious investment funds,” such as luxury condominium developments and Hollywood movies, while paying fund managers multimillion-dollar commissions.
Read moreHonda & Toyota Recall 6 Million Vehicles for Air Bags
Two air bag glitches have forced Toyota and Honda to recall more than 6 million vehicles worldwide, and the problems present different dangers to motorists.
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Emotional-Support Animals Could Be Barred From Planes
The days of passengers bringing their pets on airplanes as emotional-support animals could be ending. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed that only specially trained dogs qualify as service animals, which must be allowed in the cabin at no charge.
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