Philly Under Fire for Reneging on Green Parking Deals
Three men who drive electric cars in Philadelphia hit the city with a federal class action Thursday over a legislative hiccup that undermines benefits they secured 10 years ago.
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VW Class Action
A federal class action claims sunroofs in 2013-2015 Volkswagen Beetles spontaneously explode.
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Uber Class-Action Waivers Invalid, Labor Watchdog Tells 9th Circuit
Appearing before a Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday, a lawyer for the federal government’s labor watchdog said Uber can’t make drivers give up their rights to participate in class actions against their employer.
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The Massachusetts attorney general filed the nation’s first state-initiated lawsuit Tuesday against Equifax for the data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 143 million Americans, including 3 million Massachusettsans. On Wednesday meanwhile a group of small business owners brought their own federal class action in Atlanta, saying the high cost they pay for credit reports makes dealing with the breach a “double whammy.”
Read moreNinth Circuit Won’t Revive Amazon Pricing Class Action
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Californian’s bid to revive a class action challenging Amazon’s policy of compelling arbitration, citing a provision in the online retailer’s conditions of use.
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Shutterfly Can’t Dodge Illinois Class Action Over Face Scans
A federal judge refused to dismiss class-action claims that online photo service Shutterfly gathers and stores facial-geometry scans of people who have never uploaded digital images onto its website.
Read moreConsumer Fraud
A class action filed in Chicago federal court claims that Pfizer misleads consumers with its maximum strength Robitussin, which the lawsuit says contains less cough suppressant and the same amount of expectorant as regular strength.
Read moreWomen Hit Google With Gender-Bias Suit
Three women filed a gender bias class action against Google on Thursday, claiming the technology titan pays them substantially less than men for performing similar work.
Read moreJust Do It
A federal judge granted Nike Retail Services summary judgment in an employees’ class action on Tuesday, finding the 19 seconds it takes departing employees to open their bags and pockets for inspection is not compensable.
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Glassdoor’s Exposed Job Hunters Must Arbitrate Claims
Shattering a class action lawsuit against Glassdoor Inc., a federal judge ruled that consumers must arbitrate claims that the job-hunting website exposes contact information for 600,000 users.
Read more9th Circuit Revives Class Action Over ‘Zombie’ Smartphone Cookies
Verizon customers who accused an online ad company of using “zombie cookies” to collect personal data through their smartphones will have a second chance to sue the company as a class, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreHouston Residents Blame City for Dam-Related Flooding
A week after Hurricane Harvey saturated Houston with historic rainfall and as neighborhoods in the western part of the city are still underwater, residents claim in a class action that governmental mismanagement of two dams is to blame for the flooding that’s forced them to evacuate their homes.
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Lyft Drivers Short on Gas in Uber Class Action
A California man must amend his class action accusing Uber of spying on Lyft drivers to lure them away from its ride-hailing competitor, a federal magistrate ruled.
Read moreJudge Ready to Approve Gmail Data-Mining Deal
A federal judge indicated on Thursday that she will approve a preliminary settlement between Google and users whose email content was scanned for advertising purposes.
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Wells Fargo Finds 1.4M More Possible Sham Accounts
Wells Fargo’s phony accounts scandal has widened to include another 1.4 million potentially unauthorized accounts opened in customers’ names between 2009 and 2016, the San Francisco-based bank said Thursday.
Read moreClass Claims Amazon Sold Shoddy Eclipse Glasses, Partially Blinding Them
In a federal class action, two South Carolinians claim they were partially blinded by watching the Great American Eclipse through defective Solar Eclipse Glasses they bought from Amazon.com.
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