The plaintiffs behind a putative class action accusing a tech company of creating “zombie cookies” that track Verizon users’ cellphone activities have voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit, deciding not to file an amended complaint.
Read moreGannett Co., publisher of (nonparty) USA Today and other daily newspapers, stiffs its call-center employees for overtime, according to a class action in Phoenix Federal Court.
Read moreNew Orleans Saints season ticketholders filed a class action against the NFL on Tuesday, saying the blown pass interference call that cost the Saints the NFC championship on Sunday cast doubt on the league’s “integrity and fairness.” And they say, three members of the officiating crew had previously been accused of “biased rulings on the field.
Read moreAlphabet shareholders claim in a federal derivative class action that directors of the company failed for six months to disclose a data breach affecting nearly 500,000 Google Plus users, causing the share price to drop by 15 percent in October 2018 as U.S. senators questioned the company’s compliance with a 2011 FTC consent decree.
Read moreTurkish restaurateur Nusret Gokce, who earned the nickname Salt Bae after footage of his peculiar steak preparations went viral, was hit with a federal overtime class action Tuesday from a former waiter.
Read moreA former manager for the Carl’s Jr. franchise By the Rio claims in a federal class action that the companies conspire to suppress wages by nonsolicitation and no-hire provisions in franchise agreements, in violation of antitrust law.
Read moreIn a federal class action, nearly 100 named plaintiffs claim Zions Bancorporation aided and abetted a $5 million Ponzi scam.
Read moreAn 11th Circuit panel appeared highly unsympathetic Tuesday to Alabama drivers who argue a city ordinance unlawfully imposes fines on motorists caught by automated red-light cameras without giving them the right to confront their accuser.
Read moreA truck driver who brought a federal wage class action prevailed at the Supreme Court on Tuesday in keeping the dispute out of arbitration.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Monday tossed a Hmong woman’s proposed class action accusing Laos of trying to exterminate Hmong people who fought in the Vietnam War as part of the CIA’s “secret army.”
Read moreA class claims in court that Acrebay Capital Management, Credit Portfolio Lending II and their directors defrauded investors through a feeder fund for a $345 million Ponzi scam.
Read moreA proposed class action on behalf of current and former amateur hockey players in the Canadian Hockey League who didn’t go on to professional careers accuses the league of failing to warn young, vulnerable players of the long-term risks of repetitive brain trauma suffered on the ice.
Read moreA federal judge side-lined a class action challenging excessive docking fees levied against commercial boat owners in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Read moreAnheuser-Busch abuses its punch-clock system to cheat workers at its brewery in Van Nuys, Calif., an employee claims in a class action.
Read moreNano, BitGrail and others defrauded investors of $170 million in cryptocurrency that was “lost” on BitGrail, consumers claim in a federal class action.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Ralph Reed and his Faith and Freedom Coalition of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by bombarding thousands of people’s cellphones with spam messages without consent.
Read moreA federal class action claims National Credit Services, of Bothell, Wash., falsely claims the right to add “late charges” and unspecified “fees & costs” in collecting student loans.
Read moreA class claims in Superior Court that Avis Budget Group gathers personal information from customers who pair their smartphones with rental cars’ entertainment systems, then fails to clear the system, making such data available to the next customer.
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