Mar 1, 2016

Pop Warner Settles Concussion Suit Filed by Ex-Player

“At Pop Warner there is nothing more important than the safety of our players and since 2010, we have led the way in making the game of youth football a safer and better experience than ever before,” the organization said. The settlement demonstrates how concerns about concussion-related brain damage have grown from the NFL to the youngest levels of football. Thousands of former professional …


Volkswagen’s Top U.S. Executive Is Stepping Down

(WASHINGTON) — Volkswagen’s top U.S. executive is stepping down amid the company’s ongoing emissions cheating scandal, the company announced Wednesday. U.S. President and CEO Michael Horn is leaving “to pursue other opportunities effective immediately,” the automaker said in a statement. He had been with the German auto maker for 25 years, assuming his most recent post in 2014.


Supreme Court Denies Apple’s Appeal on E-Books, Triggering Millions in Payments

When Apple launched its first iPad back in 2010, the company also unveiled an e-books marketplace. Federal courts say the company broke antitrust laws by setting prices with book publishers to target Amazon and its Kindle reader.Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Imageshide caption When Apple launched its first iPad back in 2010, the company also unveiled an e-books marketplace. Federal courts say the …


Citing Gender Bias, State Lawmakers Move to Eliminate ‘Tampon Tax’

“It’s about equity and access. There’s no other tax that’s this gender bias[ed],” said California Assemblywoman Christina Garcia.Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Imageshide caption
“It’s about equity and access. There’s no other tax that’s this gender bias[ed],” said California Assemblywoman Christina Garcia.


Home Depot Agrees to Pay Customers $20M to Settle That Massive 2014 Hack

Home Depot’s security breach 18 months ago was hugely embarrassing for the company, and only now is it coming near to finally bringing the matter to a close. The retail giant said Tuesday it’s agreed to pay a minimum of $19.5 million in compensation to customers caught up in the incident that saw cybercriminals nab payment card information and email addresses belonging to tens of millions of …


Class Action Suit Filed by Residents Over Flint Water Crisis

A lawsuit stemming from Flint’s lead-contaminated water was filed Monday on behalf of the city’s residents against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as well as other current and former government officials and corporations. The federal lawsuit — which is seeking class-action status — alleges that tens of thousands of residents have suffered physical and economic injuries and damages.


Home Depot to Pay $19.5 Million Over Big 2014 Hack Attack

Home Depot Inc. agreed to pay at least $19.5 million to compensate U.S. consumers harmed by a 2014 data breach affecting more than 50 million cardholders. The home improvement retailer will set up a $13 million fund to reimburse shoppers for out-of-pocket losses, and spend at least $6.5 million to fund 1-1/2 years of cardholder identity protection services. Home Depot also agreed to improve …


Another Lawsuit in Flint Water Crisis

The plaintiffs say authorities failed to take the appropriate measures to eliminate the danger of highly corrosive, lead-contaminated water, a danger they were made aware of as early as 2014. The alleged misconduct led to “physical and psychological injuries, learning and other permanent disabilities, weight loss, stunted growth, anemia, headaches, abdominal and other pain, mental anguish, …


​Apple Gets Smacked by $450-Million E-Book Price-Fixing Fine

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to hear Apple’s appeal of a lower court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices. Apple must now pay $450 million as part of its anti-trust e-book settlement. Amazon, however, is probably grinning like the Cheshire Cat.


Retired Secret Service Agent Pleads for Day in Court for African American Agents

A Secret Service agent stands guard during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in South Carolina. (Kevin D. Liles for The Washington Post) After 16 years watching less­-experienced white agents zoom past him on the promotion ladder at the Secret Service, straight-laced Ray Moore grew so fed up in 2000 that he led a group of fellow black agents in filing a lawsuit that …