Apr 1, 2016

For Nebraska’s Poor, Get Sick and Get Sued

Two years ago, the president of Credit Management Services, a collection agency in Grand Island, Nebraska, presented a struggling local family with the keys to a used 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis. To commemorate the donation, the company held a ceremony that concluded outside its offices, where the couple and their two young girls could try out …


Pandora Media Lawsuit Could Affect Privacy of ‘Millions’ in Michigan

A Michigan man’s federal class-action lawsuit claims Pandora Media violated his privacy by sharing his identity along with account information with other people online. A question about whether Pandora lends music to its users was presented to the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday in the suit that argues Pandora Media should pay $5,000 for each alleged violation of Michigan’s …


Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP Announce Pendency and Proposed Settlement of in Re Genworth Financial, Inc. Securities Litigation

TO: All persons and entities who, during the period between October 30, 2013, and November 5, 2014, inclusive, purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded Genworth Securities (as defined below to include Genworth common stock and certain bonds) and were allegedly damaged thereby (the “Settlement Class”): PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION …


Motorola Dragged to Court for Warranty Issues With $5 Million Class–Action Lawsuit » Phone Radar

These days every smartphone comes with some kind of warranty, as no manufacturing ensured that a smartphone will have 100% no dud guarantee. Whereas we have seen some makers go as far as offering a free insurance for the customer’s devices, where a free replacement for a cracked screen or a free handset replacement is also offered. All in the period of the warranty of the device.


Second Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges MID Subsidy

The Modesto Irrigation District faces two separate class-action lawsuits, both accusing the utility of overcharging electricity customers to subsidize farmers’ water prices. Both ask that a judge grant class status enabling tens of thousands of electricity customers to join the lawsuit and ask for refunds. Although filed for similar reasons within two weeks of each other, the lawsuits were …


Donald’s Defense: Trump University No Different Than Hamburger University

That’s where a district judge on Tuesday struck down a Hail Mary defense from Trump’s legal team in an attempt to prevent their client from facing trial in a lawsuit against his now defunct Trump University. The mogul faces a class action lawsuit in the state for his mid-2000s project which promised to make ordinary people experts in real estate, earn them tons of money, and provide expert …


A $9.7 Million Dollar Settlement in a Class Action Suit Against Kodak

A settlement has been reached involving Eastman Kodak and some of its current and past employees over a class action lawsuit. The settlement totals $9.7 million dollars. It has to do with lawsuits following Kodak’s 2012 bankruptcy filing, involving participants in the company’s savings and investment plan for employees and the Kodak Employee Stock Ownership plan.


Lawsuit Against Amarillo’s Municipal Fines Policies Heats Up

The number of residents suing the city for what they claim are unconstitutional municipal fines policies has grown to six as the lawyers seek class action status that could potentially include 5 to 6 thousand plaintiffs. Attorneys for the plaintiffs have stated an interest in resolving the case before it potentially expands its scope dramatically. “There is no reason the city of Amarillo can’t …



Mercer County Property Owners Could Wait on Drill Settlement

Property owners in Mercer County who sued Halcon Resources, a Texas based gas and oil drilling company, over failing to drill could wait longer to get their settlement. The two companies who negotiated the leases for more than 60,000 acres of land want a hold on that settlement. The companies’ attorneys …