May 1, 2016

Gannett Must Face Video Privacy Lawsuit

Gannett may have violated a video privacy law by allegedly sending Adobe information about people who downloaded USA Today’s app, a federal appellate court has ruled. The court’s ruling, issued Friday, reinstates a potential class-action lawsuit filed by Massachusetts resident Alexander Yershov. He alleged in a 2014 complaint that the USA Today app for Android violates the Video Privacy …


Woman Sues Starbucks for $5 Million for Too Much Ice in Drinks

Thanks a latte! Woman sues Starbucks for $5 million for putting too much ice in her drinks Published: 15:41 EST, 30 April 2016 | Updated: 16:16 EST, 30 April 2016 3.2kshares Starbucks is too icy with its customers, says a woman who is suing the coffee chain for putting too many frozen cubes in its iced drinks. Lead plaintiff Stacy Pincus has filed a $5million class action lawsuit against …


Movie Studios Fight Lawsuit That’d Make Films With Smoking ‘R’ Rated

On Friday, movie studios, the rating board, and prominent theater owners asked a federal judge in California to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that’d make all films with smoking R rated unless tobacco is shown as dangerous. That complaint, filed in February, sought an injunction, claiming children are more likely to smoke after watching any offending films. Defendants are the Motional Picture …


Sony Second Studio to Reach Settlement in Animation Anti-Poaching Suit

First Fox’s Blue Sky Studios reached a multi-million dollar settlement and now tellingly Sony has come to an 8-figure deal to exit the on-going potential class action suit against itself, DreamWorks Animation, Pixar, LucasFilm, Disney and the now shuttered Imagemovers Digital over wage-fixing and anti-poaching allegations. The $13 million dollar Sony deal signals a major shift in the ‘toon …


Quaker Oats’ 100% Natural Claim Questioned in Lawsuit

A lawsuit seeking to be certified as a class action has been filed on behalf of consumers in New York and California against the owner of Quaker Oats after testing found traces of the pesticide glyphosate in some oatmeal. While the level of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, detected in the oatmeal falls well below the limit set by federal regulators for human …