Angie’s List has agreed to pay $1.4 million in settlement from a class action lawsuit that was filed last year, and a look at where Indiana’s community college system ranks. The original complaint accuses Angie’s List of manipulating search results and reviews. The person who led the lawsuit said it wasn’t bad until she left a bad review for …
Three more Bay Area counties are facing class action lawsuits for the cost of phone calls to and from jails, an expensive process that critics argue unfairly burdens inmates’ families by making them pay excessive fees to keep in touch with loved ones. A group of attorneys who have already filed several lawsuits on the matter in Southern California filed their fourth lawsuit in …
The man who sought to represent all 154 Long Beach leaseholders in a class-action lawsuit against the town may continue his own push against the leases and changes carried out by Rockport officials. But a Lawrence Superior Court judge has ruled that Stephen Sheehan — and any other Long Beach tenants who wish to challenge their leases — will have to do so individually, not as a …
Attorneys who represented consumers in “hot fuel” class-action cases — contending overcharges for gasoline that expands in the heat — should receive $18.9 million for their legal work, a federal judge in Kansas ruled this week. The decision comes after earlier still-contested settlements in the case, where some companies agreed in early 2015 to give station owners $23 million to fix their fuel …
You may not know the maker, Rexall. But you should know all the brand names its Glucosamine supplement is sold under. They include Target, CVS, Walgreens, Kroger, Kirkland and Safeway.
A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims Wayne Farms illegally discriminated against two employees for their disabilities. EEOC said Monday that Wayne Farms’ inflexible attendance policy violated the rights of certain workers at its poultry processing facilities on on Plugs Drive in Decatur.
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Batman v Superman composer Hans Zimmer is seeing his own dawn of justice, as a man who was suing him has not only dropped his lawsuit but also apologized and wrote him a check. Composer Richard Friedman sued Zimmer in 2015, claiming the principal music from 12 Years a Slave copied his 2004 work entitled “To Our Fallen.” Friedman voluntarily dismissed his claims on Tuesday.
More than three years ago, a mysterious company filed a mysterious lawsuit against “John Does 1-15” with a pretty outrageous claim. The lawsuit alleged that the IRS raided the company on March 11, 2011, and that agents in the course of an investigation of a former employee stole more than 60 million medical records of more than 10 million Americans. “After being put on notice of the illicit …
ESPN is no Gawker, but the sports giant is now facing the prospect of a trial in Florida that has shades of the litigation brought by Hulk Hogan over an invasion of privacy. New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is suing ESPN and star reporter Adam Schefter over a tweet that revealed an amputated right finger as a result of a July 4 celebration last year. The NFL star asserts he …