As you’d expect from the world’s largest seller of consumer electronics, Apple gets sued a lot. Some of those suits go places, others get dismissed out of hand the first time they get to court. And then there’s Florida.
Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown received $600,000 from video-game maker Electronic Arts to dismiss a case brought by the Pro Football Hall of Famer for his unauthorized appearance in the company’s “Madden” video game. The judgment, which was announced Tuesday by Hagens Berman, the firm representing him, will …
A civil lawsuit filed against Joseph Taylor Hughes was settled the same day Hughes was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for the beating of his longtime girlfriend, Shawnee County District Court records show. The civil lawsuit, which was tied to the victim’s injuries, was to have appeared Monday in Shawnee County District Court for a hearing to establish the monetary damages sustained …
Airbnb is taking its hometown to federal court. The company has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco, objecting to short-term rental rule changes approved by its Board of Supervisors. A new ordinance set to take effect in late July would require all Airbnb hosts to register with the city.
A girl participates in a protest calling for businesses to sever their relationships with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over his recent comments about Mexican immigrants as they demonstrate outside the site of a new hotel owned by Trump at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 9, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas A federal court gave class action status Monday to a …
After investigating the closing of Climax Packaging in Lowville, the state Labor Department is suing the company. That’s according to the United Steelworkers Union. “They agreed with us.
A manager for Joe’s Kwik Marts filed a federal class action lawsuit against the company, alleging she and other managers improperly were denied overtime pay in violation of state and federal wage laws. Jenny Shiptoski of Old Forge claims she routinely worked 50 to 70 hours per week at several of the company’s convenience stores. The firm improperly avoided paying her overtime by classifying her …
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Today the ACLU of Utah and co-counsel Holland & Hart, LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Utah for failing to meet its Sixth Amendment obligations under the U.S. Constitution. Copies of the …
In April, 50-year-old Rory Moroney was arrested at Long Beach’s Recreation Park. One officer involved—an undercover cop who posed as an amorous stranger— claimed that Moroney was masturbating and exposing himself in public. Moroney, on the other hand, said that he was simply …
A proposed class-action lawsuit prominently citing Anton Yelchin’s accidental death has been filed against Fiat Chrysler, the manufacturer of the 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee that pinned the Star Trek actor in his driveway last week. The complaint, filed in California on Thursday, claims the company has done little to correct what it calls a “dangerously defective” shifter design in the vehicle. …