Lawfirm Considers Suit Over iPhone’s Touch ID-connected ‘Error 53’
Lawfirm considers suit over iPhone’s Touch ID-connected ‘Error 53’
By Roger Fingas
Monday, February 08, 2016, 02:00 pm PT (05:00 pm ET)
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Judge Tosses Proposed Class Action Accusing Google of CAPTCHA Fraud
A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Google that alleges fraud because the media giant sometimes requires people wanting a free Gmail account to spend seconds filling out a two-word CAPTCHA—the second word of which is not for security purposes and instead provides an economic gain to Google unbeknownst to the user. As we all know, CAPTCHA stands for “Completely …
There’s Another Crime Happening in Flint, on Top of the Poisoning — the Victims Can’t Sue
“There’s real danger that the injury is going to be permanent and lifelong in them,” Dr. Philip Landrigan, Dean of Global Health at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said of the residents exposed to the water crisis in Flint. “The problem here is, no level of lead is safe,” Landrigan says. “Even low levels of lead — especially if exposure to low levels continues over many months — is going to …
Overdraft Practices Continue to Gut Bank Accounts and Haunt Customers
Angelina Lemus was puzzled. She had no idea why every month as much as $96 was disappearing from her Citibank checking account. Months later, Ms. Lemus finally figured out the mystery — or at least part of it.
Federal Judge Gives Volkswagen One Month to Find Fix for Cheating Diesels
Screenshot via VWAn ad for Volkswagen’s lineup of diesel vehicles It’s been more than five months since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Volkswagen’s use of illegal “defeat device” software in diesel cars in mid-September. But Volkswagen appears no closer to beginning a recall of the affected cars–leaving owners of almost 600,000 diesel vehicles deeply frustrated. And …
Dow Chemical Settles Lawsuit After Supreme Court Death
Dow Chemical agreed to settle a class action lawsuit after determining the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made victory less likely. The company agreed to pay $835m (£602m) – less than the $1.06bn a court in Kansas ordered it to pay in 2013. Dow was hoping the Supreme Court would overturn the ruling, but the death of Justice Scalia left it evenly spilt between conservatives and …
Lawsuit Deplores Sex Abuse of Women in NY State Prisons
NEW YORK (AP) — Sexual abuse and harassment of women in New York State prisons persists and flourishes because the state’s “zero tolerance” policy is a sham, a lawsuit says. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court asks a judge to force the state to prevent women from being sexually abused by male guards. The lawsuit seeking class action status represents six women on behalf of an …
Lawsuit Claims Trucking Company Violated FCRA
CPC Logistics is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to notify applicants or employees after taking adverse action against them based on information found in a DAC report. Jeffrey Hoeflicker, an OOIDA member from Concordia, Mo., filed the original lawsuit on Sept. 13, 2015. According to the complaint, Hoeflicker applied for employment …
Immense Gas Leak in California Fuels Toxic Levels of Public Distrust
My visit occurred during the final days of one of the worst natural gas leaks in U.S. history, caused by a damaged well at the largest underground natural gas storage facility in the western part of the country. The Aliso Canyon storage facility, operated by the Southern California Gas Company (also known as SoCalGas), emitted 97,100 metric tonnes of methane during the months-long leak, …
Dow Chemical Settles Case Citing Supreme Court Uncertainty
Dow Chemical said Friday it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the Supreme Court. The announcement is an early indication of how corporations are shifting their legal strategy following the loss of the court’s 5-4 conservative majority. “I think most corporations facing class …