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Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Judge Rejects Class-Action Over AppleCare’s Subpar Replacements, Calls Lawyer ‘Manifestly Incompetent’

Remember that class-action lawsuit alleging AppleCare+ customers were being given subpar replacement products? This week a federal judge rejected the case while calling the plantiffs’ lawyer “manifestly incompetent” and suggesting the counsel orchestrated the entire case. ArsTechnica reports the judge’s rejection this week claimed the lawyer encouraged the plaintiffs to purchase AppleCare plans …

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg Invests $10 Million in Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush himself had been an adviser to Lehman Brothers investment bank. | Getty Former AIG chairman Hank Greenberg invests $10 million in Jeb Bush 01/07/16 07:42 AM EST Updated 01/07/16 12:06 PM EST Billionaire Republican donor Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has donated $10 million to the super PAC backing Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal on …

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Didi Kuaidi Announces 1.43 Billion Rides in Challenge to Uber

Uber wants you to believe it’s emerged as the global leader in the world of on-demand rides. To be sure, some signs do already point to that: it’s raised more than $10 billion in venture funding, and the company’s worth a reported $62.5 billion. Still, it would be shortsighted to assume Uber has the edge in every aspect of the fight, especially in one of the biggest battlegrounds for ride- …

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

A Photo History of How Abercrombie & Fitch Offended People Into Irrelevancy

During his nearly two-decade run as CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries peddled what he described as an aspirational, all-American lifestyle. In reality, Abercrombie’s idea of what its ideal customer looked like was extremely narrow. “Jeffries was particularly interested in his brand representing a very specific kind of person,” said Heather Arnet, the head of the Women and Girls Foundation.

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Facebook ‘Sponsored Stories’ Settlement Backed by Court

A federal appeals court on Wednesday clicked the “like” button on the $20 million settlement of a sweeping privacy challenge to Facebook’s past use of social media images in advertising features. In a unanimous three-judge ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to a hard-fought settlement of a class-action brought on behalf of Facebook users that centered on claims …

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Benefits Available From Child Intervention Class Action

The Court of Queen’s Bench approved the settlement of a class action suit regarding the government’s role to seek compensation for children injured as a result of abuse, assault or other crimes while under provincial guardianship. Benefit claims can be made between January 15, 2016 and January 15, 2017. The settlement applies to people who were under the care of Alberta Child Welfare and/or the …

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Family of Qualcomm Exec Killed in Plane Crash Files Wrongful Death Law Suit

Family of Qualcomm Exec Killed in Plane Crash Files Wrongful Death Law Suit January 11, 2016, 10:30:00AM. By LAS Staff Writer SAN DIEGO (January 8, 2016) (Press Release)San Diego-based law firm CaseyGerry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Michael Copeland, a Qualcomm executive who was killed after the single engine Cessna airplane he was piloting collided in midair …

Class-Actions Jan 14, 2016

Fitbit Stock Trading Below IPO Price for First Time

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Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Suit Claims Pacer Is Overcharging for Docket Reports Because of Counting Error

Suit claims Pacer is overcharging for docket reports because of counting error Posted Jan 11, 2016 11:28 am CST A would-be class-action suit filed in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, late last month claims Pacer is overcharging for some docket reports. The suit filed by Bryndon Fisher alleges that the systemic error overcharges users by overcounting bytes on longer docket page captions, …

Lawsuits Jan 14, 2016

Ugly Stain on Canada’s Aboriginal Record: Goar

A poster was attached to the note, emblazoned with the words “Cultural Genocide.” It referred to the “Sixties Scoop,” a modern-day echo of the residential schools nightmare. Between 1961 and 1985 child welfare authorities removed thousands of First Nations children from their homes, their families, their communities. They transplanted them in non-aboriginal families, guided by the belief they …