Aug 1, 2017

Lawsuit Against Daily Stormer Is Stuck; Founder Can’t Be Served Papers

A Jewish real estate agent’s anti-harassment lawsuit against the owner of the racist Daily Stormer website hasn’t progressed at all, despite being filed nearly four months ago. The reason for the stall, the plaintiff’s lawyers say, is that Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin simply can’t be found. They’ve tried, but failed, to serve him papers at four different Ohio addresses.


You Might Get Some Cash From a Class Action Lawsuit

Does this sound familiar: You answer a phone call from a number you don’t recognize. The automated voice on the other end of the call congratulates you on possibly winning a free vacation cruise. In reality, you probably did not win a cruise.


Consumers Look to Revive £14B Mastercard Class Action

A consumer seeking to lead a £14 billion ($17.2 billion) antitrust suit against MasterCard Inc. over swipe fees has moved to appeal a U.K. competition court’s decision that the case couldn’t proceed as a collective action, the claimant’s law firm confirmed Monday.


Judge in Class-Action Suit Has Held One Hearing in a Year

Justice may be slow, but this is ridiculous. The Manhattan federal judge who is overseeing a class-action lawsuit against 26 financial firms for allegedly rigging US Treasury auctions last held a hearing for the case on Aug. 22, 2016, court records show. At that time, Judge Paul Gardephe questioned whether the plaintiffs, a group of pension funds and other investors, had made a “plausible case …


Apple Bag-Search Class Action Sueball Moves to Cali Supreme Court

Apple may have to pay its employees extra for time it spends rifling through their personal belongings at work, if it loses a long-running lawsuit that is now in front of the Californian Supreme Court. The American state’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is kicking the thorny question of whether employees are entitled to pay while they stand around waiting for the firm’s bag-fondlers – defined …


Blue Apron Hit With Multiple Class Action lawsuits

Blue Apron just can’t catch a break. The cooking kit company has seen its share price nearly cut in half since its late June IPO and now it could be in legal trouble, too. Now law firms are coming after the company with proposed class-action lawsuits, alleging that Blue Apron failed to adequately disclose material information.


County May Join Opioid Lawsuit

St. Lawrence County legislators have agreed to meet with an attorney about the possibility of joining a class action lawsuit against companies that manufacture opioids. County Attorney Stephen D. Button said several months ago he was contacted by several firms involved in large-scale, multi-defendant opioid litigation. “They were interested in gauging the county’s interest in pursuing …



Record $417M Award in Lawsuit Linking Baby Powder to Cancer

A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Shareholders of Acacia Communications, Inc. Of a Class Action Lawsuit and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of October 13, 2017

The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Acacia Communications, Inc. (“Acacia”) (NASDAQ:ACIA) between August 11, 2016 and July 13, 2017. You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the District of Massachusetts. …