Nov 27, 2024


News Organizations Refocus FBI Lawsuit to Question Cost of San Bernardino iPhone Hack Tool

A trio of news organizations — consisting of the Associated Press, Vice Media, and Gannett — have petitioned a judge in the United States to force the FBI to reveal the exact amount of money it paid for the technology used to crack open an iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook (via BBC). The same group of news organizations sued the FBI last September to gain more information about how exactly the FBI entered the iPhone, what “outside party” helped with the process, and how much the government paid for it. The new filing appears …


Lawsuit Challenges Public Funding of Scottrade Center Renovations

A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges the city can’t spend taxpayer money to renovate Scottrade Center without voters deciding at the polls. The lawsuit seeks to revive a 2002 voter-approved ordinance that was struck down by a circuit court judge in 2015. One of the attorneys, John Ammann, says a different circuit court judge wouldn’t be bound by the other judge’s previous ruling.


State’s Supreme Court Allows 80,000-Driver Lawsuit Against Swift to Proceed

Truckers’ 2004 lawsuit against Swift Transportation can proceed after the Arizona Supreme Court refused to decertify the class action lawsuit, allowing the 80,000-member class to pursue allegations over mileage pay. On Jan. 10, the court refused the truckload carrier’s request to review a 2016 appellate court order. In 2015, the state superior court decertified the class, but the appeals court …


RRTS INVESTOR ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Reminds Investors of a Class Action Involving Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. And a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of April 3, 2017

The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on behalf of investors who purchased Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (“Roadrunner”) (NYSE:RRTS) securities between May 8, 2014, and January 30, 2017. Click here to learn about the case: http://www.wongesq.com/pslra …


8th Cir. Holds Trial Court Did Not Err in Using ‘Percentage of the Benefit’ Over ‘Lodestar’ in TCPA Class Fee Award Dispute

In an appeal involving the settlement of four separate class actions under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by electing to use the “percentage-of-the-benefit” method to calculate class counsel’s fee award, as opposed to the “lodestar” method. The Eighth Circuit …


Class Action OK vs Stericycle Over Medical Waste Disposal Billing Fraud Accusations

A federal judge has cleared the way for a nationwide class action to proceed against Stericycle over allegations the Lake Forest-based regulated waste disposal giant for years used an automatic price-increasing scheme to defraud customers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Milton I. Shadur certified the plaintiffs class in a memorandum opinion and order issued Feb. 16 …


USNA INVESTOR ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Notifies Investors of a Class Action Involving USANA Health Sciences, Inc. And a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of April 14, 2017

The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the District of Utah on behalf of investors who purchased USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (USNA) securities between March 14, 2014 and February 7, 2017. Click here to learn about the case: http://www.wongesq.com/pslra/usana-health-sciences-inc. There is …


Class Action Says Sprint Didn’t Come Through With Promised Deal

A Los Angeles County woman says Sprint defrauded her and at least 99 other California consumers with false promises of lower rates and three prepaid Visa cards, each worth $350. “Such representations was part of a common scheme to mislead consumers and incentivize them to purchase telephone services in spite of the inhibition brought about by the difficulty of installing them,” Sylvia Nixon …


UPS Faces FCRA Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Background Check Violations

United Parcel Service (UPS) of America Inc. faces a class action lawsuit that claims UPS allegedly violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by using background checks for employment without providing the results to job applicants or employees, according to a report on the Top Class Actions website. Top Class Actions reports that plaintiff John Riley of Florida claims he applied for …