May 1, 2019

Apps Cost Too Much? Court Allows Suit Adding to Apple’s Woes

Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple’s woes that already include falling iPhone sales and a European investigation. The lawsuit could have major implications for the tech giant’s handling of the more than 2 million apps in Apple’s App Store, where users get much of the software for their smartphones. While most of those apps are free to download, some impose fees for people to use the software and subscribe to the services. In those cases, Apple charges a commission of 30%, a practice that the lawsuit contends unfairly drives up the price for the apps. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion that agreed the antitrust lawsuit can move forward in a lower court.


Equifax Data Breach Recovery Costs Pass $1 Billion

This includes a $690 million charge made during the first quarter of 2019 related to outstanding litigation and potential fines related to its 2017 cybersecurity incident. The funds will be dedicated to covering legal action brought by federal and state regulators and federal class action cases, said Mark W. Begor, Equifax’s CEO, during an earnings call made last week. Berger also told …


Massachusetts Financial Settles 401(k) Fee Class Action

Massachusetts Financial Services Co. agreed to settle a class action by employees challenging the affiliated mutual funds in their 401(k) plans. The lawsuit accuses MFS of mismanaging the plans, which together hold more than $500 million, by offering high-cost funds affiliated with the company and by failing to investigate lower-fee options. More than 99 percent of the plans’ assets were held …


Controversy of SAT Reasoning Test (SAT)

The College Board announced they would change the scores for the students who were given a lower score than they earned, but at this point many of those students had already applied to colleges using their original scores. The College Board decided not to change the scores for the students who were given a higher score than they earned. A lawsuit was filed in 2005 by about 4,400 students who …


Mormon Congregation Assaults & Drowns Out Mothers Warning Them That Church Leaders Enable Pedophiles

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, recently settled a civil suit brought on behalf of several of the victims of Christopher Michael Jensen’s for an undisclosed amount. Jensen was sentenced in 2013 to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children, ages 3 and 4. The lawsuit also alleged that abuse continued over the years as no one …


Apple Can’t Escape App Store Antitrust Lawsuit Rules Supreme Court

Apple’s hopes to get an App Store antitrust lawsuit dismissed have fallen flat, with the US Supreme Court giving the go-ahead to a case alleging the iOS software download store is, indeed, a monopoly situation. It insisted that App Store customers were those of third-party developers using the download store to sell their titles, …


Telecommunications Companies Are Facing Privacy Class Action

Telecommunications giants are facing a class action for allegedly violating consumer privacy laws. A class action lawsuit has been filed against the four most popular telecommunications companies in the United States – Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. The class action covers approximately 300 million customers ranging from April 30, 2015 and February 15, 2019 spread out between the four …


Suit Calls Oasis Legal’s Interest Rates Unconscionable, Unfair and Illegal

The Bairs Foundation was created to be a fair and low-cost way for plaintiffs to get financial support while going through a lawsuit. The founders, John and Amy Bair, noticed that in an industry full of for-profit lending companies, families in need had no alternatives. The lawsuit points out that an APR over 100 percent is “unconscionable, unfair and otherwise illegal,” as is the way Oasis …


What Is a Wrongful Death Suit: Here’s Everything You Need to Know

If you’ve lost a loved one because of wrongful death and don’t know if you can file a suit, keep reading below. We will tell you what a wrongful death suit is and how you can prepare to file one. What Is a Wrongful Death Suit? A wrongful death suit is a lawsuit brought against a person or company who causes the premature death of an individual. When you get ready to file your wrongful death …


What You Need to Know About Ford’s PowerShift Transmission Problems

Nearly two million people who have owned or leased one of the cars with the PowerShift transmission stand to get at least some repayment for their trouble. By now it is a well-publicized issue that Ford’s PowerShift dual-clutch automatic transmission has caused problems for owners of several model years of its Fiesta and Focus cars. The Ford PowerShift transmission in question is found in …