Jul 1, 2019

Not “Made With” Deception: Court Considers Food Label Contextually, Dismisses Class Action

With Reyes, we move from cheese snacks to mashed potatoes. On the first claim, the court reasons, it’s clear that the mashed potatoes did in fact contain real butter. And besides, the court adds, a reasonable consumer concerned with margarine could look on the back of the product, where margarine was mentioned twice. The court further explains that no reasonable consumer would interpret “made …


Ann Arbor School District Files Police Report After Principal Files Discrimination Lawsuit

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor Public Schools filed a police report Wednesday, July 24, possibly related to theft involving an elementary school employee or contractor. Ann Arbor Public Schools spokesman Andrew Cluley wouldn’t comment, and has neither confirmed nor denied any investigation into theft at Lawton Elementary School. The Ann Arbor News/MLive filed an appeal with the Ann Arbor School …


Equifax Settlement: Here’s How You Can Claim $250, and Possibly a Lot More

Virtually all Americans affected by the Equifax data breach may be eligible to claim $250 from the credit reporting agency — and possibly a lot more — due to a historic settlement covering 147 million consumers whose personal data was stolen two years ago. When health insurer Anthem settled litigation in 2017 for $115 million over a data breach affecting around 80 million people, it was at the …


Nebraska AG Files Lawsuit Against Hilton for Resort Fees

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Huntsville City Schools Settles Lee High School Title IX Lawsuit

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Huntsville City Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a settlement agreement in a Title IX lawsuit Thursday. It also cited multiple examples including better pitching machines, infield tarps, locker rooms, dugout improvements, and funding for the baseball team than the softball team at Lee High School. The …


Nintendo Sued Over Switch Joy-Cons ‘Drifting’

Some current Switch owners, however, aren’t happy with the system’s controller, leading to a lawsuit. Some Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons apparently don’t return to center properly thus creating a constant input of a particular direction, or drifting. On the official Nintendo support forums, there are dozens of threads from owners experiencing drifting on their Joy-Cons. The firm has a signup page …


Automakers, TRW Face U.S. Lawsuit Over Airbag System

Six automakers and supplier TRW face a U.S. federal lawsuit seeking class-action certification over defective airbag control units. The most recent lawsuit claims the airbag control unit can “seize-up” during an accident, causing airbags to fail to deploy and a seat belt lock failure. NHTSA would not comment but confirmed an ongoing investigation into ZF TRW airbag control units. In April, …


Google Agrees to Pay $13 Million Settlement in Street View Privacy Case

Google has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement that could resolve a class-action lawsuit over the company’s collection of people’s private information through its Street View project. The agreement, if approved by a judge, would resolve a 2010 suit over the Street View program’s privacy violations, ending nearly a …


Infamous Landlord Steve Croman Illegally De-Stabilized Harlem Apartments: Lawsuit

Infamous landlord Steve Croman, who spent eight months in Rikers Island for grand larceny, among other charges, is the center of a lawsuit that was just granted class action status, the New York Daily News first reported. The complaint, filed by law firm Newman Ferrara and the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), alleges that Croman illegally leased rent-stabilized apartments in a Harlem building …