After losing a second ballot recount this week costing him nearly $15,000, Councilman Manh Nguyen filed a lawsuit to overturn the results of the June election that handed him a narrow defeat — a case experts say will be tough to win. But the incumbent councilman, who’s been in office a little more than a year, is not giving up. His attorney claims the June 7 primary election was …
The legal boundaries of augmented reality are about to be tested in court thanks to Pokemon Go. Polygon has dug up a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder, who alleges Niantic placed Pokestops and gyms on private property without the owners’ consent. He argues this has led to at least five strangers walking up to his door to ask if they can catch Pokemon in …
Last Thursday, four New York City residents commenced a federal lawsuit and prospective class action against the world’s leading pasta maker, Barilla S.p.A., and its subsidiaries Barilla America, Inc. and Barilla USA (collectively, “Barilla”), alleging that Barilla engaged in deceptive “slack-fill” to deceive consumers as to the amount of pasta in its boxes. Should food manufacturers be …
Glassdoor is facing a class-action lawsuit after the company review site accidentally revealed the email addresses of more than half a million of its users. Glassdoor issued an email update that mistakenly included customer contact information. Customers’ email addresses were visible in the cc line of the email, as opposed to being confidentially
hidden in the bcc line.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the town of Fortville’s procedure for disputing unpaid water bills that class members’ constitutional rights to procedural due process trump the state’s public policy of enforcing contracts. Bobbi Kilburn-Winnie and Michelle Allen-Gregory had their water service disconnected after not paying their bills on time. They allege that the …
A federal appeals court, taking up an issue left open by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, said in a decision last month that tendering funds to a class action plaintiff — not just offering to tender — still does not moot a case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in its July 6 opinion in Mey v. N. Am. Bancard LLC, was forced to take up a question …
Lundin Law PC (the “Firm”) announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (“Keryx” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KERX) concerning possible violations of federal securities laws between February 25, 2016 and August 1, 2016 (the “Class Period”). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares during the Class Period …
The largest bank in the United States settled a class-action lawsuit this week that stemmed from outcry over excessive fees the institution charged former prison inmates over the last four years. JPMorgan Chase won a government contract in 2008 to furnish inmates freed from all U.S. federal prisons with debit cards connected to money they were sent or earned while …
(JTA) – The parents of Russian-Jewish actor Anton Yelchin are planning to sue Fiat Chrysler and its manufacturer over the wrongful death of their son. Yelchin, 27, who starred in the new “Star Trek” movies reboot, was found dead at his home in Studio City, California, on June 19 after being crushed by his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Friends found Yelchin pinned between his car and a brick pillar; …
A class-action lawsuit accuses the state of discriminating against Minnesotans with disabilities by forcing them to live in segregated group homes. Attorneys with the Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid allege in the lawsuit that the Department of Human Services funnels …