In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a settlement agreement between retailers and credit card issuers. Millions of retailers had reached a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement [NYT report] with Visa USA and MasterCard International [corporate websites] in 2013. However, after determining that some of …
Attorneys for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power filed court papers Thursday alleging the contractor that handled the troubled rollout of the utility’s billing system three years ago intentionally over-billed the city and spent the money, in part, on prostitutes and two lavish bachelor parties in Las Vegas. An attorney for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, however, flatly denied the …
Lawsuit Accuses Hormel Of Using Meaningless ‘Natural’ Label On Deli Meat June 30, 2016 By Laura Northrup When you see a label that says “natural” on your meat, you might make some assumptions about what’s in it. Doesn’t that label mean meat that doesn’t have preservatives or artificial colors, that comes from animals raised without growth-promoting hormones or antibiotics? Well, no, it doesn’t …
A group of black Alabama legislators has joined a federal lawsuit alleging that racial bias fueled a state law blocking Birmingham from implementing a local minimum wage. An amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court Thursday says the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and several black state lawmakers have joined in the lawsuit against the state of Alabama, the city …
Tyson Foods has asked for a new trial in a case in which workers at its Storm Lake pork plant were awarded $5.8 million. In a brief filed last week in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, Tyson lawyers said a new trial is needed to address both liability and damages issues. The food company said a new trial would help determine which of the workers included in the class action …
An uptick in the filing of class-action lawsuits stemming from a study linking talc to ovarian cancer can be largely traced to advertisements aired by personal injury attorneys in the wake of a recent verdict, according to Julie Griffiths of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA). Johnson & Johnson was recently hit with a $72 million verdict in a case filed by the family …
It was a music lover’s dream come true last week when popular event ticket distributor Ticketmaster shelled out thousands of discounts and vouchers for free concert tickets. Far from a generous giveaway, the …
Newly filed court documents are providing shocking developments in a wrongful death case against a Felts Field aviation company. Michael Clements, 61, from Alberta was on his way to California and stopped at Felts Field to refuel. His plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Spokane’s Hamilton Street overpass.
Netflix is one of the fastest growing successes that the entertainment industry has ever seen, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down in the future. As one would assume, the streaming giant didn’t get that popular through stupidity and lazy marketing, but one user seems to think he has found a way around the somewhat controversial recent price hike, and it involves slapping Netflix with a …
Merchants score victory over Visa and MasterCard as court tosses $7.25bn interchange settlement In a win for merchants, a US federal appeals court has killed off a $7.25 billion class action settlement over interchange fees between millions of retailers and Visa and MasterCard. The huge settlement over claims that the card schemes had improperly fixed credit and debit card swipe fees was agreed …