The owners and developers of the hot new social networking app Down To Lunch have been hit with a class action lawsuit, alleging they illegally used text messages to “spam-vite” potentially thousands of people to download the app. On April 22, attorney Ari J. Scharg, of the firm of Edelson PC, of Chicago, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of plaintiff Matthew Warciak and a …
A federal lawsuit alleges TD Bank’s Penny Arcade machines inaccurately counted customers’ coins and seeks class-action status. A proposed class-action lawsuit against TD Bank seeks damages for customers it …
A class action lawsuit has been launched following the recall of Nature’s Touch Organic Berry Cherry Blend due to possible contamination with Hepatitis A. The suit alleges the manufacturer negligently produced the frozen berries, which were then distributed by Costco. The plaintiff is seeking to recover compensation for physical injury, medical expenses, lost wages or employment income, and a …
Two years ago, the president of Credit Management Services, a collection agency in Grand Island, Nebraska, presented a struggling local family with the keys to a used 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis. To commemorate the donation, the company held a ceremony that concluded outside its offices, where the couple and their two young girls could try out their new car. But CMS played …
45,000 Workers Win Class Action Rights Workers Independent News is heard Monday through Friday at 8:45 and 11:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. At least 45,000 workers have won class-action lawsuit rights in a National Labor Relations Board case against Menard’s. The midwest-based home improvement supply store chain owned by Wisconsin anti-union billionaire John Menard is settling the case with the NLRB …
A federal judge in Seattle has rejected the Obama administration’s effort to dismiss a class-action lawsuit that could force the government to provide attorneys to thousands of children who face deportation in U.S. immigration courts. U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly has set the outline of the class of child immigrants who will be represented in the lawsuit, and told the coalition of …
Uber says it will not install a tipping function – because the company believes tipping is unfair due to customers’ unconscious racial biases. The company pointed to a 2008 Cornell University study that indicated ‘consumers of both races discriminate against black service providers by tipping them less than white service providers,’ the Boston Globe reported. According to an Uber spokesperson …
Hackers broke into Wendy’s computer systems and stole data from potentially millions of cards used at its restaurants between 22 October 2015 and 10 March 2016. Now, according to the Courthouse News Service, Pittsburgh-based First Choice Federal Credit Union has filed a suit on behalf of banks with affected customers claiming that the burger chain “refused to take steps to adequately protect …
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, reminds investors in Tailored Brands, Inc. (“Tailored Brands” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TLRD) of the May 31, 2016 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action lawsuit filed against the Company and certain officers. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. …
Because the American credit reporting system relies on both good and bad reports of creditworthiness, a consumer must have some kind of credit—not just the absence of bad credit. (In some countries, the lack of a credit report can establish good credit). “The American system, on other hand, relies on total surveillance,” writes Chris Jay Hoofnagle in his primer on privacy law and the Federal …