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Class-Actions Mar 8, 2017

TransPerfect Employees File a Class Action Lawsuit as Court-Mandated Custodian Cuts Corners, Giving Way to Massive Data-Breach

“For over a year, TransPerfect employees have warned that this court-appointed custodian with unlimited power to interfere would threaten the livelihood of the company and its employees,” said Chris Coffey, campaign manager for Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware (CPBD), the advocacy group supporting TransPerfect employees and Delaware’s incorporation-driven economy and its pro-business …

Class-Actions Mar 7, 2017

Judge Gives Fishermen the OK to Sue Plains All-American Pipeline

A U.S. District Court judge gave a green light to the first class action lawsuit filed against Plains All-American Pipeline, but the ruling won’t allow all the plaintiffs to move forward right now. Leila Noel of the Cappello & Noel law firm in Santa Barbara said the judge only certified the class auction lawsuit on behalf of fishing businesses affected by the …

Class-Actions Mar 7, 2017

For the First Time in History, Private Prisons Face Class-Action for Violating Anti-Slavery Laws

This past summer, President Obama’s Department of Justice was directed to stop using private prisons. Besides having notoriously inhumane conditions, the private prison industry doesn’t really save taxpayers money—it just generates money for people who are in bed with private prisons. Trump and his racist Attorney General Jeff Sessions have already made moves to reverse course.

Class-Actions Mar 7, 2017

Court Urged to Revive Class Action Over AT&T Broadband Slowdowns

AT&T wireless customers are asking a federal appeals court to revive their class-action lawsuit alleging that the company advertised “unlimited data,” only to throttle users who exceeded a monthly cap. The lawsuit was sent to arbitration last year, after U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California found that AT&T’s terms of service required arbitration of …

Class-Actions Mar 6, 2017

Vizio Must Face Lawsuit Over Spying TVs, Judge Rules

Vizio may have resolved a government investigation into data collected by internet-connected “smart” televisions, but the manufacturing giant must still contend with a proposed consumer class action on the topic after a California federal judge late last week largely denied a motion to dismiss. The lawsuit makes a variety of federal and state claims over the way Vizio’s Smart TVs use content …

Class-Actions Mar 6, 2017

Class Action Claims U.S. Military Denies Full Disability Benefits

A class action suit has been filed against the United States military, alleging that many servicemen and women are being denied full disability benefits. Retired Marine Corporal Simon Soto claims that members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard are being denied the full amount of their retroactive Combat-Related Special Compensation (CRSC). Denied benefits Soto …

Class-Actions, Legal News Mar 3, 2017

Judge Certifies Overtime Case Against Cerner as Class Action

A lawsuit alleging Cerner Corp. improperly failed to pay hundreds of employees overtime wages has been certified as a class action. Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Brent Powell issued the ruling Tuesday, finding that common issues predominated over individual ones and there were enough would-be class members to warrant class certification. The suit was filed in 2015 by Laura Scott and alleges …

Class-Actions Mar 2, 2017

Class Action Suit: Immigrants Held in Aurora Required to Work for $1 a Day, Threatened With Solitary if Refused

About 62,000 people who were held in an Aurora immigration detention center and required to work, sometimes for $1 a day, while they awaited possible deportation have been certified as a class in a lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Senior Judge John Kane’s ruling could have far-reaching implications, potentially boosting the cost of holding …

Class-Actions Mar 1, 2017

Trident, Costco Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

A nationwide consumer class action lawsuit filed in US district court on Feb. 27 alleges Trident Seafoods and Costco Wholesale engaged in false, deceptive and misleading practices with the labeling of their “Kirkland Signature Wild Alaskan Fish Oil” product. “According to independent lab tests, [the] defendants’ product does not contain the listed amount of ‘other omega fatty acids’ (omega-5, …