The Atlantic Lottery Corporation is deceiving its players and breaking the law — old school-style — according to arguments in a class action against video lottery terminals (VLTs). “VLTs are a form of continuous electronic gaming … programmed to create cognitive distortions of the perception of winning, intended to keep the consumer engaged and losing money,” says the statement of claim filed …
It seems Britain is increasingly getting a taste for turning to the courts in search of resolution. The first group litigation order has just been filed in claims arising out of the Volkswagen emissions scandal against VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda. Harcus Sinclair U.K. Limited, a leading U.K. law firm specializing in large group litigation is the lead solicitor, collaborating with other law firms …
Lawyers from three states put their names on a class-action lawsuit filed in Alamance County over the number of digits of credit-card numbers a retailer puts on receipts. Chapel Hill resident Timothy Miles accuses The Company Store of printing as many as 10 digits — the first six and last four — …
While regulators continue to press TrueVisions to improve compensation to subscribers after cancelling six popular pay-TV channels, some customers have taken to an online “crowd-suing” platform in hopes of pursuing a class-action lawsuit. As of 5pm Saturday, more than 1,000 people had signed up to initiate the …
The class action lawsuit on behalf of passengers of Air Canada Flight 624 — which crash landed on a Halifax runway in March, 2015 — has been certified, according to Wagner’s Law Firm. Wagners, which is representing the passengers, said in a release Monday the lawsuit against Air Canada, Airbus S.A.S., Nav Canada, the Halifax International Airport Authority and Transport Canada. Transport Canada …
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is being sued by a group of New Jersey workers claiming the company has been shorting its employees of overtime pay for years. The class action lawsuit, filed in Middlesex County Superior Court, accuses the company of violating New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law by not paying some of its employees time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 hours. The salaried …
If you paid a red light ticket in Orlando between 2007-2010, you may soon qualify to be a part of a class action lawsuit to get your money back, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County in March of this year …
In today’s world, as technology costs decrease and personal information becomes more valuable on the black market, data breaches have seemingly joined the ranks of death and taxes as certainties. Add to that litigation: companies suffering data breaches face exposure to lawsuits by consumers, employees, and even financial institutions. One particular concern for companies is the possibility of …
A new class action lawsuit has charged two of the Chicago area’s largest utility companies with improperly adding finance charges and late fees to so-called “medical payment arrangements” – or special electric and natural gas bill repayment plans required by the state, should utility customers suffer significant health problems interfering with their ability to pay their bills on time. On Dec. …
A class-action lawsuit against Syngenta regarding rejected exports is likely to head to trial next year, as scheduled. Online publication Agri-Pulse reports the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to review a lower court’s certification order, allowing the lawsuit to proceed. Syngenta called the appeals court ruling “one step in a long process.” Multiple classes of farmers within the lawsuit …