The last time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a challenge to an approved class action settlement, AOL ruled the Internet, Bill Clinton was president and Donald Trump was months away from considering a run for the presidency in an October 1999 interview with Larry King. It was a long time ago, in other words. The National Football League and plaintiffs’ lawyers representing a …
Retailers have been the predominant targets of a recent wave of demand letters claiming that their websites and mobile applications unlawfully discriminate against disabled customers. These demands come on the heels of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) confirmation that, in 2018, it will propose accessibility standards for private businesses, based on the …
A group of homeowners is suing a home improvement businesses, alleging a distribution of substandard windows and failure to deliver quality products as advertised. On Oct. 17, a class action complaint was filed in U.S. District Count for the District of Minnesota against Ohio-based Simonton Building Products LLC, previously known as Simonton Building Products …
Two class-action lawsuits have been filed by area law firms on behalf of residents against firefighting foam manufacturers due to water contamination in the Horsham and Warminster areas. Norristown-based Creedon and Feliciani, along with Philadelphia-based Levin, Fishbein, Sedran, & Berman have announced that the suits will be filed on behalf of 14 residents of Montgomery and Bucks counties …
Kyla Asbury Nov. 9, 2016, 1:03pm Timothy Hill, Ricky Vasquez, Harold Schade, Debra Schade, Edward Numrych, Frank Henry, Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, Audrey Ann larkin, Thomas Hunt, Frantz Charles, Arlie Hamilton, Gary Surgeon, Bridgette Surgeon, Patricia Mae Camp, Jessica Dealey and Nathan Lewis owned Ford vehicles that experienced sudden, unintended acceleration incidents that caused them injuries, …
Samsung really can’t seem to catch a break. The company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in the US , and they are also facing legal action in Korea , and now it looks like customers in Canada are filing a class-action lawsuit against the company in Canada following the spate of Galaxy Note 7 explosions. According to the lawsuit, customers are seeking compensation in the form of damages, …
Gainey McKenna & Egleston announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. (“InfuSystem” or the “Company”) (NYSE:INFU) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of common stock of InfuSystem between May 12, 2015 and November 7, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”). According …
In a class action lawsuit with devastating claims, a local doctor is accused of misdiagnosing hundreds of children. In the lawsuit, close to 250 families claim doctor Yasser Awaad, a pediatric neurologist, misdiagnosed hundreds of children, saying they had epilepsy. You can watch Priya Mann’s full story in the video posted above.
Facebook is now sued for violating the Fair Housing Act and Article VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is caused by the tech company’s racial discrimination in its ad-targeting option tool. (Esther Vargas / Flickr)
Facebook has been sued in violation of the Fair Housing Act and the Article VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Washington Legal Foundation is among those groups calling on a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court’s decision that, they argue, would undermine class-wide settlements by permitting plaintiff states to file copycat lawsuits despite benefiting from a settlement. The D.C.-based public interest law firm, which regularly advocates against excessive …