Veridian Credit Union recently filed a class action lawsuit against Wendy’s in response to a credit card breach that hit the fast food vendor’s point of sale (POS) systems starting in the fall of 2015, Law360 reports. The class action, filed on behalf of all U.S. financial institutions whose customers were affected by the breach, claims that Wendy’s failed to prevent the breach by updating its …
Owners of Honda Acura vehicles featuring the HandsFreeLink Bluetooth phone-pairing system are suing the automaker for a battery-draining defect that has plagued owners since at least 2005 despite Honda knowing about the issue, according to Hagens Berman. The class-action lawsuit states that Honda’s HandsFreeLink feature will get stuck on even if not in use and even …
On August 19, 2002, Avril Lavine’s “Complicated” was the number-one song in the U.S., the public accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP was about to surrender its CPA licenses, and the plaintiffs in Lawrence E. Jaffe Pension Plan v. Household International, Inc., et al filed their first complaint in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Jaffe was one of dozens of securities fraud suits that named …
Last month TD decided to retire its entire 1000-strong fleet of Penny Arcade coin-counting machines following an investigation prompted by an NBC news report which found that machines at five sites in the US were inaccurate. The revelations sparked at least two US lawsuits from short-changed customers and now TD also faces legal action in Canada after a class action suit was commenced in the …
Russian athletes banned by the International Association of Athletics Federations from participating in the upcoming Olympic Games in Brazil will file a class action lawsuit against the decision, Russian news agency Tass reported Thursday. IAAF had announced the ban last week in the wake of a widespread doping conspiracy, and the decision was upheld by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) …
A federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Waffle House that seeks damages due to the restaurant chain’s alleged “systematic and willful violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)” by obtaining background check reports without taking adequate steps to ensure that the information reported was accurate may proceed, according to a report from Courthouse News. Courthouse …
A federal judge in Fresno is allowing a class-action lawsuit to move forward against Gerawan Farming, one of Fresno County’s largest agriculture companies. The lawsuit, filed in 2014, alleges that Gerawan has violated state and federal laws, including failing to pay minimum wages, failing to compensate employees for breaks, and failing to pay wages owed. Gerawan’s attorney, David Schwarz, said …
They’re one of the most popular fitness trackers around, but a new study says your Fitbit might not be as accurate as you think. A class-action lawsuit was filed earlier this year saying Fitbit trackers that measure your heart rate aren’t accurate. The suit claims Fitbit trackers may be miscalculating users’ heart rates.
In a recently filed class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) sent autodialed text messages to individuals after those individuals opted out of the messages by texting back “stop,” which, the plaintiffs allege, would be a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The class representative is an Uber driver applicant who …
Fitbit is currently embroiled in a class-action lawsuit over the accuracy of its heart-rate tracking. As part of their case, the plaintiffs commissioned a scientific study of the accuracy of the Fitbit Charge HR and Surge. Wareable spoke to the scientist who was paid to do the testing, and unsurprisingly, he has bad things to say about Fitbit’s devices.