A New York court has dismissed the lawsuit of a man who died before certification of a class in his claim against a company that allegedly violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The plaintiff, Mark Hannabury, sued Hilton Grand Vacations over two calls to his cell phone, attempting to sell interests in timeshare properties. Hannabury allegedly was …
Quaker Oats is facing a new lawsuit over its false advertising claim that it is offering 100 percent natural oatmeal. Tests showed the presence of the herbicide glyphosate deemed as a human carcinogen. A class-action lawsuit was filed in Federal District Courts in New York and California, claiming …
Sorry, Facebook: that class action lawsuit over violating privacy rights with your facial recognition technology isn’t going away anytime soon. A San Francisco federal judge on Thursday refused Facebook’s request to toss the lawsuit, letting the case move forward. The lawsuit was filed by some Illinois residents under Illinois law, but the parties agreed to transfer the case to the California …
Medical experts are identifying what food to eat, such as red vegetables and fruits, to cut risk of cancers. But a company that manufactures oatmeal, a food considered a very healthy food, is being sued for allegedly containing an ingredient that is possibly carcinogenic. The New York Post reports that Brooklyn resident Lewis Daly filed a $5 million (AUD$6.57 million) class-action lawsuit …
Wendy’s faces a class-action suit over a breach that occurred last year and resulted in hundreds of thousands of fraudulent credit card transactions. Pennsylvania-based First Choice Credit Union filed a class action lawsuit against Wendy’s over a data breach the retailer experienced last year. The suit alleged that …
A Facebook Inc shareholder has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in a bid to stop the company’s plan to issue new Class C stock, calling the move an unfair deal to entrench chief executive Mark Zuckerberg as controlling shareholder. The lawsuit, filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, comes two days after the social networking company announced its plan to issue the shares. The rejiggering …
When it comes to the business model of turning piracy into profit, the name Voltage Pictures is never far from the action. The Los Angeles-based movie outfit has tested the legal waters in several jurisdictions in an effort to extract cash settlements from alleged pirates, most recently in Australia with its movie Dallas Buyers Club. In 2012, Voltage targeted Canadian ISP Teksavvy in a long …
Dometic president denies allegations in class-action lawsuit Dometic Corp. president Frank Marciano is responding to a lawsuit that alleges the company knowingly sold defective refrigerators that caught fire on five RV owners’ vehicles. “First and foremost, we place the highest priority on the safety of our products and those who enjoy them,” Marciano said in a letter sent to RV OEM customers, …
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 …
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 …