Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin are defendants in a copyright lawsuit that accuses their band of lifting music from the song “Taurus” by the Los Angeles band Spirit.Laurance Ratner/WireImagehide caption Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin are defendants in a copyright lawsuit that accuses their band of lifting music from the song “Taurus” by the Los Angeles band Spirit. A …
[Update] When a federal judge in Texas handed down a $663 million fraud verdict last summer against the Dallas-based maker of guardrails used on highways all over the country, a lot of people started seeing dollar signs, …
A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a class-action lawsuit accusing Pfizer Inc of causing tens of billions of dollars of losses for shareholders by misleading them about the safety of its Celebrex and Bextra pain-relieving drugs. By a 3-0 vote, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain erred in dismissing the case after preventing …
Listen, if we were given a choice, most of us would probably opt out of getting our periods for the majority of our lives. It can be painful, messy, and last but not least, expensive. Women spend upwards of $70 a year on products like tampons and pads.
Yesterday, the coalition of billionaires and entrepreneurs wanting to destroy Uber launched an already promised service: The ability for Lyft to fulfill rides booked via Didi Kuaidi’s app in the United States. It’s the first step in an ambitious plan where Grab, Ola, Didi, and Lyft– the four major Uber spoilers in the world– will work together to provide a global ride sharing solution. It’s …
On April 1, a class-action complaint was filed by Dr. Henry Vazquez against Anheuser-Busch Companies in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida. The suit alleges that the company’s Leffe beer hasn’t been brewed by monks since the days of Marie Antoinette. The 51-page court document states: In reality, Leffe Beer has not been brewed at the Abbey of Leffe since the Abbey was …
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by Uber of a federal district court order that certified a class of nearly 160,000 drivers in California who challenge their status as independent contractors. Uber’s attorneys argue that the drivers signed away their right to participate in class-action …
Two G20 class-action lawsuits will go ahead, Ontario’s Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday. Both lawsuits refer to the “kettling” of protesters during the June 26-28, 2010 summit. “We were illegally arrested, thrown into overcrowded wire cages, and treated worse than animals in a zoo,” Tommy Taylor, a lead plaintiff in the lawsuits, said in a statement Wednesday.
The province’s top court said Wednesday that more than 1,000 people who were detained by police in Toronto during the G20 summit in 2010 can sue Toronto Police and others through class action. In its decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal said that class actions are appropriate and would provide strong remedies, agreeing that police cannot sweep people up in the hopes one of them may have done …
Daimler is now facing a “defeat device” class-action lawsuit similar to what fellow German automaker Volkswagen has been struggling with recently. Owners of Mercedes-Benz diesel cars have filed a new class-action lawsuit …