Lawyer Filing Class Action Case Against Apple Called
Lawyer filing class action case against Apple called “manifestly incompetent” by federal judge
By Daniel Eran Dilger
Friday, January 08, 2016, 12:37 pm PT (03:37 pm ET)
Lawsuits
Yahoo Said to Be Considering Sale, Unrelated Report Claims Company Has Massive Ad Fraud Problem
A month ago, Yahoo announced that its board of directors had unanimously decided to suspend work on the pending plan announced earlier last year to spin off Yahoo’s remaining holdings in Alibaba. It said the board would now evaluate “alternative transaction structures to separate the Alibaba stake, focusing specifically on a reverse of the previously announced spin transaction.” It went on to …
Takata Looks Way Past Its Air Bag Woes
One might think that an auto parts company whose main product is at the center of a 19-million-vehicle recall involving a dozen carmakers would have its hands full. But Takata, the Japanese maker of air bags that killed nine motorists and injured about 100 more, is turning toward the burgeoning field of driverless cars—a market that may be worth $42 billion annually by 2025, estimates Boston …
List of Web Accessibility-Related Litigation and Settlements
List of Web Accessibility-Related Litigation and Settlements
Bykarlgroves
Published
November 15, 2011
This page lists a number of lawsuits and settlements which relate directly to web accessibility. Each case is listed with its plaintiff(s), defendant(s), the year in which it occured, and an URL at which you can find out more details. This list may already be out of date.
Sweden’s Spotify Hit by New $200 Million Action
The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class-action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages. The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts-based indie folk singer who teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and rose to prominence as Morrissey’s last-minute …
The Biggest Lesson From Volkswagen: Culture Dictates Behavior
Culture is a powerful force that can cause people to make decisions that aren’t in their companies’ best interests. And when the status quo doesn’t allow for honest internal communication, businesses can end up facing disaster. Consider what happened with Volkswagen’s “no-failure” culture and its emissions-test scandal.
Appeals Court Upholds Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Settlement
Facebook Sponsored Stories ceased to exist April 9, 2014, and following a court ruling Wednesday, the years-old lawsuit over the ad unit may finally join them. The San Jose Mercury News reported that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 3-0 to reject a challenge to the $20 million settlement of a class-action suit against Facebook, which was originally presented in October 2012 and …
Fitbit Is Being Sued for Inaccurate Heart Rate Monitors
Fitbit, a leading name is the wearable fitness tracker market, has been delivered a class action lawsuit from three people on the grounds that the company’s PurePulse Trackers do not accurately monitor heart rates as advertised. The plaintiffs, Kate McLellan, Teresa Black and David Urban, each argue that the readings on their Fitbit devices were off. Black alleges in the lawsuit that in one …
Court Rules Shutterfly May Have Violated Privacy by Scanning Face Photos
A federal judge has has denied a motion to dismiss a civil case against photo-sharing site Shutterfly that claims the company violated users’ privacy by collecting and scanning face geometries from uploaded images without consent. The first of its kind ruling could open the door to future class-action lawsuits against Shutterfly and other social networks that use facial recognition technology …
Judge Rejects Class-Action Over AppleCare’s Subpar Replacements, Calls Lawyer ‘Manifestly Incompetent’
Remember that class-action lawsuit alleging AppleCare+ customers were being given subpar replacement products? This week a federal judge rejected the case while calling the plantiffs’ lawyer “manifestly incompetent” and suggesting the counsel orchestrated the entire case. ArsTechnica reports the judge’s rejection this week claimed the lawyer encouraged the plaintiffs to purchase AppleCare plans …