CFPB Estimates 1,200 More Class Actions a Year Under Anti-Arbitration Rule
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ESPN Can’t Get Out of NFL Player’s Privacy Lawsuit Over Reporter’s Tweet
ESPN is no Gawker, but the sports giant is now facing the prospect of a trial in Florida that has shades of the litigation brought by Hulk Hogan over an invasion of privacy. New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is suing ESPN and star reporter Adam Schefter over a tweet that revealed an amputated right finger as a result of a July 4 celebration last year. The NFL star asserts he …
Hans Zimmer Scores Win in ’12 Years a Slave’ Copyright Lawsuit
Batman v Superman composer Hans Zimmer is seeing his own dawn of justice, as a man who was suing him has not only dropped his lawsuit but also apologized and wrote him a check. Composer Richard Friedman sued Zimmer in 2015, claiming the principal music from 12 Years a Slave copied his 2004 work entitled “To Our Fallen.” Friedman voluntarily dismissed his claims on Tuesday.
Starbucks Iced Drink Lawsuit Will Not Have Its Day in Court
Starbucks’ legal department ought to be sipping celebratory Frappuccinos right now, because a proposed class-action lawsuit against the coffee giant was just dismissed. Filed back in May in California federal court, the suit alleged Starbucks misrepresents the size of its iced beverages: While the menu advertises a tall as 12 ounces and a grande as 16 ounces, et al, the plaintiffs said that …
CFPB Anti-Arbitration Rule Will Harm Consumers and FinTech
“Gotcha!” That’s what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) claims binding arbitration clauses in consumer finance contracts often amount to. In these clauses, consumers agree to waive their rights to sue either as individually or in class actions, as both consumers and businesses agree to be bound by the rulings of an arbitration panel in the event of a dispute. In justifying his bureau’s proposed rule to ban such clauses, CFPB Director Richard Cordray calls
Op-Ed: Class Wage-And-Hour Litigation Is an Ongoing Threat
Employers face countless labor and employment challenges every day. Wage-and-hour compliance issues are near the top of that list because employers have experienced an increase in the number of class- and collective-action lawsuits filed against them, and that trend is likely to continue. Understanding the dynamics of class and collective actions and what …
Lawsuit Claims ZARA Clothing Retailer Rips Off Customers
An international clothing store loved by celebrities and shoppers is being sued of cheating its American customers. ZARA faces a federal class-action lawsuit that accuses the retailer of unlawful pricing by tricking shoppers with conversion rates. “I think their conduct was intentional, deceitful, motivated by …
Lawsuit Filed for Those Vaccinated in Hepatitis a Outbreak
Another lawsuit has been filed against the sushi restaurants that served scallops that are the likely source of Hawaii’s hepatitis A outbreak. A class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of those who got vaccinated because they ate at Genki Sushi during the exposure period or had contact with someone who was sickened. Seattle-based attorney Bill Marler says the lawsuit …
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa Being Sued Over Railing Collapse
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have been slapped with a class-action lawsuit by 17 people who were recently injured at the duo’s “The High Road” show earlier this month. If you recall, over 40 people fell onto the concrete when a front row railing collapsed at the show in Camden, N.J. The Camden County Police Department said that 15 people were treated at a nearby hospital for broken bones and …
‘Empire’ Lawsuit: Child Detainees Claim Filming Kept Them From Getting Schooled
In what might be the first documented instance of children complaining that they weren’t allowed to go to school, the people behind the series “Empire” have been hit with a class-action lawsuit by a pair of young detainees who claim that the shooting of the series kept them from receiving their education. In the suit, filed in federal court in Illinois on Wednesday, two minors claim that an …