Fitbit is facing a class-action lawsuit regarding the accuracy of their heart-rate data, which have been shown to be inaccurate by a margin of up to 20 beats per minute by researchers at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. This news risks sending back to the drawing board many of us who have been optimistically experimenting with biotelemetry. We’ve been asked about the lawsuit nearly …
Katt Williams got slapped with a $1 million assault and battery lawsuit that claims he roughed up a female assistant on a movie set. Angela Triplett-Hill filed her claim in federal court in Los Angeles Wednesday saying Williams flew into a “violent rage” in September 2014 and unleashed an attack that put her in the hospital. Triplett-Hill claims she was working for Williams during a production …
A California gun rights group has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the …
The acrimonious history between Ozzy Osbourne and his former bassist and songwriting partner Bob Daisley added another chapter when Daisley took Osbourne to court for unpaid royalties earlier this month — and now Daisley is responding to accusations of “harassment” from the Osbournes. Daisley delved into his reasons for filing suit in an interview with Joel Gausten, and it’s well worth reading …
The family of a 66-year-old disabled woman who was run over by a MAX train — after the wheelchair she was in careened in between two moving train cars — has filed a $50,000 wrongful death lawsuit against TriMet. Media reports shortly after the incident stated that it appeared Bertha Kelly’s son had jumped onto his mother’s lap and accidentally hit the toggle controller of her motorized …
Wahlburgers, the reality show-famous burger chain run by actor Mark Wahlberg and his family, is being accused of stiffing its employees. A class-action lawsuit filed by five employees says a Coney Island franchise has committed wage theft and violated numerous state and federal labor laws, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The lawsuit filed yesterday in New York alleges that Wahlburgers’ …
Morgan Stanley was hit with a class action Friday, filed on behalf of 60,000 workers. The suit claims that the company mismanaged its own employees’ retirement plans by offering poorly performing funds and charging excessive fees.
There is one big reason why Uber drivers have been able to pursue class actions against the company in federal court in California: the state’s one-of-a-kind Private Attorney General Act, which allows employees to sue for labor code violation in the name of the state. As a matter of public policy, according to a 2014 decision from the California Supreme Court, companies cannot …
Canadian Volkswagen owners are fed up with their government’s sluggish response to the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal. VW is facing the prospect of a $15-billion settlement in U.S. federal court for selling cars that were designed to cheat on emissions tests spewing out up to 40-times more toxic emissions than advertised. But motorists say they haven’t seen any signs of life from the …
A group of six refugees and their parents have filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that they were denied the right to equal educational opportunities in the US after fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries. The students, ages 17 to 21, are refugees from …