Court documents show Facebook has agreed to allow users to request refunds of in-app purchases made by minors as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought in 2012 by two children and their parents. It claimed the children racked up hundreds of dollars in purchases of Facebook Credits, a since-discontinued currency used by the site.
Winnie Pooh’s honey pot has gone dry. A lovable 7-year-old dachshund named Winnie Pooh was left a $100,000 trust fund from her late owner — but isn’t receiving money, according to a new lawsuit. The Manhattan Surrogate’s Court suit was filed by Winnie Pooh’s caretaker, Gramercy Park resident Virginia Hanlon.
A recently introduced “revenge porn” statute could be a powerful tool for the woman who was photographed nude in a gym by Playboy Playmate Playboy Playmate Dani Mathers’ Snapchat indiscretion could end up costing her big-time, if the subject of the body-shaming post she published earlier this month decides to file suit. Mathers — who took a photo of an unwitting nude woman at her gym and posted …
Carol Highsmith took this photo of Seattle, gave it to the Library of Congress for public use, and we downloaded it for free after double-checking with Highsmith’s attorney. Will Getty slap us with a threatening letter to sue The Stranger if we don’t pay a usage fee? As reported by Carey Dunne on Hyperallergic, the photographer Carol Highsmith has filed a lawsuit against Getty Images because in …
Charles Araujo, center, talks about the perceived injustice he and his wife, Evelyn, left, believe to be in the charter school system Thursday. (Photo: Justin Sellers/The Clarion-Ledger) Flanked by her friend Monica Cannon-Butler, Midtown resident Shmea Kelly stood outside of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s downtown Jackson office Wednesday watching as parents and children shouted from a …
A culinary controversy could leave a major pasta company in hot water. The company, Barilla, is facing a lawsuit and some unappetizing allegations. It seems Barilla has some customers boiling, CBS2’s Scott Rapoport reported.
Back in May, we told you about Gawker’s report that Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly was pursuing a lawsuit against his ex-wife, Maureen McPhilmy. In lieu of a proper complaint, there was a vague notice saying that he would be suing her for defrauding him during their divorce as a way of financing her “existing extra-marital relationship.” On Friday, Gawker followed up further, reporting …
Comedian Bill Cosby on Thursday dropped the remaining counts of a lawsuit he filed against one of the women accusing him of sexual assault, along with several others, claiming they violated the terms of a confidential settlement in another lawsuit. The dismissal comes 10 days after U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno ruled that Cosby could not sue Andrea Constand, her mother, Gianna Constand, …
The mother of a little girl arrested at her Murfreesboro elementary school earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against a city police officer. Elexecia Martin is demanding a jury trial after she says Officer Chrystal Templeton violated her daughter’s Fourth Amendment rights. It all began when video surfaced in April of two …
Theranos, the revolutionary blood testing company founded by Stanford dropout and Silicon Valley wonder Elizabeth Holmes, is having a bad year. The company is under investigation for securities fraud, in June its pharmacy chain partner Walgreens broke ties and shut down all …