Banking giants have been through tough times over the past decade or so owing to the global economic meltdown but HSBC has lurched from one controversy to the next with alarming regularity. The fallout from …
In November 2014, a federal court approved a Settlement of antitrust lawsuits brought against Apple, Inc. (“Apple”) by State Attorneys General and Class Plaintiffs about the price of electronic books (“eBooks”). Those settlements resulted in credits for qualifying Kindle books purchased between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012. These credits are funded by Apple. …
German automaker Volkswagen Group is expected to deliver a $10 billion settlement to cover government fines and compensate owners of vehicles fitted with software …
Ticketmaster is offering free tickets to concerts across the country. It’s part of a class action settlement with Ticketmaster. The original lawsuit was filed years ago over the way Ticketmaster added fees.
Volkswagen AG will pay owners of its polluting diesel cars up to $7,000, and agree to fund a grant program to offset air pollution, under a $10 billion settlement being negotiated for submission to a federal judge next week, people familiar with the talks said. VW will provide cash payments worth between $1,000 and $7,000, depending on the vehicle’s age and other factors, to compensate …
No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has revealed a three-year long lawsuit brought by broadcasting giant Sky. The legal dispute, over the use of ‘Sky’ in the game’s name, has only come to light now it has been concluded.
HSBC has agreed to pay $1.58bn (£1.11bn, €1.4bn) to resolve a US shareholder class action lawsuit that was filed in 2002. The lawsuit had stemmed from HSBC’s 2003 acquisition of US subprime group, Household International. The 14-year-old lawsuit by Household’s shareholders …
Ticketmaster customers will soon be getting some money back. The company recently agreed to pay $386 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed more than a decade ago. The plaintiffs claimed that some of Ticketmaster’s fees were deceptive and misleading.
Five protesters were arrested after blockading a petcoke storage facility on Chicago’s Southeast Side last year. Petcoke handlers on Chicago’s Southeast Side have agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit after residents were exposed to clouds of the dust. Five protesters were arrested after blockading a petcoke storage facility on Chicago’s Southeast Side last year.
Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz settled her lawsuit earlier this month against the last defendant accused of contributing to the death of her husband in a rainy head-on collision on Interstate 5, court records show. Amanda Fritz agreed to a total of $1.75 million for the Sept. 24, 2014, crash that killed Steve Fritz in his 1993 zebra-striped Nissan Sentra. Although attorneys involved in …