In court testimony on Friday, a Labor Department (DoL) official accused Google of “systemic compensation disparities against women,” as part of an ongoing federal probe of the company. DoL Regional Director Janette Wipper testified that,“We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,” according to a report by the Guardian. Another DoL official …
A lawsuit recently filed against Princeton University alleged that a student involved in the University’s SHARE program committed two sexual assaults in 2014. The plaintiff’s alleged attacker is currently a student member of Princeton’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE), however it not clear when he became a member, according to the lawsuit. This student’s …
A Massachusetts man who filed a class-action lawsuit against Dunkin’ Donuts over fake butter has reportedly reached a settlement that could mean free buttered baked goods for 1,400 customers, according to a report. Jan Polanik, the lead plaintiff in the class-action, may receive $500, according to the New York Post. Polanik sued several of the chain’s franchises, saying he got the fake stuff …
Say it isn’t so… CNN has been hit with a discrimination lawsuit by two African-Americans. Don’t expect this to get the headlines that Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against Fox News generated, but it’s happening, none the less. Two African-American employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against CNN, Turner Broadcasting and its parent company, Time Warner, alleging racial discrimination.
A pair of consumers are suing the maker of Wise potato chips, accusing the company of underfilling bags. The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in a Manhattan federal court Monday night, according to Reuters. According to the lawsuit, Wise Foods “systematically underfills bags and has left them 58 percent to 75 percent empty.”
Uber has devised a “clever and sophisticated” scheme in which it manipulates navigation data used to determine “upfront” rider fare prices while secretly short-changing the driver, according to a proposed class-action lawsuit against the ride-hailing app. When a rider uses Uber’s app to hail a ride, the fare the app immediately shows to the passenger is based on a slower and longer route …
A San Francisco-based food company proud of its tech-savvy features was recently slapped with a federal class action lawsuit for failing to provide adequate services to customers with visual impairments, according to a report. Eatsa, which features an automated, human-free system that allows customers to select their quinoa dish of choice on their smartphones or in-store iPads before delivering …
A recent, sudden surge in Taxotere lawsuit filings in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana has caught Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch’s attention. According to a news release from Schmidt National Law Group, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation’s Feb. 15 docket report shows 755 pending actions in the Taxotere litigation, up 50 from the panel’s …
Some of the largest pet food suppliers in the country have been overcharging pet owners by charging more for prescription dog food when it doesn’t actually include any medicine, according to a Greenville lawyer who is working on a class-action lawsuit against those pet food manufactures. Lynwood Evans, a lawyer at Ward and Smith P.A.’s Greenville office, is working on the lawsuit along with …
Lawsuit filed against Heineken over red star Christian Keszthelyi Friday, March 24, 2017, 12:32 A Hungarian association and foundation have filed a lawsuit against Dutch multinational brewer Heineken at the Budapest-Capital Regional Court for using the red star in its logo, according to a press statement sent to the Budapest Business Journal today. The Association of Former Hungarian Political …