– Macy’s Inc. offered a peek behind the curtain of its debt-collection practices this week while defending itself from a lawsuit alleging it made robocalls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Orlando, Florida resident Deborah Clark claims she was harassed by automated calls for more than a year by Macy’s, even after she told the company that it was her daughter’s …
Two more students who were punished for their roles in a racist Instagram incident at Albany High are suing school district officials and their principal, alleging violations of their right to free speech, as well as being forced to endure public shaming, violence and emotional abuse. Related Articles Students also allege that school district officials and administrators “created a …
Department of Homeland Security withdraws its order to unmask the @ALT_uscis account. While Twitter was prepared to go to court to defend the right to freedom of speech under the first amendment, it appears that the administration of US president Donald Trump has no stomach for a fight. Last week, we reported that Twitter, in response to demands by the Trump …
Social media giant Twitter filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging President Donald Trump’s administration demanded the identity of a user who’s been highly critical of the federal government. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, names a consortium of defendants — including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security …
The Trump administration is trying to force Twitter to unmask at least one anti-Trump account, according to a new lawsuit. Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. government to block a request to provide personal information about the user behind @ALT_uscis. The account, whose name stands for alternative U.S.
PayPal’s donation tools stiff some charities, new class action lawsuit alleges Anita Balakrishnan | @MsABalakrishnan When charitable accounts are not set up correctly, PayPal continues to accept donations on their behalf, the suit alleges. Instead of notifying donors and nonprofits of the error, PayPal takes the money after six months and redirects it to another charity “without regard to the …
A Chicago woman who claims Amazon continued to draw payments from her bank account for an Amazon Prime membership she says she didn’t even purchase has filed a class action suit against the online retailer. On Feb. 20, plaintiff Latoya Christmas filed a complaint in Chicago federal court against Seattle-based Amazon, alleging the retailer violated the federal Electronic Funds Transfer Act and …
In a claim that appears to contradict Yahoo’s public statements on two record-setting breaches of users’ personal data, a Texas insurance agent is alleging in a just-filed class-action lawsuit that his credit card data was stolen in the hacks, leading to fraudulent charges. Brian Neff, who owns an online insurance company based in Little Elm, Texas, said in the suit he paid Yahoo for web …
Federal consumer finance regulators said Thursday they were suing TCF Financial Corp., alleging the bank deceived consumers so it could charge them exorbitant overdraft fees. Banks’ overdraft fee tactics have long been considered predatory by consumer advocates. Such fees, which are charged when customers overspend their bank accounts, largely fall upon lower-income account holders.
An African-American man who sued Airbnb over alleged racial discrimination has lost because of the fine print he agreed to when signing up. Gregory Selden, whose complaint prompted the Twitter hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack, contended a Philadelphia host had denied him a room because of his race. Selden filed what he intended as a class-action lawsuit against the San Francisco-based company.