Cannabis advocates across the US have been pressuring the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reclassify marijuana and acknowledge the plant’s medicinal benefits , and the agency has ultimately responded by backtracking on the issue. The DEA recently created a new drug code for marijuana derivatives like CBD oil, leaving many medicinal users and extract producers in fear of stricter …
Zillow announced Monday it had agreed to pay $6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by an Irvine employee accusing the firm of failing to pay overtime and pressuring employees to skip meal and rest breaks. The Seattle-based online real estate company had announced the settlement in May, but hadn’t disclosed the terms until Monday. The settlement had been contingent on a U.S. Labor …
With the 9th Circuit’s late summer anti-class action waiver decision, the circuit split widened over the issue of whether employers can require employees, through an arbitration agreement, to waive their rights to bring class or collective actions against their employer. This issue will almost certainly reach the Supreme Court given the deepening divide and the Court’s …
Late last week, a Federal Judge rejected an ill-fated attempt to make an end-run around the Senate to find a way to put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court: Merrick Garland’s last, long-shot chance at being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice has now vanished: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to force the Senate to take up his nomination. Garland, the chief judge of …
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Kroenke Sports and Entertainment and the Pepsi Center on behalf of a deaf woman who said they are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Pepsi Center is home to the Nuggets, Avalanche and Mammoth, and plays host to a …
Life isn’t so sweet for Splenda in what could turn into a bitter courtroom battle . Heartland Consumer Products, the Carmel-based company behind Splenda, is suing Dunkin’ Brands Inc., alleging the company is misleading consumers into thinking they are getting the real Splenda when …
In the most recent of three class action lawsuits filed by different plaintiffs attorneys, a California man alleges LG Corp. and Samsung Group engaged in an agreement with each other to provide fixed compensation to their employees to avoid competition. The lawsuit, filed by Andrew Amirnovin in California federal court, also alleges the companies are …
A class action lawsuit filed in California last week accuses Facebook of violating key civil rights laws after it was discovered that the social media company has a feature that allows advertisers to target users by race and ethnicity. Facebook has a self-service advertising page, which offers many different marketing functions. One of the features allows for advertisers to “EXCLUDE people” and …
Facebook is now sued for violating the Fair Housing Act and Article VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is caused by the tech company’s racial discrimination in its ad-targeting option tool. (Esther Vargas / Flickr)
Facebook has been sued in violation of the Fair Housing Act and the Article VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Facebook is being sued for allegedly letting marketers exclude ads from being shown to specific “ethnic affinities,” genders, and religions. A lawsuit seeking class action status filed in California federal court on Thursday alleges that Facebook’s ad targeting options violate federal fair housing and civil rights laws, which make it …