Volkswagen Canada must pay $2.1 billion — the largest commercial settlement in the country’s history — to affected Canadian customers as part of a class-action vehicle-emissions lawsuit that started in Windsor. The eight-page decision handed down in Toronto Wednesday by Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba directs Volkswagen to pay owners and lessees of 105,000 2-litre Volkswagen and Audi …
He insisted that fewer than half of the UK vehicles caught up in the Volkswagen emissions scandal had been fixed. Around 470,000 of the 1.2m vehicles fitted with software to cheat environmental tests had been dealt with, he said. But he was attacked for failing to give answers to straight answers, repeatedly using phrases such as “to the best of my knowledge” and “I can’t recall” and last week …
But fire investigation reports seen by TMG Digital‚ and which form part of a class action suit that is being prepared against Ford‚ say the fires were caused by electrical faults. In one of these cases an incorrectly installed spotlight bulb started the fire‚ an investigation report says. The class action is being led by the family of Reshall Jimmy‚ who burnt to death in December 2015 when his …
It looks like the BLU Products saga isn’t over yet, as the US-based company is now facing a lawsuit over the backdoor that was discovered on its smartphones last week. For those of you who don’t remember, security contractors found a backdoor in the form of pre-installed software that monitors the location of the smartphone’s user, as well as whom they talk to and what they write in their text …
The IT employees laid off by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, who alleged a “conspiracy to displace U.S. workers” in a lawsuit, lost a key ruling Thursday and face dismissal of the complaint. But this is a two-part legal fight, and a new lawsuit alleging national origin discrimination may be filed in the next month. The first lawsuit followed a decision by Disney to outsource some of its IT …
EMPLOYEES AT storage manufacturer Seagate are suing the company after a senior HR executive fell for a phishing scam earlier this year resulting in tax information on thousands of employees being exposed. A class-action lawsuit was filed in July at Northern California District Court accusing Seagate of malpractice and a lack of regard for employees through negligent data management. Which is a …
Oregon credit union sues Noodles & Company over breach The credit union argued that Noodles & Company failed to implement or maintain adequate data security measures. Oregon credit union SELCO Community Credit Union accused Noodles & Company of failing to implement or maintain adequate data security measures for customer information despite highly publicized breaches at large national retailers …
Kentuckians who bought Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” cars will receive restitution, and the state will get millions to offset pollution. The details of the settlement were announced Tuesday. Dozens of class action lawsuits were filed last year after the German car company admitted it had rigged many of its vehicles to cheat emissions tests.
Tennessee residents who own Volkswagen vehicles affected by the company’s emissions scandal have a few options for compensation. “Consumers have choices in this settlement—this is our theme,” said Elizabeth Cabraser, court-appointed lead counsel and chair of the committee that negotiated the settlement on behalf of class members. “It’s the choices of the drivers that will shape and give …
Veridian Credit Union recently filed a class action lawsuit against Wendy’s in response to a credit card breach that hit the fast food vendor’s point of sale (POS) systems starting in the fall of 2015, Law360 reports. The class action, filed on behalf of all U.S. financial institutions whose customers were affected by the breach, claims that Wendy’s failed to prevent the breach by updating its …