Hustler Hollywood’s plans to develop a boutique to sell merchandise and materials carrying the adult magazine’s brand are back on track after a settlement of the company’s federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Fresno. The city agreed to pay $15,000 to Hustler Hollywood for the company’s attorney fees. The two sides reached the settlement in U.S. District Court on the company’s plans …
USAA has agreed to pay up to $39 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by some of its members in Florida. Shown is the company’s San Antonio campus in 2013. USAA has agreed to pay up to $39 million to settle a class-action lawsuit initiated by some of its members in Florida.
In a deal announced on Tuesday, the San Francisco-based lender has agreed to pay out $110m to settle numerous class-action lawsuits across the United States. The lawsuits stem from revelations last year that Wells Fargo employees had opened up to 2 million unauthorised deposit and credit accounts in customers’ names in order to boost their own pay and, as alleged by some, fee income …
On the heels of a $400 million round at a $3.4 billion valuation, Instacart has agreed on a $4.65 million fee to settle a class-action lawsuit around claims that the on-demand grocery delivery startup misclassified its personal shoppers as independent contractors, and also failed to reimburse them for their work expenses, Recode reports. There are more than 31,000 Instacart shoppers involved in …
A Manhattan federal jury has been robbed of its chance to decide whether the collapse of financial firm MF Global was the fault of its CEO Jon Corzine or his accounting firm. MF Global, which was seeking to pin the blame for the firm’s stunning 2011 demise on PriceWaterHouseCoopers, settled the case mid-trial, sources said. The parties reached an agreement on Wednesday and notified the judge …
A federal judge in San Jose has rejected Google’s proposed settlement with non-Gmail users who claim Google illegally scanned their emails to Gmail users to target them with advertising, Reuters reports. In a decision released Wednesday night, District Judge Lucy Koh said the disclosure requirements were inadequate and the settlement did not include technical changes Google would make to comply …
For those betrayed even by their sex toys, a reward awaits. An Ottawa-based company has agreed to compensate owners of its Bluetooth-enabled high-end vibrator, We-Vibe, for collecting data on how they were using the devices without their consent. The company, Standard Innovation, settled a class-action lawsuit last week in Illinois federal court.
Days before his inauguration, President Donald Trump agreed to a $25 million settlement for the class action lawsuits he faced over Trump University. While he didn’t admit wrongdoing, Trump agreed to the deal to put the matter behind him before taking office. Now, however, one former Trump U student may put the kibosh on the whole deal.
Grand Valley State University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit that said the university unfairly restricted free speech on campus. Student group “Turning Point USA at Grand Valley State University” was critical of the school’s Free Speech Zone Policy in its December lawsuit for limiting expressive activity to “speech zones” and requiring students to gain prior …
Arathy S Nair DuPont and Chemours Co have agreed to pay $671 million in cash to settle thousands of lawsuits involving a leak of a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, the companies said on Monday. Shares of Chemours jumped 13 percent. The company said it would pay half of the settlement, although liability for litigation connected with the chemical was passed onto it when DuPont spun it off in …