In a 5-4 ruling, the justices rejected Apple’s argument that consumers lacked standing to proceed with their lawsuit because the tech giant was merely an intermediary with app developers. The class-action lawsuit from 2011 maintains that Apple, which takes a 30 percent commission on app sales, abuses its monopoly position, resulting in higher prices. The newest Supreme Court member, Justice …
A group of US consumers has been given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court to sue Apple over app prices. The iPhone users argued that there is no alternative place to buy an iPhone app, but that Apple takes a 30% commission on every sale, so therefore they are being overcharged. They claim that this puts Apple in breach of anti-trust laws. Apple said that it was an agent for app developers and that it neither owned nor sold the apps itself.
Apple’s hopes to get an App Store antitrust lawsuit dismissed have fallen flat, with the US Supreme Court giving the go-ahead to a case alleging the iOS software download store is, indeed, a monopoly situation. It insisted that App Store customers were those of third-party developers using the download store to sell their titles, …
The case against sex toy maker We-Vibe, which agreed to pay out $3.75m for tracking owners’ use, has finally been put to bed, with a judge yesterday signing off the settlement. Earlier this year We-Vibe’s parent company, Standard Innovation, agreed to fork out following a privacy infringement lawsuit, and also said it would ensure that personal information collected from users would be deleted. …
Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged. The complaint filed on Tuesday by Kyle Zak in federal court in Chicago seeks an injunction to stop Bose’s “wholesale disregard” for the privacy of customers who …
Over the past five months, Matthew Herrick says that 1,100 men have showed up at his home and workplace expecting to have sex with him. Herrick is suing Grindr, the popular dating app for gay and bisexual men, because of it. According to the complaint, Herrick, 32, is the victim of an elaborate revenge scheme that’s playing out on Grindr’s …
Apple is urging a federal judge to shut down a false advertising class action brought by iPhone and iPad users who say they were duped into believing that phones would protect their privacy. The company’s request, filed late last week, is the latest development in long-running litigation over allegations that Twitter, Yelp and other app developers uploaded people’s address books. The dispute …
A popular clothing retailer in San Francisco is being sued over allegations the company violated the state’s Civil Rights laws by adopting an English-only policy in the store. The retailer, Forever 21, did not allow employees who are native Spanish speakers to speak Spanish at the store, according to the lawsuit. The lawyer for the plaintiffs said the workers were not allowed to speak Spanish …
A state law that makes it illegal to sell a popular Irish butter in Wisconsin is unconstitutional and deprives consumers of their rights, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Ozaukee County court. The public advocacy group Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty brought the suit against the state on behalf of five clients, four of them consumers and one a Grafton food store. “Wisconsin’s …
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.