It’s not fiction — although it sounds like something straight out of a dystopian novel. The so-called “fruit machine” was a homosexuality detection system commissioned by the Canadian government during the Cold War — and developed largely by a psychologist at Carleton University in Ottawa — to keep LGBT people out of the public service or military. While the machine is long gone, its legacy is …
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is being sued by an Illinois woman who claims that the coffee chain “underfills” its iced beverages. The complainant states that a venti cold drink only contains 14 ounces of a beverage, and only reaches the advertised 24 ounces after ice is added. If the complaint is approved as a class action suit, Starbucks could be sued for over $5 million on behalf of everyone in …
The makers of Cold-fX are in court fighting allegations they ignored their own research and misled consumers about the short-term effectiveness of the popular cold and flu remedy. Valeant Pharmaceuticals was in British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday, opposing an application to grant the lawsuit class-action status. Vancouver Island resident Don Harrison launched a claim in 2012 against …
A Vancouver lawyer who’s filed a class-action lawsuit against the makers of Cold-FX, says manufacturers knew the product wasn’t more effective than placebos and withheld research that came to that conclusion. John Green has filed lawsuits in British Columbia and Saskatchewan – if the case is approved in Saskatchewan, it could have nationwide implications. He says that if the cases succeed, in a …