Lawyers from three states put their names on a class-action lawsuit filed in Alamance County over the number of digits of credit-card numbers a retailer puts on receipts. Chapel Hill resident Timothy Miles accuses The Company Store of printing as many as 10 digits — the first six and last four — …
Flip or Flop ’s Tarek El Moussa and Christina El Moussa aren’t the only house-flipping reality TV stars making headlines. In Touch has learned another wealthy TV real estate personality with a similar business model — former A&E Flip This House star Armando Montelongo — is being sued in Texas by nearly 200 plaintiffs who allege his company’s $1,500 seminars were simply ruses to sell more …
The State Court of Appeals granted part of an injunction Tuesday by Angie’s List against three of the company’s former workers. Angie’s List accused the workers of taking confidential information to HomeAdvisor, a rival company. Angie’s List wanted the confidential information back and did not want the former workers to be employed by HomeAdvisor.
Lundin Law PC , a shareholder rights firm announces a class action lawsuit against Illumina, Inc. (“Illumina” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ILMN). Investors, who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between July 26, 2016 and October 10, 2016 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the Firm in advance of the February 15, 2017 lead plaintiff …
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is being sued by a group of New Jersey workers claiming the company has been shorting its employees of overtime pay for years. The class action lawsuit, filed in Middlesex County Superior Court, accuses the company of violating New Jersey’s Wage and Hour Law by not paying some of its employees time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 hours. The salaried …
A long-running class action lawsuit between Apple and employees of its retail stores in California came to a quick conclusion today. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2011 by four former employees but expanded in 2014 to include around 20,000 Apple retail employees in California. The suit alleged that Apple failed to give employees adequate breaks, failed to pay wages in a timely manner after …
The Illinois Department of Human Rights has found “substantial evidence” of anti-gay discrimination at ExxonMobil. (Photo of Exxon sign by Ildar Sagdejev, photo of Mobil sign by Terence Ong; courtesy Wikimedia Commons). President-elect Donald Trump has tapped for secretary of state Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, a company that faces a lawsuit accusing it of anti-gay discrimination in its …
The cheater dating website Ashley Madison, which got hacked and exposed the secret lives of millions of Americans, has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement with several U.S. states and the federal government. The settlement, announced Wednesday by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is a scathing admission of fraudulent business practices. Government investigators in New York …
A group of consumers who purchased Lenovo notebooks in late 2014 and early 2015 is asking a federal judge to grant preliminary approval to a class-action settlement requiring adware company Superfish to pay $1 million. “The settlement was the result of analysis and consideration of the litigation and financial risks faced by both sides,” class counsel writes in a motion filed Friday with U.S. …
After almost 50 months of litigation, a short trial, a secret benefactor, a second lawsuit, two separate bankruptcies, a journalist having a nine figure hold placed on his checking account, and who knows what else, it’s over. On Tuesday, federal Judge Stuart Bernstein officially approved the $31 million settlement of Hulk Hogan’s invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media , company …