A judge handed the Las Vegas Review-Journal another victory Tuesday in its public records lawsuit against the Clark County School District, ordering the system to conduct more extensive searches of records regarding inappropriate behavior by Trustee Kevin Child. …
The second, unrelated issue, sees the battery randomly shutdown during use. The phone’s charger has to be connected before the phone will restart. While operational, the battery reading may change erratically, ranging from between 10 to 60 percent.
In early April 2017, LuLaRoe (a women’s leisurewear brand popular on social media) made headlines for a growing number of consumer complaints, including a lawsuit brought by disgruntled customers of the brand. Good Housekeeping reported that complaints about LuLaRoe appeared to reach a tipping point in March 2017. That month, two LulaRoe customers initiated a class action lawsuit against the …
Based on recent federal court filings in the Central District of California, it appears that plaintiff lawyers have found a new way to threaten retailers with class action litigation. In January of this year, two class action complaints were filed on behalf of consumers who allegedly were charged shipping and handling fees “not reasonably related to Defendant’s actual costs of shipping or …
Class-action lawsuits over food marketing practices have skyrocketed in the past decade, from around 20 at the federal level in 2008 to 118 such suits filed in 2015 and 171 last year. The single most frequent complaint relates to foodmakers’ use of terms like natural or nothing artificial, with suits challenging extra space in product packaging also common, according …
A group of women who were unknowingly videotaped by a D.C. rabbi as they took part in a religious ritual bath are suing him and affiliated organizations, and on Tuesday announced that they are seeking $100 million. The lawsuit was also amended Tuesday to include the Beth Din of America, an Orthodox court that oversaw Rabbi Barry Freundel. Related Stories The changes to the lawsuit …
Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, a leading national law firm based in St. Louis, today filed separate class action lawsuits against three universities on behalf of over 60,000 employees in their defined contribution retirement plans. The complaints, David B. Tracey, et al., v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, et al. ; Dr. Alan Sacerdote, et al., v. New York …
The company that manages a Greenville apartment complex will pay $40,000 to settle a racial harassment and …
The federal agency responsible for taking consumer complaints about vehicle defects has recorded roughly 90 complaints about 2010 and 2011 Subaru Outbacks whose exterior lights allegedly fail frequently and prematurely. In a November complaint, a driver claims his or her 2011 Outback needed headlamp bulbs changed every six weeks. In a more recent complaint, a …
Uber is dismissing as “meritless” allegations that it broke consumer protection laws by sending texts urging customers to vote for a ballot measure it is backing. The ride-hailing company was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Uber allegedly sent thousands of unsolicited texts to Uber users in Austin, Texas, to rally support for a …