Consumers are still waiting for refunds for a class action lawsuit they thought would be resolved by now. It involves allegations of price fixing of dairy products and a $52 million settlement that was to be paid to consumers who bought just about any fresh dairy product in Arizona and 15 other states. The deadline to file was January 31, 2017 and many are asking ‘where is the money?’
Here we go go again. Lawsuits over allegedly deceptive food labels have become commonplace—a tried-and-true tactic for some plaintiffs’ attorneys to earn an easy buck. By claiming that the labels were intentionally misleading in some way, these lawyers and the purportedly confused clients they represent, seek to leverage the specter of a class action to force quick settlements. Unfortunately, this tactic often works. In fact, …
Just a few days ago, the class-action lawsuit against several of LG’s flagship devices was amended to include the Nexus 5X. It seems the trouble for Google’s Nexus lineup is only going to get worse, as the Nexus 6P may soon be part of its very own class-action lawsuit. Law firm Chimicles & Tikellis has opened up an investigation on whether or not it should file a class-action lawsuit against …
The team of Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC, helmed by Los Angeles based attorney Tina Wolfson, filed the first case involving the catastrophic failure of Mazda’s in-vehicle navigation software on April 5, 2017, Lewand v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., Cause No. 8:17-cv-00620-JVS-JCG, In the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Southern …
A pair of consumers are suing the maker of Wise potato chips, accusing the company of underfilling bags. The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in a Manhattan federal court Monday night, according to Reuters. According to the lawsuit, Wise Foods “systematically underfills bags and has left them 58 percent to 75 percent empty.”
No one ever accused the litigation process of being overly expeditious, but a $4 million settlement approved by U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong will finally put an end to a class action lawsuit that has spanned nearly seven years. The original suit was filed by lead plaintiff Moises Zepeda, who sued PayPal in 2010 for allegedly closing his account and pocketing the money and …
The makers of “drinkable sunscreen” failed to prove their product provides the advertised protection against cancer-causing ultraviolet rays, according to a consumer fraud lawsuit filed this week by the Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. The lawsuit against Osmosis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC says the companies “recklessly gave consumers hollow assurances that they were protected from known …
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 …
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AT&T wireless customers are asking a federal appeals court to revive their class-action lawsuit alleging that the company advertised “unlimited data,” only to throttle users who exceeded a monthly cap. The lawsuit was sent to arbitration last year, after U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California found that AT&T’s terms of service required arbitration of …