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 …
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 …
Investors in an ill-fated development for a new Registry of Motor Vehicles building have filed a $50 million lawsuit in federal court, alleging the city plunged the project into an abyss of evasive and corrupt tactics to stall it into failure. Martone Place LLC and HDC Four LLC filed the complaint against the city, Deputy Director of Planning Philip Dromey, Director of Public …
The trial would have begun Monday in Sarasota County Circuit Court. A two-page document filed Friday in court says that the plaintiffs, led by the environmental group ManaSota-88, were dropping their claims against the county and the developers. The dismissal is “with prejudice,” meaning the opponents waived their right to file another lawsuit with the same claims, which included arguments that …
The developers of a seven-home subdivision in the Town of Fishkill have been ordered to halt further work on drainage infrastructure that one of its neighbors says caused flooding on its property. State Supreme Court Judge Christine Sproat on May 17 granted the East Hook Sportsmen Association’s request for a preliminary …
The developers of a Jersey City residential building that was forced in 2012 to hand over seven condos to the city for use as affordable housing is suing the city in federal court, alleging city officials now want to sell the condos for profit. Joseph and Neil Sorrentino are seeking $10 million from the city, saying it “fraudulently, willfully and wrongfully misrepresented” in various trials …
A foreign investor has filed a class action lawsuit against two developers accused of misusing $200 million in investors’ funds for developments in northern Vermont. Alexandre Daccache is suing developers Ariel Quiros and William Stenger, the financial firm Raymond James, and Joel Burstein, Quiros’ then-son-in-law who worked at Raymond James. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in …