Facebook Inc. defeated a bid for a group lawsuit claiming the company illegally gave its users’ personal information to advertisers, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs didn’t have enough in common to pursue a class action. Facebook users accused the social network of “automatically and surreptitiously” disclosing to advertisers information about them when they clicked on ads. …
The popular social media platform Snapchat faces allegations by two Illinois users that it stores information that makes them susceptible to identity theft. The class action complaint filed May 23 by Jose Luis Martinez and Malcolm Neal in the Superior Court of California against Snapchat Inc. alleges that the multimedia service provider violated the Illinois …
The Superior Court of California has issued a tentative ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed over a hotelier-approved assessment on hotel room bills, which funds operations of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District. Judge Joel Wohlfeil said the court found that San Diegans for Open Government, represented by local attorney Cory Briggs, does not have standing since it does not include parties …
Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost half a billion dollars. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco said the proposed $28.5 million payout wasn’t enough for customers, considering how much Uber took in from the fees. …
A federal district judge in California has approved a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz over faulty roof air conditioners in Sprinter vans. The settlement extends the warranty on about 10,000 Freightliner and Mercedes Sprinter vans nationwide, attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case said. Customers said the air conditioners leaked so much water, it seemed to be …
A California woman is suing PepsiCo, alleging false claims that a soda did not contain preservatives. Lisa Lindberg of Redlands, California, filed a class action lawsuit, individually and on behalf of the Proposed Rule 23 class, Aug. 19 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against PepsiCo, Inc., and Izze …
Seyfarth Synopsis: After the City of Jacksonville stopped following a class action consent decree that required it to hire a proportionate number of black and white firefighters, the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the motion and dissolution of the consent decree on the grounds that the plaintiffs waiting fifteen years to bring their show …
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. (“American Renal” or the “Company”) (ARA) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-06841, is on behalf of a class consisting of all …
Six teenage refugees won a lawsuit Friday that would allow them to attend Lancaster’s McCaskey High School after school administrators allegedly diverted them into an alternative school. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 17 to 21, claimed that they were subject to routine pat-downs and were not properly instructed in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) at the district’s chosen school, …
A STUDENT who slept with his teacher and was even in the birthing suite when she delivered their child has been awarded £4 million in damages in California. The former high school student was paid the seven-figure in one of the largest single-victim sex abuse settlements by a public agency after telling the court he felt “physically” ill when reflecting on how his former teacher Laura …