Finally

Concussion Settlement Objectors Drop Their appeal

Three years to the day after the NFL and thousands of former players reached a tentative settlement in a massive concussion class action, the settlement is finally official. Via the New York Post, Monday came and went without the former players who opposed the settlement filing a petition for appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the case and allowing the settlement to proceed. “It’s been …


Appeals Court Upholds Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Settlement

Facebook Sponsored Stories ceased to exist April 9, 2014, and following a court ruling Wednesday, the years-old lawsuit over the ad unit may finally join them. The San Jose Mercury News reported that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 3-0 to reject a challenge to the $20 million settlement of a class-action suit against Facebook, which was originally presented in October 2012 and …


A Photo History of How Abercrombie & Fitch Offended People Into Irrelevancy

During his nearly two-decade run as CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, Mike Jeffries peddled what he described as an aspirational, all-American lifestyle. In reality, Abercrombie’s idea of what its ideal customer looked like was extremely narrow. “Jeffries was particularly interested in his brand representing a very specific kind of person,” said Heather Arnet, the head of the Women and Girls Foundation.


Appeals Court Upholds Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Settlement

Facebook Sponsored Stories ceased to exist April 9, 2014, and following a court ruling Wednesday, the years-old lawsuit over the ad unit may finally join them. The San Jose Mercury News reported that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 3-0 to reject a challenge to the $20 million settlement of a class-action suit against Facebook, which was originally presented in October 2012 and …