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Class-Actions May 13, 2019

Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Owner of TurboTax

A class-action lawsuit was filed Sunday against TurboTax owner Intuit, alleging that the company breached an agreement with the IRS by diverting taxpayers away from its free-filing program.“ The victims of this scheme were intentionally misled and deprived of the opportunity to make an informed decision about their tax-filing service,” Eric Gibbs of Gibbs Law Group LLP, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement. The law firms that filed the complaint said their case is the first nationwide class-action suit filed against Intuit over the free-filing issue.

Class-Actions Aug 17, 2017

Have You Been Promised a Free Cruise Over a Robocall? You Could Be Entitled to $900

Thanks to a class-action lawsuit, people who received telemarkerting calls promising a free cruise between 2009 and 2014 could be entitled to $900. The class-action lawsuit alleged that a company called Resort Marketing Group violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when they made robocalls, allegedly offering free Caribbean cruises. Resort Marketing Group has denied any wrongdoing, but …

Settlements Mar 3, 2017

GVSU Settles Free Speech Lawsuit

Grand Valley State University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit that said the university unfairly restricted free speech on campus. Student group “Turning Point USA at Grand Valley State University” was critical of the school’s Free Speech Zone Policy in its December lawsuit for limiting expressive activity to “speech zones” and requiring students to gain prior …

Lawsuits Mar 1, 2017

Detainees Sue Private Prison for ‘Forced Labor’

The nation’s second largest private prison company is facing some serious legal challenges—and other companies may soon be in the same situation. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that current and former detainees held at an immigrant detention center in Colorado can join a class-action lawsuit against GEO Group, a private prison company. The plaintiffs allege that the GEO Group forced detainees …

News Feb 3, 2017

Mom Assaulted & Arrested for Stopping Cop From Killing Her Dog on Video Files Lawsuit

In 2015, the Free Thought Project broke the story and the video of a courageous mother, Tiffanie Hupp who stepped in front of an officer who was about to shoot her dog. For stopping the trooper from killing her dog and getting slammed to the ground in front of her 4-year-old son, Tiffanie was charged with misdemeanor obstruction. Of course, Hupp pleaded not guilty, as the …

News Jan 10, 2017

Threatened by Civil Rights Lawsuit, Park Service Expedites Protest Permits

The National Parks Service (NPS) said Thursday it would grant permits to organizations planning to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in later this month in Washington, D.C., a win that comes after civil rights lawyers threatened to sue the agency. “We believe that this is a significant victory for free speech. They are doing this under threat of litigation,” Mara Verheyden- …

Legal News Nov 9, 2016

First Amendment Lawsuit Settled With Speech Code Revisions on 10 Arizona Campuses

Yesterday, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced that a lawsuit it filed on behalf of two Paradise Valley Community College students last year has been settled—with great results for students at PVCC and the other nine colleges of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona. As part of the settlement , MCCCD will eliminate free speech zones on all …

Legal News Oct 20, 2016

Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Free the Nipple Lawsuit Against Fort Collins

A federal judge in Denver has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Fort Collins that claims an ordinance that bars women from exposing their breasts in public violates the Constitution and is rooted in outdated puritanical values and discrimination. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said that the plaintiffs, Free the Nipple, an association of Colorado residents who advocate for …

Lawsuits, News Sep 15, 2016

A Woman Who Got E.Coli After Eating Chipotle Sued the Chain… For Free Burritos

A 19-year-old woman who was hospitalized with E.Coli after eating at Chipotle in 2015 has sued the chain for free food coupons … so she could eat more Chipotle. Bill Marler, the woman’s lawyer, said he’s been handling class action lawsuits like this for 20 years and this request surprised him (which, isn’t surprising). “I have never seen people willing to go back to a restaurant under those …