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Bose Cooperating With Plaintiffs in Class Action, Attorney Says

A class action lawsuit against Bose Corp. for alleged violations of a California law designed to protect consumers’ privacy and personal information may be moving toward a resolution as lawyers for both sides have had cooperative discussions about the case, the plaintiffs’ attorney said. “They have not admitted any fault,” attorney E. Elliot Adler of the Adler Law …


Class Action Lawsuit Filed Following Privacy Breach in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville

A Class Action lawsuit has been filed following a massive privacy breach at Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville earlier this week that saw the names of 285 families involved with children’s services leaked on Facebook. The class action filed Thursday morning in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on behalf of a person identified only as M.M. names the agency, its…



$75M Lawsuit Launched After Family Services Hacked, Personal Info Posted in Facebook

The “highly sensitive” personal information of 285 clients and people being investigated by the Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville was stolen by a hacker and posted on Facebook due to “reckless” and “disgraceful” conduct of the organization, according to a $75-million class action lawsuit filed today. The statement of claim, filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf…



Judge Approves Settlement in Class-Action Suit Regarding Sony Pictures Hack

A judge on Wednesday approved a multimillion dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees whose private information was stolen in a massive data breach. The U.S. government blamed the hack on North Korea in an attempt to derail the release of the North Korean-focused comedy “The Interview.” U.S. District Judge R. Gary …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT Levi Korsinsky, LLP Announces It Has Filed a Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of FirstMerit Corporation Shareholders and Announces a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of June 13, 2016 – FMER

NEW YORK, April 12, 2016 — The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased shares of FirstMerit Corporation (“FirstMerit”) (NASDAQ:FMER) prior to the January 26, 2016 merger announcement. You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT Levi Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Shareholders of Apigee Corporation of Class Action Lawsuit – APIC

NEW YORK, April 12, 2016 — The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Apigee Corporation (“Apigee” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:APIC) pursuant or traceable to the Company’s April 24, 2015 initial public offering. You are hereby notified that a securities action has been commenced in the Superior …


Federal Court Rules CGL Insurance Covers Data Breach

A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld a lower federal court in ruling that a commercial general liability policy (CGL) may cover a data breach. In a case involving the publication of private medical records on the internet, the courts found that coverage included in a CGL for personal and advertising injury applied. Monday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is a …


“Happy Birthday” Legal Team Seeks to Free “We Shall Overcome” From Copyright

Fresh from a $14 million victory that had Warner/Chappell backing off from ownership claims over “Happy Birthday to You,” the attorneys at Wolf Haldenstein now have chosen their encore with a new lawsuit that seeks to establish that the worldwide famous protest song, “We Shall Overcome,” is conclusively in the public domain. The putative class action, filed Tuesday in New York federal court …