The Walt Disney Company has been slapped with a lawsuit claiming that more than 40 of its smartphone apps are illegally spying on children. The class-action lawsuit alleges that Disney is violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The law, passed in 1998, was designed to protect the privacy of children online.
A lawsuit could cause a big delay in repairs at the site of a sewer collapse in Fraser. Work on the sewer collapse along 15 Mile Road between Hayes and Utica roads has been ongoing since Dec. 24, 2016. That’s when the collapse created a sinkhole beneath the neighborhood.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk attends a forum on startups in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Thousands Of Workers Successfully Sue Elon Musk For $4 Million Elon Musk settled a lawsuit with thousands of underpaid and overworked employees at his company SpaceX, agreeing to pay out $4 million, Engadget reported Saturday. Most of the 4,100 employees covered by the class …
Organizers of the failed Fyre Festival have been hit with another lawsuit — this time from an investor who claims the fiasco was a massive fraud from the start. Oleg Itkin of Manhattan says he handed over $700,000 from January to April after organizer William McFarland showed him a “projected income statement” showing $932 million in expected revenue by November 2017, according to court papers. …
A historic settlement has been reached between the state of Washington and plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that will benefit at least 887 Washington State Patrol troopers and applicants who served in the military but were denied a veterans’ preference. The settlement, announced Monday, consists of $13 million in cash and an estimated $2 million worth of retirement …
Consumers are still waiting for refunds for a class action lawsuit they thought would be resolved by now. It involves allegations of price fixing of dairy products and a $52 million settlement that was to be paid to consumers who bought just about any fresh dairy product in Arizona and 15 other states. The deadline to file was January 31, 2017 and many are asking ‘where is the money?’
A Philadelphia businessman has won a series of court rulings that could clear the way for long-delayed lawsuits seeking more than $70 million against U.S. Bank, which he claims destroyed his company in a dispute over unpaid loans. The cases involve as much as $12 million that businessman Maury Rosenberg owed the bank, which through an affiliate loaned money to his company, National Medical …
The National Football League (NFL) has long been accused of ignoring the damaging effects of brain injuries on its players. Even though they were presented with evidence of the risks of repetitive traumatic brain injuries many years ago, they did not share the information with players, concealed some information and did not take enough steps to prevent further injuries including NFL concussion …
J. C. Penney said Friday it has reached an agreement to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit for $97.5 million. The case stems from a period in 2013 when the Plano-based company was struggling to survive from a failed attempt to transform the department store. The lawsuit, Alan B. Marcus, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc., et.al., is …
“We had no involvement in operating the business or the conception or execution of the Fyre Festival,” the spokesman said, adding they “unequivocally disavow the handling of the situation in the strongest possible terms.” The suit explains that “Seed Series” investors normally have active “roles, involvement and control over the new company,” saying they are under investigation and will be …