Match Group stock tumbled as much as 9% after the Federal Trade Commission announced a lawsuit alleging the company used fake love-interest ads to lure consumers into buying subscriptions. Consumers purchasing Match.com subscriptions “generally were unaware” that as many as 25% to 30% of members were using the platform for scams, the FTC said Wednesday. Watch Match trade live here. Tinder- …
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.
A lawsuit over the upkeep of the Superman Building in downtown Providence has been settled ahead of a trial slated to start Monday. The building’s owner was seeking millions of dollars for what he called faulty maintenance. The Superman Building, formally known as the Industrial National Bank Building, has been vacant since 2013.
Tech companies are increasingly getting hit with class-action complaints for sending text messages to consumers, according to the trade group Internet Association. The organization, made up of Google, Facebook, eBay and other large Web companies, made that statement in a regulatory filing summarizing a recent meeting between Internet Association officials and Federal Communications Commission …
The Riverbend Market and Eatery is closing its doors next month and the owners said it’s because of a lawsuit. Riverbend employs 30 people and in the 18 months it has been open and it has quickly become one of the busiest restaurants in the area. But Riverbend is getting ready to close on Oct. 30.
A popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in Montrose has been sued by the family of a man that was fatally shot outside the club last year. According to the lawsuit filled with the Harris County District Clerks office, the victim, 22 year-old Juan Carlo Ramirez and a ‘friend’ were leaving F Bar, when Ramirez was shot and carjacked on March 12, 2015. Legal documents allege that nightclub owner Irwin Palchick, …
A Georgia federal court has considered whether a former homeowner’s lawsuit against the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) for conversion of property that she had left in her home after the property was foreclosed could proceed. Elizabeth Mwangi (“Owner”) owned a residential property with a mortgage. The Owner experienced financial hardship and stopped making mortgage payments …