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Lawsuits Aug 20, 2019

Robert De Niro’s Company Files $6 Million Lawsuit Against Former Employee Who Binge-Watched 55 Episodes of ‘Friends’ in Four Days

Robert De Niro’s film production company has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a former employee for “breaching her fiduciary duties” after being accused of embezzling money and binge-watching Netflix at work, including reportedly watching 55 episodes of Friends in just four days. Chase Robinson, who was made vice-president of production and finance at Canal Productions in 2017, left the …

News May 27, 2019

Apple Sued by Customers Claiming Their iTunes Information Was Sold to Third Parties

Apple has been hit with a class action federal lawsuit by customers who are alleging that information on their iTunes purchases was sold by Apple to third parties. The parties complain that the collection of the data was done in violation of their own individual states’ privacy laws. The complaint alleges Apple supplements its revenues by selling, renting and transmitting with third parties …

News Apr 22, 2019

Medicare Diabetes Patients File Class Action Lawsuit Against HHS Secretary Alex Azar

My grandmothers, the type 2 have struggled with their diabetes as long as I could remember. Sadly, my brother followed in my mother’s footsteps and experienced an early passing at the age of 53. Simply a lay person who has lived with a Type 1 and Type 2 family member who struggled with their disease. AskNadia ColumnI started this column because where ever I go, people tend to ask me a lot of …

News Feb 27, 2018

Can Undocumented Immigrants Make Personal Injury Claims in California?

In the American legal system, when people are injured, they may be entitled to compensation for their injuries. When someone is injured in an accident through no fault of their own, it is reasonable to expect to recover lost wages, compensation for the past and future medical expenses, including doctor’s visits, emergency room …

Legal News Aug 22, 2017

Lawsuit Against Guhsd and Superintendent Over Refusal to Turn Over Emails and Texts on Personal Devices Gets Boost From State Supreme Court Ruling

San Diegans for Open Government (SDOG), a government watchdog group, filed a lawsuit in January against the Grossmont Union High School District and Superintendent Tim Glover. It alleges that the defendants “intentionally used personal e-mail accounts and text-messaging devices (e.g., mobile phones and tablets) to communicate about illegal political …

Class-Actions Aug 15, 2017

Big Brother Mickey: Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Disney Spied on Children Through Several Apps

Big Brother Mickey Mouse is spying on children through several of Disney’s apps, a recent federal class-action lawsuit alleges. A lawsuit filed against the Walt Disney Company last week claims that the company violated privacy protection laws by “collecting children’s personal information from 42 of its apps and sharing the data with advertisers without parental consent,” according to The …

News Mar 15, 2017

How to Make Sure a Lawsuit Doesn’t Take Down Your Business

Your business has been performing well for years, turning a profit and continuing to grow. Then, out of the blue, you get served with a lawsuit. If you aren’t prepared for this scenario, you’re putting your business in jeopardy. Asset protection is a near 50-year-old specialization of debtor-creditor law, where niche business attorneys and consultants will seek to structure business and personal assets in such a fashion to where they become somewhat invulnerable to creditor civil judgments. It’s important to note, however …

News Jan 26, 2017

Yahoo Shareholders Suing Over Failure to Disclose Breaches

A Yahoo shareholder launched a class action lawsuit this week accusing the ailing tech giant of lying about and “recklessly” failing to disclose cybersecurity problems and massive data breaches, thereby violating federal securities laws and costing shareholders “significant losses and damages.” Yahoo suffered two massive breaches in 2016 hitting 1.5 billion user accounts across both incidents. …

News Dec 15, 2016

Yahoo Failed to Protect Consumers From Hacking, Lawsuit Says

Yahoo! Inc. allowed hackers to access personal and confidential information of its users and failed to warn consumers of a cybersecurity breach, a proposed class-action lawsuit claims. The suit followed within hours of Yahoo’s disclosure Wednesday that a second major security breach may have affected more than 1 billion user accounts.

Lawsuits Dec 8, 2016

Republican Lawsuit Forces NYC’s Hand on Identifications for Undocumented Immigrants

Staten Island Republicans convinced a state Apellate Division court to uphold an an injunction against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to dump the personal files of applicants to the city’s municipal identification program, files believed to include the personal information of thousands of undocumented immigrants—prompting the administration to announce it would no longer hold on to any personal records of IDNYC participants at all. Earlier this week, Assemblyman Ron Castorina …