Reports of data breaches have become commonplace, prompting U.S. courts to raise the bar on associated class action lawsuits. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in early August declined to grant standing to a class action filed in the wake of a data breach at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. Hackers compromised health insurer CareFirst’s IT …
Seyfarth Synopsis: After the City of Jacksonville stopped following a class action consent decree that required it to hire a proportionate number of black and white firefighters, the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the motion and dissolution of the consent decree on the grounds that the plaintiffs waiting fifteen years to bring their show …
In 2013, Yahoo announced that it would begin scanning its users’ e-mail for targeted advertising purposes—just as Google does. As is par for the course, class-action lawsuits were filed. The Silicon Valley media giant, according to one of the lawsuits, was violating the “personal liberties” of non-Yahoo Mail users.
Six teenage refugees won a lawsuit Friday that would allow them to attend Lancaster’s McCaskey High School after school administrators allegedly diverted them into an alternative school. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 17 to 21, claimed that they were subject to routine pat-downs and were not properly instructed in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) at the district’s chosen school, …
The Westland Irrigation District has responded to a lawsuit filed by long-time patrons who argue they’ve been cheated out of water for years to benefit large farms with junior water rights. Attorneys for the district are trying to get the case dismissed from federal court over lack of jurisdiction. A motion was filed Friday which states the plaintiffs did not exhaust their legal remedies by …
The trial would have begun Monday in Sarasota County Circuit Court. A two-page document filed Friday in court says that the plaintiffs, led by the environmental group ManaSota-88, were dropping their claims against the county and the developers. The dismissal is “with prejudice,” meaning the opponents waived their right to file another lawsuit with the same claims, which included arguments that …
More than 600 Bard IVC filter lawsuits are pending in court, with all federally filed cases consolidated in the District of Arizona in August 2015. A new case, filed on May 5, 2016, has now joined the MDL in Arizona. The plaintiff in this case name as defendants C.R.
After nearly 40 years, original ‘Friday the 13th’ writer, Victor Miller, is suing for the rights to the beloved slasher franchise. Friday the 13th could be getting even unluckier. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Victor Miller, …
Apple Inc has been sued by owners of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones who say a design defect causes the phones’ touchscreens to become unresponsive, making them unusable. According to a proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit filed on Saturday, Apple has long been aware of the defect, which often surfaces after a flickering gray bar appears atop the touchscreens, but has …
A district judge in California ruled last week to allow a class action lawsuit alleging wage theft to go forward, even though he remained unconvinced that McDonald’s Corporation exercises enough control over working conditions in the franchise stores to be held liable for fair wage and overtime claims. Courthouse News Service reported last week, …