Motor Mouth: Here’s What Canadian Owners Get From VW’s Dieselgate
We can all breathe a little easier. Or, more precisely, all you Canadian owners of Dieselgate-afflicted Volkswagen TDIs can breathe a sigh of relief. You’re not going to get screwed.
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Notice of Proposed Settlement of Broadcom Corporation Stockholder Litigation
TO: ALL RECORD AND BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF BROADCOM CLASS A COMMON STOCK WHO OWNED OR HELD BROADCOM CLASS A COMMON STOCK FROM MAY 27, 2015 THROUGH AND INCLUDING FEBRUARY 1, 2016 (THE “CLASS PERIOD”), INCLUDING ANY AND ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, PREDECESSORS, REPRESENTATIVES, TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, HEIRS, ASSIGNS, OR TRANSFEREES, IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE, AND ANY …
Baltimore Housing’s Sex-For-Repairs Case Settled—then Unsettled
A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a city employee lost an $80,000 settlement because of a paperwork glitch. Didi—a nickname to protect the privacy of a sexual assault victim—is one of dozens, maybe hundreds, of public housing residents who were harassed or sexually assaulted by city maintenance employees in a sex-for-repairs scandal this year. But while more than 100 women were …
Judge Approves $125 Million Disk Drive Antitrust Settlement
Four electronics giants will pay $124.5 million in an antitrust class action to indirect purchasers of optical disk drives, in a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge. Hitachi-LG Data Storage will pay $73 million; Sony will pay $28.5 million; Panasonic $16.5 million; and NEC $6.5 million. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg’s final approval on Monday …
Schools Get Tech Money From Settlement | www.toacorn.com
School districts in Ventura County just got a boost in state funding to improve technology on campuses. The money came from a 13-year-old legal settlement that continues to reap benefits for the state’s educational system. A total of $11.9 million in K-12 technology vouchers was distributed last month to more than 8,000 California districts and schools as part of the 2003 …
Ashley Madison Agrees to $1.7 Million Settlement
The cheater dating website Ashley Madison, which got hacked and exposed the secret lives of millions of Americans, has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement with several U.S. states and the federal government. The settlement, announced Wednesday by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is a scathing admission of fraudulent business practices. Government investigators in New York …
Judge Urged to Approve $1 Million Adware Settlement
A group of consumers who purchased Lenovo notebooks in late 2014 and early 2015 is asking a federal judge to grant preliminary approval to a class-action settlement requiring adware company Superfish to pay $1 million. “The settlement was the result of analysis and consideration of the litigation and financial risks faced by both sides,” class counsel writes in a motion filed Friday with U.S. …
N.F.L. Concussion Settlement Payments Can Begin After Supreme Court Defers
Christoper Seeger, who represented former N.F.L. players in a concussion settlement, outside of the United States Courthouse in Philadelphia in 2014. The Supreme Court declined to review the case on Monday. …
Seven People Opt Out of Proposed $2.375M Diluted Chemo Settlement
Only seven people have opted out of a proposed $2.375-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving diluted chemotherapy treatment. Wednesday was the deadline for more than 1,200 patients named in the class action to opt out of the proposed settlement. Lawyer Harvey Strosberg of Stutts Strosberg LLP, the co-counsel in the lawsuit, says the majority of the patients are unopposed.
Company Behind “Smart” Vibrator to Settle Claims It Violated Users’ Privacy
From phones to children’s toys and speakers, just about everything can become a “smart” device today. Even vibrators. And just like all of the other devices, sex toys can also violate your privacy. …