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Nintendo Sued Over Switch Joy-Cons ‘Drifting’

Some current Switch owners, however, aren’t happy with the system’s controller, leading to a lawsuit. Some Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons apparently don’t return to center properly thus creating a constant input of a particular direction, or drifting. On the official Nintendo support forums, there are dozens of threads from owners experiencing drifting on their Joy-Cons. The firm has a signup page …


At&T Lawsuit: Wireless Carrier Sued Over Hidden Administrative Fee

A lawsuit has been filed against AT&T (T), claiming that its $1.99 administrative fee isn’t included as part of the company’s advertised rates for its wireless service plans. The $1.99 fee in questions has allegedly been added to AT&T customer bills since 2013 when it was reportedly $0.61 per month. AT&T responded to the lawsuit by telling the news outlet that “The lawsuit is wrong. This is a …


Boeing Sued by More Than 400 Pilots in Class Action Over 737 MAX’s ‘Unprecedented Cover-Up’

Boeing sued by more than 400 pilots in class action over 737 MAX’s ‘unprecedented cover-up’UpdatedMore than 400 pilots have joined a class action against American plane manufacturer Boeing, seeking damages in the millions over what they allege was the company’s “unprecedented cover-up” of the “known design flaws” of the latest edition of its top-selling jet, the 737 MAX. By March 2019, the …


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 …


Shaun White Settles Lawsuit With Insurance Co. Over Sexual Harassment Case

Olympian Shaun White settled a lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment and now he’s settled the lawsuit he filed against his insurance company over that case. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, White and Lloyd’s of London have “reached a settlement” in the case. As The Blast first reported, White sued his insurance company back in 2017. Lloyd’s said that the claims the band …


Huntington Ingalls Latest Company Sued Over Pension Calculations

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. shortchanges the pensions of certain retirees by calculating their benefits using an outdated mortality table, according to a proposed class action. The military shipbuilder is at least the seventh large employer to be hit with these allegations in the past months. Similar cases are pending against American Airlines, PepsiCo Inc., MetLife, U.S. Bancorp, …


Tiger Woods Speaks Out After Being Sued Over Drunken Driver’s Death

Tiger Woods and his girlfriend have been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after a 24-year-old employee at the golfer’s flagship restaurant crashed his car after being served alcohol one night while working as a bartender. Woods is being sued along with his girlfriend, Erica Herman, and his Woods Jupiter corporation, which runs The Woods restaurant in Jupiter, Florida. The lawsuit, filed …


Black Mississippi Valedictorian’s Discrimination Suit Going to Trial. Here’s Why She Sued.

“I didn’t know — I don’t know Heather Bouse, didn’t know then whether Heather Bouse was black, white or what. During a deposition, Shepard says she believes the federal judge’s order to desegregate the Cleveland school district influenced the district’s choice of valedictorians. “…They were mostly concerned with white flight and not that of the black students or black community. Now East Side …



GOP Leaders Renew Push to Block Lawsuit Over Election Spat

Mississippi House Republican leaders will appeal a court ruling in a dispute over an election that tied, went to a drawing of straws and was later flipped. The disputed election gave House Republicans a three-fifths supermajority by changing a seat from Democrat Bo Eaton to the GOP’s Mark Tullos. The lawsuit was filed by five voters whose ballots were discarded.