The Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse was Avoidable
By now, you have probably seen the footage on television. The stage at the Indiana State Fair collapsing and killing seven people and injuring dozens of others as others watched. Earlier this month, plaintiffs filed the first class action lawsuit, according to upi.com. The lawsuit names the Indiana State Fair Commission, State of Indiana and […]
Angry Birds and Angry Plaintiffs
Apple faces yet another class action lawsuit, this time for violating users’ privacy through the time-killing Angry Birds app. Similar to an earlier class action suit stemming from how the iPhone tracks users’ locations; this lawsuit claims the Angry Birds app collects users’ information without their knowledge and consent, according to mactech.com. Once a user […]
Judge said Precedent Required Her to End Class Action Lawsuit
Citing the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the AT&T case that upheld AT&T’s customer arbitration agreements, a federal judge in California upheld Zynga’s arbitration agreements and blocked the class action lawsuit, according to a report at mediapost.com. The Zynga lawsuit stems from allegations that the online gaming company tricks users into free trial subscriptions […]
Google is Reading Your E-mail
When you send an e-mail to someone with a Gmail account, Google scans your e-mail for keywords even if you do not have a Gmail account. Google then uses those keywords to send you targeted advertising. Here is what I mean – you type an e-mail from your Yahoo account to a friend with a […]
Lawsuit Says Facebook Uses Kids to Be Unpaid Corporate Shills
Facebook is using the First Amendment to defend itself against a class action lawsuit by two parents in Illinois. In a story at riverfronttimes.com, the parents filed suit against the social network giant based on how Facebook uses its “like” feature. The lawsuit points out that Facebook uses the “like” feature to monitor the likes […]
Love is a Battlefield: Match.com Sued over Fake Profiles…Again
Match.com’s home page says that 1 in 5 relationships start online and more of them start at Match.com. Boasting millions of online profiles and at a price of $35.99 per month, singles (and not-so singles) set-up profiles in hopes of meeting someone. Now a class action lawsuit against the popular dating site alleges that 90 […]
Is the Wal-Mart Class Action Dead?
The U.S. Supreme Court said that the Wal-Mart lawsuit could not proceed as a class action because the plaintiffs do not have enough in common. While Wal-Mart celebrated the decision, the plaintiffs plan to re-group and file smaller or individual lawsuits against the retail giant, according to Reuters. The decade-long Wal-Mart class action stems from […]
Your Checking Account Has an Available Balance of…
Overdraft fees – they are the absolute worst. Who hasn’t checked their checking account balance online and felt that knot in the stomach as you wait for the screen to refresh, hoping to not see a (-) in front of your balance? In addition, to add insult to financial injury, the bank adds on an […]
How Much is $1 Billion? Ask Johnson & Johnson and DePuy
It is going to take a whole lot of money for Johnson & Johnson to defend the product liability actions stemming from the DePuy hip replacement system. How much? About $1 billion according to medcitynews.com. How much is one billion, you ask? If you counted to one billion at one number every second, it would […]
Got an iPhone? Apple Probably Knows Where You are Right Now
First Facebook knew everything about you, and now Apple knows everywhere you go if you have an iPhone. That is because the arguably too-smart-for-its-own-good phone records your location and users are a little creeped out by it. Therefore, class action lawsuits against Apple have popped-up in Puerto Rico, Florida and Missouri. Ipads also use the […]
