class action

  • Flo Health And Google Agree To $56 Million Settlement In Landmark Data Privacy Class Action

    Two technology giants — Flo Health, Inc., the developer of a popular women’s health tracking app, and Google LLC — have agreed to pay a combined $56 million to settle a long-running class action lawsuit accusing them of unlawfully sharing sensitive user health data without consent. The settlements, filed in late September, mark a significant…

  • Federal Judge Blocks Mississippi’s Ban on DEI in Public Schools, Calls Law a Threat to Free Speech

    Mississippi’s attempt to outlaw diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in public schools has been dealt a major legal setback. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate issued a preliminary injunction blocking key provisions of the law, ruling that it violates the First Amendment and creates unconstitutional ambiguity in the classroom. The law, which took effect in April,…

  • Department of Justice Orders Reinstatement of Federal Funding

    The U.S. Department of Justice has mandated the reinstatement of federal funding that was previously frozen following an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo issued earlier this week. The OMB memo, which directed a blanket freeze on federal funding, has now been overridden by a court ruling and the Justice Department’s directive, which ensures…

  • The State Department has allegedly overcharged millions of Americans for two decades by imposing a $60 fee for fast-tracking passport applications, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court in California. An Oakland resident initiated the proposed class action on Friday, claiming that the fee for an expedited two-to-three-week turnaround is unjustified, especially since…

  • Academic Publishers Face Class Action Over ‘Peer Review’ Pay, Other Restrictions

    A University of California, Los Angeles neuroscience professor, Lucina Uddin, has sued six major academic journal publishers, alleging they violated antitrust laws by prohibiting simultaneous submissions to multiple journals and refusing to compensate scholars for peer review services. Uddin filed the proposed class-action lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday against Elsevier, John Wiley &…

  • GM Must Face Big Class Action Over Faulty Transmissions

    General Motors (GM) must face a class action lawsuit alleging that it violated the laws of 26 U.S. states by knowingly selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles with faulty transmissions, according to a ruling by a federal appeals court. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision allowing drivers to sue in groups…

  • Appeals Court Revives Google Privacy Class Action

    A U.S. appeals court has ruled that Google must face a revived lawsuit from Google Chrome users who claim the company collected their personal information without permission, even after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco stated that the lower court…

  • Amazon Accused Of Audiobook Monopoly In Author Class Action

    Amazon.com (AMZN.O) faces a proposed class action, with author Christine DeMaio, who publishes under the name CD Reiss, claiming the company has monopolized the retail market for audiobooks, leading authors to overpay for distribution. In the lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court, DeMaio accuses Amazon of violating U.S. antitrust law by charging higher distribution fees…

  • On Thursday, Google (GOOGL.O) persuaded a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss a proposed class action over its alleged misuse of personal and copyrighted data to train artificial-intelligence systems, including its chatbot Bard. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin dismissed the case, citing concerns raised by another California judge in a related lawsuit against OpenAI…

  • Equifax Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over Work Verification Services

    Home mortgage lenders Greystone Mortgage and First Financial Lending accused Equifax (EFX.N) of monopolizing the market for electronic income and employment verification services, resulting in higher prices. They filed the proposed class action in Philadelphia federal court, alleging that Equifax has a “stranglehold” over a verification process crucial to consumer finance. According to the lawsuit,…