Friday, November 22

Tag: lawsuit

“Rust” director takes stand in armorer’s manslaughter trial
2Mar By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

“Rust” director takes stand in armorer’s manslaughter trial

"Rust" director takes stand in armorer's manslaughter trial - CBS News Watch CBS News Joel Souza, director of the Western film "Rust," took the stand Friday in the manslaughter trial of the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Souza described the pain and shock he felt moments after a bullet killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and then lodged in his shoulder. Omar Villafranca has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
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Double Dipping in Opioid Lawsuits
2Jan By adminNo Comments
Health

Double Dipping in Opioid Lawsuits

The plaintiffs bar never met a business it wouldn’t sue, and now the lawyers are using government authority to pursue private interests. In their latest business model, trial lawyers are hired by state attorneys general to help prosecute public lawsuits then use it to the advantage of their private lawsuits. Kudos to one company for pushing back. In December pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx filed a motion in federal court in Ohio to disqualify Motley Rice, a South Carolina plaintiffs firm suing the company in multidistrict opioid litigation. Motley has been retained by state attorneys general and city prosecutors in Washington, D.C., Hawaii and Chicago to handle the government’s litigation, but it continues to represent private clients in related litigation.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones &...
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“Vanilla Gift” card issuer faces lawsuit over card-draining scam risk
21Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

“Vanilla Gift” card issuer faces lawsuit over card-draining scam risk

A gift card issuer is facing a lawsuit over allegations it failed to make its popular prepaid cards less susceptible to a common scam.The lawsuit, filed last month by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, alleges Incom's "Vanilla Gift" and "One Vanilla" non-reloadable cards featured "insufficient" packaging and "lax security features" that made them susceptible to scams. According to the complaint, the gift card packaging allows for "easy access to the card inside,'' enabling thieves to record the barcode and PIN information so they can make unauthorized transactions, a practice known as card draining. The complaint also alleges that Incomm failed to improve its product's packaging despite knowing the flawed design led to incidents of theft."As the di...
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Millions of Apple users can claim part of a $25 million settlement. Here’s how.
19Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Millions of Apple users can claim part of a $25 million settlement. Here’s how.

Subscribers to Apple Music and other services may be eligible to claim part of a $25 million settlement over the company's subscription-share program.The settlement resolves a lawsuit over Apple's Family Sharing perk, a free service that allows up to six users to access a handful of pay-per-month apps — including Apple News+, Music, TV+, Arcade and Apple Card — under one shared subscription. According to the complaint, Walter Peters v. Apple Inc., Apple ran "deceptive" advertisements for Family Sharing alongside "virtually all" of the App Store's subscription-based apps despite most of them not supporting sharing through the service. As a result, millions of customers were misled into buying subscriptions through third-party apps "that they would not otherwise have purchased," lawyers all...
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The Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani
17Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

The Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani

The tragedy of Rudy Giuliani continues to escalate with last week’s jury award of $148 million in a defamation suit brought by two Georgia election workers. What a long, strange decline it’s been for the former mayor who rescued New York City from a previous era of progressive decline. The eight-member Washington, D.C., jury awarded the two election workers three times more than the $48 million they sought, and that is likely to be reduced by the trial judge or an appellate court.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Facebook and Instagram are steering child predators to kids, New Mexico AG alleges
6Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Facebook and Instagram are steering child predators to kids, New Mexico AG alleges

Meta accused of engineering social media platforms to hook kids Meta accused of engineering social media platforms to hook kids 00:33 Facebook and Instagram are steering children to explicit content even when no interest is expressed, and are enabling child predators to find and contact minors, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez claimed Wednesday in announcing a lawsuit against parent company Meta Platforms and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Children are pressed by predators into providing ...
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Tuohy family claims Michael Oher of “The Blind Side” tried to extort $15 million from them
6Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Tuohy family claims Michael Oher of “The Blind Side” tried to extort $15 million from them

The legal battle between the protagonists of the inspirational 2009 film "The Blind Side" is getting more tangled. Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy — the couple who took in former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher when he was a teenager —claim in a court filing that Oher attempted to extort $15 million from them. The fight between Oher and Tuohys came to light in August when the former football player told a Tennessee judge that, contrary to the film's depiction, he was never adopted by the Tuohy family and that the family allegedly earned millions from the story. Now, the Tuohy family is claiming in legal documents filed Monday that they were threatened by Oher. The family alleges Oher sent them text messages demanding a payout of $15 million or else he woul...
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Title IX and the Assault on Hillsdale College
3Dec By adminNo Comments
Health

Title IX and the Assault on Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Mich.Embedded in a civil lawsuit against Hillsdale College is an assault on the fabric of this small, private Christian school founded in 1844. The lawsuit, brought by two undergraduate women who allege that they were raped two years ago by male Hillsdale students of their acquaintance, alleges not only that the college was negligent in handling their complaints, but also that it failed to afford them the protection to which they were entitled under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Ronaldo hit with $1 billion class-action lawsuit for endorsing Binance NFTs
1Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

Ronaldo hit with $1 billion class-action lawsuit for endorsing Binance NFTs

Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is facing a class-action lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion in damages for his role in promoting cryptocurrency-related "non-fungible tokens," or NFTs, issued by the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange Binance to millions of his fans.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida Monday, alleges that Ronaldo's promotion of Binance was "deceptive and unlawful." Binance's partnership with high-profile figures like Ronaldo, the plaintiffs claim, led them into costly and unsafe investments.Under the marketing partnership, Ronaldo encouraged millions of his fans and supporters to invest with Binance, even though many of them were unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies or the platform, the lawsuit alleges. As a result of his endorseme...
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