Cognizant Sued , The IT Giant Now Facing a $380 Million Clorox Lawsuit and a Wave of Other Legal Storms
Sometimes a corporation has a specific type of legal year in which lawsuits begin to come in clusters rather than one at a time. This is…
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The Instagram Seller Hit With a $403,000 Louis Vuitton Bill — and What It Means for Counterfeit Sellers Everywhere
Over the past few years, a specific type of Instagram account has emerged as a minor but enduring aspect of the platform's business ecosystem. The product…
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Is DoorDash Being Sued? Yes, and the List Is Longer Than Most Customers Realize
Every few weeks, a specific type of search query appears on consumer law monitors and in the financial press. "Is DoorDash being sued" has emerged as…
The Arizona Lottery Ticket Lawsuit That Has a $12.8 Million Jackpot Stuck in Legal Limbo
At first glance, a certain type of court matter sounds nearly exactly like the premise for a script. A Circle K in Scottsdale. Some customers purchase…
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Ticketmaster Fee Class Action Notice , What That Email in Your Inbox Actually Means
A specific type of legitimate email appears in inboxes as spam, is erased by half of its recipients without being read, and then turns out to…
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The Idaho Purdue Pharma Settlement Arrives as the State Reports Its Highest Fentanyl Overdose Numbers in a Decade
On a dry Boise morning in early May, when the foothills appear bleached and the press releases pile up more quickly than anyone can read them,…
The Monroe County Blinded Officer Settlement Is a Story About Police Accountability That Nobody Expected to End This Way
The house on Peck Street didn't appear to be the place where a career ends. Seldom does it. The majority of the addresses on the Rochester…
Taylor Swift’s Lawyers Called the Showgirl Lawsuit Absurd – The Judge May Agree
There's a certain rhythm to celebrity trademark lawsuits that anyone who has covered the entertainment beat long enough starts to recognize. Someone files. The celebrity's team…
A Former Texas A&M Doctor Was Already Convicted of Sexual Assault – Now Comes the Civil Lawsuit
Although the Bryan courthouse hardly ever makes national news, its employees have been promoting the name Kory Gill throughout its corridors for the better part of…
Roku’s Lawsuit Problem Is Simple – A Bad Software Update Made Users’ TVs Permanently Unusable
In 2018, Terri Else made the kind of routine purchase that millions of Americans make each year: a TCL Roku TV. It probably took twenty minutes…
Former NFL Players Joining the Ohio State Strauss Lawsuit Changes the Scope of What Universities Are Liable For
The Richard Strauss tale lingered in an odd corner of American sports for almost eight years. In Columbus, everyone was familiar with the name. Outside, most…
Nectar and DreamCloud Mattress Owners Could Be Owed Cash After $9 Million Fiberglass Settlement
Most people stop considering the contents of the mattress they sleep on somewhere between purchasing it and forgetting about it. That is the peculiar aspect of…
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Blake Lively Said the Settlement Was a Win – The Size of the Legal Bills Tells a More Complicated Story
The press release, which appeared on a Monday afternoon, is the type of statement that seems to have been revised by six attorneys before a single…
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Canvas Class Action Lawsuit Explodes – What 275 Million Students Need to Know Right Now
As I read the filings, it wasn't the extent of the breach that initially caught my attention. It was brought on by the moment's smallness. A…
Avatar Being Sued – The 14-Year-Old Face Behind Neytiri That Nobody Talked About
A certain type of Hollywood story appears subtly, almost like a footnote, and then doesn't go away. One of those is the lawsuit that Q'orianka Kilcher…
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Sony’s $7.85 Million Settlement – The PlayStation Payout Gamers Have Been Waiting Years For
The way Sony's $7.85 million settlement has finally edged closer to the finish line is almost anticlimactic. The company is getting ready to give modest credits…
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Antitrust Settlement Payments BCBS – Why Millions Are Finally Getting Checks This Month
Early May saw the arrival of the envelopes, which the good people practically threw away without checking. A few arrived as postcards. Others came in the…
Blue Cross Blue Shield Settlement Payments Begin — Is Your Check in the Mail?
The envelopes are beginning to come in. It's a check for some people. For others, an email from an address most people would consider spam. The…
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General Motors Data Settlement – The $12.75 Million Wake-Up Call Carmakers Didn’t See Coming
The thought that the car parked outside your home has been making notes about you is a little unnerving. Where do you spend Tuesday nights? How…
Alera Data Incident Settlement – What the $2 Million Payout Really Means for the People Behind Those Letters
Most people had never seen the letterhead on which the notice was delivered. Alera Group. An insurance brokerage outside of Chicago, the type of company that…
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Nelnet $10 Million Settlement Hearing – What Borrowers Need to Know Before the Judge Rules
On the morning of a significant hearing, a certain silence descends upon a federal courthouse. On May 5, the wind outside the Robert V. Denney Federal…
Alabama Congressional Map Lawsuit – Inside the Voting Rights Battle That Won’t Die
At the Supreme Court, it was a quiet Monday—the kind that doesn't typically carry the weight of a state's political future. Nevertheless, the conservative majority returned…
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The Sacramento Man Who Died After a Struggle With Deputies Just Settled With the County , The Amount Is Not Public
These cases usually conclude in a quiet manner. Not with a decision. Not with a public accounting. Just a succinct court document, a lawyer's declaration that…
How the OPSB New Orleans Settlement Covers Years of Constitutional Violations in a Single Council Resolution
A seven-year legal struggle involving casino income that culminates in a single council decision that unites a generation of municipal conflict is almost uniquely New Orleans.…
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