All articles tagged with #class action lawsuit
Thirty former Ohio State University football players, including NFL alums, joined a class-action alleging the university failed to protect them from campus doctor Richard Strauss; OSU has settled with 317 survivors for more than $61 million, but five Strauss-related lawsuits remain.
Three FBI agents fired last fall are suing in federal court, alleging their terminations were politically motivated retaliation tied to investigations into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The class-action seeks reinstatement and could extend to dozens more agents, naming FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi as defendants, and contends due process was violated and political bias influenced removals amid a broader personnel purge. The agencies declined to comment.
A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of enabling massive streaming fraud, with Drake allegedly benefiting from billions of inauthentic streams, which could have cost other artists hundreds of millions of dollars. The suit claims Spotify's inadequate anti-fraud measures and highlights alleged manipulations such as VPN usage to inflate stream counts, though Drake is not directly accused of wrongdoing. Spotify denies benefiting from fraud and states it invests heavily in combating artificial streaming.
A Pennsylvania brewery, Iron Hill, abruptly closed all its locations without notice, prompting a law firm to investigate a potential class action lawsuit for violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which could entitle affected employees to back pay and benefits; the company filed for bankruptcy shortly after the closures.
Apple has filed a motion to dismiss a U.S. class action lawsuit alleging false advertising over delayed Siri features, arguing that the delay of two features does not constitute a breach and that many other features were already delivered, with the lawsuit claiming consumers would have paid less for the iPhone 16 had they known about the delays.
A class action lawsuit was filed against Tesla alleging that the company and its officers made false and misleading statements about the safety and efficacy of its autonomous driving technology and Robotaxi service, omitting critical risks that led to investor losses, especially after reports of traffic law violations by Tesla's self-driving taxis and regulatory scrutiny emerged in June 2025.
Law firms Hagens Berman and Cohen Milstein have filed a class-action lawsuit against Zillow, accusing the company of inflating homebuyer costs through its Zillow Flex referral program and engaging in deceptive practices related to listing standards, seeking damages on behalf of U.S. homebuyers over the past four years.
A California federal jury ordered Google to pay $425 million for unlawfully collecting user data even after users disabled tracking, covering around 98 million users and 174 million devices, with Google planning to appeal the verdict.
Some patients of Christ Hospital may be eligible for payouts after a settlement was reached over the hospital secretly using Meta Pixel to track and share patient information without consent, with eligible individuals able to claim at least $37.50 by submitting a claim by October 23, 2025.
Passengers are suing Delta and United Airlines for charging extra for window seats that lack actual windows, alleging deceptive advertising and breach of contract, with millions potentially affected by this practice.
A federal jury found that Meta illegally collected data from the Flo period and pregnancy app without user consent, violating California privacy laws, with Meta being the only remaining defendant after settling with other companies involved.
A California federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI company downloaded up to seven million copyrighted books from pirated sources to train its chatbot Claude, violating the Copyright Act. The lawsuit, filed by authors including Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson, joins a broader trend of legal actions against AI firms over copyright issues, with some cases focusing on unauthorized data use and others on licensing disputes.
Netflix is facing a class action lawsuit from subscribers who experienced streaming issues during the highly viewed Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing event. The lawsuit, filed in Florida, claims Netflix was unprepared for the massive audience, leading to buffering and freezing problems. It seeks unspecified damages for breach of contract and violations of consumer protection laws. Despite the issues, the event was Netflix's most viewed sporting event, with 108 million viewers globally.
A man named Vanvalkenburgh has filed a class action lawsuit against Intel, accusing the company of concealing defects in its 13th and 14th Generation Raptor Lake processors, which allegedly have high return rates due to frequent crashes. The lawsuit claims Intel misled consumers by promoting the processors as reliable and efficient, despite knowing about the defects, to protect its brand and increase sales. Vanvalkenburgh seeks damages and an injunction to prevent future deceptive practices by Intel.
Houston attorney Tony Buzbee is filing a class-action lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy on behalf of several Houston area restaurants, alleging negligence and failure to restore power after Hurricane Beryl. The lawsuit claims CenterPoint Energy failed to invest in infrastructure, maintain equipment, train personnel, and respond adequately to the storm, leaving businesses without power for days. The case aims to compel the energy company to improve its operations.