Tag archive: class action lawsuits

It has been a rough couple of months for the daily deal site Groupon, and it’s not getting any better today. A class-action lawsuit has been filed by former Groupon employees against the company. The lead plaintiff in the case is a former salesperson named Ranita Dailey who claims that Groupon failed to properly pay her for overtime work over her three year career with the company. The lawsuit could potentially include all past and present… Read More

Those too-good-to-be-true deals Groupon offers expire all too quickly, according to new lawsuit filed in Chicago. Eli R. Johnson filed a complaint against the Chicago-based company after purchasing a gift certificate for the Whirlyball games center, according to the Chicago Sun Times. The $55 gift certificate was good for 30 minutes of game time for up to 10 people. It allegedly expired a few months after the purchase date — not good… Read More

A man in California hadn't owned his iPhone 4 a month before his daughter dropped it while trying to send a text message. The phone's glass casing shattered in the fall. Now Donald LeBuhn is leveling a class action lawsuit at Apple charging the company with knowingly selling a defective product. “Months after selling millions of iPhone 4s, Apple has failed to warn and continues to sell this product with no warning to customers… Read More

A woman in San Francisco has filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the liquid contact indicators (LCI) – that void the warranties of iPhones when activated – are faulty and makes the promised warranty fraudulent. In a class action suit, Charlene Gallion claims that the company refused to properly honor the warranty on her iPhone. After having the Apple phone for six months, Gallion took it back to the Apple Store… Read More

As if a wave of Internet uproar and a privacy complaint to the FTC weren’t enough, Google’s Buzz has finally sparked that all-important benchmark of consumer discontent: a class-action lawsuit. According to lawyers for Eva Hibnick, Buzz wasn’t just a shoddy addition to their favorite e-mail service, it was actually illegal. Lawyers for the 24-year-old Harvard law student allege that Buzz broke numerous electronic communication laws, including… Read More

Gamers are really into tweaking their gear for fun and to achieve the best performance during gameplay. PC gamers overclock their hardware to get more performance for less money and console gamers have modded their Xbox 360 consoles for many reasons (some for innocent reasons, some for nefarious reasons). Microsoft appears to feel that the only reason to mod an Xbox 360 is to allow the console to play pirated download software. A law firm based… Read More

The debacle regarding copy-protection software tucked away on certain Sony BMG audio CDs has taken one more step into the history books. Sony BMG has agreed to a settlement with the FTC, and, in doing so, acknowledges that it violated federal law by not telling consumers its music CDs contained digital rights management software and tracked user listening to send them marketing messages. The software also exposed consumers to security… Read More

The Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States has begun a probe into a number of accounting practices in the games industry, with Acclaim, Activision and THQ all confirming that they are under scrutiny. The three publishers were notified of the probe earlier this month, according to a Reuters report, and have been asked to supply the SEC with information relating to company accounts and accounting practices. It's not… Read More