Have You Been a Text Spam Victim?

That text message you received that ended up being a telemarketing ploy might end up in a class action lawsuit. Advertisers are using text messages as a way of getting their messages out to consumers. The problem with that is that this “text spamming” violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and a class action […]

Best Buy Allegedly Sold Fake Car Speakers

Did you buy “fake” car speakers from your local Best Buy retailer? A class action lawsuit against the retail giant alleges that hundreds of thousands of consumers purchased car speakers that were not what Best Buy marketed them to be. Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix last week. As reported at azfamily.com, […]

Facebook and Google are Tracking You Online

With Facebook about to go public, more lawsuits against the social network giant are making headlines. This time, a potential class action lawsuit is brewing stemming from Facebook’s practice of tracking its users on the Internet even after they have left the Facebook site. Attorneys filed the lawsuit in Maryland, accusing Facebook of violating wiretapping […]

Class Action Filed Following Blackberry Outage

Do you or a friend favor the Blackberry over the iPhone? If so, you, like millions of Blackberry users, were inconvenienced when Blackberry experienced a worldwide outage of its services on October 10. Don’t be surprised if users in the U.S. follow suit and file a class action lawsuit as users in Canada did last […]

Do You Know What All the Charges on Your Internet Bill Mean?

Pay special attention if Frontier Communications is your Internet service provider. A federal class-action lawsuit accuses Frontier Communications of defrauding its customers by charging fees it claims imposed by the government, according to consumeraffairs.com. The complaint claims Frontier charged Internet customers local and state taxes prohibited by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the Federal Communications […]

Why Do They Blur Faces on TV? To Avoid Lawsuits Like This One

Diners at a Chicago hot dog restaurant are upset but not about their food. The Travel Channel allegedly filmed them inside Wiener’s Circle restaurant without their permission, and now the Travel Channel is facing a class action lawsuit with potential damages over $1 billion dollars. According to a report at hollywoodreporter.com, the Travel Channel filmed […]

Microsoft Joins Apple in Location Tracking Allegations from Customers

First, it was Apple, and now customers have accused Microsoft of tracking their locations through the Windows Phone 7 operating system. As reported at digitaltrends.com, a lawsuit seeking class action status accuses Microsoft of gathering information about personal locations even if the user opts out of location reporting. A woman filed the lawsuit in U.S. […]

Friendly Driver Gesture Leads to Class Action Lawsuit

A common driver-to-driver gesture warning of upcoming speed traps is the basis of a class action lawsuit against the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), as reported at wtsp.com. When an oncoming vehicle flashes its headlights it usually means there is a parked state trooper waiting to catch speeders. According to the lawsuit, the FHP is ticketing […]

Colson Hicks Eidson Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Ford Motor Company

MIAMI (Sept. 2, 2011) – Leading Miami trial law firm Colson Hicks Eidson filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on August 26, 2011 on behalf of Plaintiff Eduardo Pezzi and similarly situated Florida class members against Defendant Ford Motor Company. The complaint alleges that Ford used defective spark plugs […]

Lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio Settled – Plaintiffs Not Pleased

The plaintiffs may not have liked it, but a federal judge approved the settlement in the class action lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio, Inc. Bloomberg.com reported last week that some class members did not like the settlement because it did not pay them very much as plaintiffs. The settlement totals $180 million, but the plaintiffs […]