Feb 24, 2022 | Car Problems Car Complaints
Owners and Lessees of Nissan Maxima (2019-2021), Nissan Sentra (2020-2021), Nissan Versa (2020-2021), Nissan Rogue Sport (2017-2021), Nissan Altima (2019-2021), Nissan Kicks (2020-2021), Nissan Rogue (2017-2020), Nissan Armada (2021), Nissan Leaf (2018-2021), Nissan Murano (2019-2021), and Nissan Titan (2020-2021) Vehicles May Have Legal Claims.
On February 15, 2022, a class action lawsuit was filed against Nissan North America, Inc. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Nissan”) in federal court on behalf of all persons who currently or formerly owned or leased any Nissan brand light vehicle equipped with a Continental ARS410 radar sensor, including the following: Maxima (2019-2021), Sentra (2020-2021), Versa (2020-2021), Rogue Sport (2017-2021), Altima (2019-2021), Kicks (2020-2021), Rogue (2017-2020), Armada (2021), Leaf (2018-2021), Murano (2019-2021), Titan (2020-2021) (the “Class Vehicles”).
According to the class action complaint, the defendants wrongfully and intentionally concealed, and continue to conceal, from the pre-purchase/lease transaction to the present day, one or more defects in the Class Vehicles’ Forward Emergency Braking (“FEB”) system that can cause it to falsely engage or otherwise not work as intended.
Allegedly, the FEB defect causes, among other things, (1) the Class Vehicles to detect nonexistent obstacles, thereby automatically triggering the brakes and causing the Class Vehicles to abruptly slow down or come to a complete stop with no actual need to do so and/or (2) the FEB system to deactivate itself, thereby distracting the driver and rendering the FEB system disabled and useless. The FEB system, according to the complaint, is not a safety feature, as Nissan has claimed, but rather an unpredictable and unreasonable safety hazard.
Further, the FEB defect, allegedly, can cause the Class Vehicles to stop without warning during normal and intended vehicle operation, thus posing an unreasonable safety hazard to drivers, passengers, other motorists, and pedestrians.
Owners and Lessees of Nissan Maxima (2019-2021), Nissan Sentra (2020-2021), Nissan Versa (2020-2021), Nissan Rogue Sport (2017-2021), Nissan Altima (2019-2021), Nissan Kicks (2020-2021), Nissan Rogue (2017-2020), Nissan Armada (2021), Nissan Leaf (2018-2021), Nissan Murano (2019-2021), and Nissan Titan (2020-2021) vehicles are encouraged to contact Kehoe Law Firm, P.C., [email protected], for a free, confidential consultation and no-obligation evaluation of potential legal claims.
Feb 24, 2022 | Data Breach
Creative Services, Inc., On Its Behalf and On Behalf of Relevant Data Owners, Reports Data Breach Affecting 164,673 Individuals.
Creative Services, Inc. (“Creative Services”) reported a data breach involving information that may include name and date of birth, Social Security number, and/or driver’s license number.
Creative Services is a company that “conducts background checks for employment and licensing purposes.” Creative Services “obtains certain personal information related to current and former employees, as well as employment candidates, of its customers in furtherance of the services it performs on behalf of its customers.”
The information that was subject of the company’s data breach notification concerns “information that Creative Services obtained from or on behalf of its business customers (the ‘Data Owners’) in relation to individuals associated with or employed by those customers.” An investigation determined that certain data files may have been copied from Creative Service’s systems on November 23, 2021 as part of a cyber attack. Based on the company’s data breach investigation, it was determined that the information involved may include name and date of birth, Social Security number, and/or driver’s license number.
For more information about the Creative Services data breach, please CLICK HERE.
Source: Office of The Maine Attorney General, Data Breach Notifications.
Have You Been Harmed As A Result Of A Data Breach Which Has Exposed Your Private Personal, Protected Health Or Personally Identifiable Information?
If you have experienced actual or attempted harm or been the victim of fraud due to the illegal or unauthorized exposure of your private personal, protected health or personally identifiable information, please contact Kehoe Law Firm, P.C., [email protected], for a free, confidential consultation and no-obligation evaluation of potential legal claims.
Feb 23, 2022 | Data Breach
Logan Health Medical Center Reports Data Breach Affecting 213,543 Individuals.
Logan Health Medical Center reported that on November 22, 2021, it became aware of suspicious activity in its systems, including evidence of unauthorized access to one file server that includes shared folders for business operations.
Logan Health Medical Center reported that on January 5, 2022, their investigation determined the data breach resulted in unauthorized access to certain files, which contained personal information related to patients, employees and business associates. According to the company, the information that could have been subject to unauthorized access varies by individual, but includes name, Social Security number, and date of birth.
For more information about the Logan Health Medical Center data breach, please CLICK HERE.
Source: Office of The Maine Attorney General, Data Breach Notifications.
Have You Been Harmed As A Result Of A Data Breach Which Has Exposed Your Private Personal, Protected Health Or Personally Identifiable Information?
If you have experienced actual or attempted harm or been the victim of fraud due to the illegal or unauthorized exposure of your private personal, protected health or personally identifiable information, please contact Kehoe Law Firm, P.C., [email protected], for a free, confidential consultation and no-obligation evaluation of potential legal claims.
Feb 23, 2022 | Shareholder Investigations
Securities Investigation on Behalf of FAT Brands Stockholders With Financial Losses.
If you invested in FAT Brands, Inc. stock, please Click Here to provide information about your financial losses.
Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is investigating potential securities claims on behalf of owners of FAT Brands, Inc. (“FAT” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FAT) securities.
On February 22, 2022, FAT announced that “[a]s FAT Brands Inc. . . . will be reporting in its upcoming Annual Report on Form 10-K, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California . . . and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission informed the Company in December 2021 that they have opened investigations relating to the Company and [its] Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Wiederhorn, and are formally seeking documents and materials concerning, among other things, the Company’s December 2020 merger with Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc., transactions between these entities and Mr. Wiederhorn, and compensation, extensions of credit and other benefits or payments received by Mr. Wiederhorn or his family.”
On this news, FAT stock fell significantly during intraday trading on February 22, 2022.
Investors of FAT Brands Securities May Have Legal Claims
Investors of FAT Brands with financial losses are encouraged to contact Kehoe Law Firm, P.C., John Kehoe, Esq., (215) 792-6676, Ext. 801, [email protected], [email protected], for a free, confidential consultation and no-obligation evaluation of potential legal claims.
Feb 22, 2022 | Blog, Consumer Protection
FTC Received 2.8 Million Fraud Reports From Consumers In 2021
Federal Trade Commission data shows that consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, an increase of more than 70 percent over the previous year.
The FTC received fraud reports from more than 2.8 million consumers last year, with the most commonly reported category once again being imposter scams, followed by online shopping scams.
Prizes, sweepstakes, and lotteries; internet services; and business and job opportunities rounded out the top five fraud categories.
Of the losses reported by consumers, more than $2.3 billion of losses reported last year were due to imposter scams (up from $1.2 billion in 2020), while online shopping accounted for about $392 million in reported losses from consumers, up from $246 million in 2020.
Consumer Sentinel Network 2021 Data Book
In 2021, the Consumer Sentinel Network took in over 5.7 million reports, an increase from 2020. – Fraud: 2.8 million (49% of all reports) – Identity theft: 1.4 million (25%) – Other: 1.5 million (27%)
In 2021, people filed more reports about Identity Theft (25.0% of all reports), in all its various forms, than any other type of complaint. Imposter Scams, a subset of Fraud reports, followed with 984,756 reports from consumers in 2021 (17.2% of all reports). Credit Bureaus, Information Furnishers and Report Users (10.3% of all reports) rounded out the top three reports to Sentinel.
Fraud
There were over 984,000 imposter scam reports to Sentinel. Seventeen percent of those reported a dollar loss, totaling over $2.3 billion lost to imposter scams in 2021. These scams include, for example, romance scams, people falsely claiming to be the government, a relative in distress, a well-known business, or a technical support expert, to get a consumer’s money.
Of the nearly 2.8 million fraud reports, 25% indicated money was lost. In 2021, people reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud – an increase of $2.4 billion over 2020.
The median loss for all fraud reports in 2021 is $500. Among the top 10 frauds reported, the median individual losses were highest in these categories: – Investment Related ($3,000) – Foreign Money Offers and Counterfeit Check Scams ($2,000) – Business and Job Opportunities ($1,991)
Telephone was the method of contact for 36% of fraud reports with a contact method identified. Nine percent of those reports indicated a money loss – but that 9% reported an aggregate loss of nearly $692 million, and a $1,200 median loss.
Bank transfers and payments accounted for the highest aggregate losses reported in 2021 ($756 million), followed closely by Cryptocurrency ($750 million), while credit cards were most frequently identified as the payment method in fraud reports.
Of people who reported their age, those aged 20-29 reported losing money to fraud in 41% of reports filed with the FTC, while people aged 70 – 79 reported losing money in 18% of their reports and people 80 and over reported it in 17% of their reports. But when they did experience a loss, people aged 70 and older reported much higher median losses than any other age group.
Identity Theft
Government Documents or Benefits Fraud tops the list of identity theft types reported in 2021. The FTC received 395,948 reports from people who said their information was misused to apply for a government document or benefit, such as unemployment insurance.
Military
Military consumers reported over 110,000 fraud complaints, including 44,039 imposter scams that reportedly cost them over $103 million in 2021.
Top States
The states with the highest per capita rates of reported fraud in 2021 were Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, Nevada, and Florida. For reported identity theft, the top states in 2021 were Rhode Island, Kansas, Illinois, Louisiana, and Georgia.
Source: FTC.gov
