Consumer Protection, Employment & Technology Archive

Fiat Chrysler Recalls More than a Million Ram Pickup Trucks Which Can Shift Out of Park Ram Pickup Trucks Affected by the Recall Fiat Chrysler reported the following vehicles affected by the Ram pickup truck recall: -Certain 2010-2017 Ram 2500... Read More →

Lawsuit Against Seterus, Inc. Which Sought to Stop Autodialed Debt Collection Calls Made to Consumer Cell Phones Without Prior Express Written Consent DISMISSED NOTE: The below-described action against Seterus (Corrigan v. Seterus, Inc., 3:17-cv-02348-RDM) was voluntarily dismissed by both parties... Read More →

Granite Telecommunications – Overtime Pay Collective Action Filed  On December 18, 2017, an overtime pay collective action was filed in United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division, against Granite Telecommunications, LLC for violations of the... Read More →

FTC Consumer Information to Help Individuals After the Equifax Data Breach Decide Whether to Place a Fraud Alert, Credit Freeze or Credit Lock In light of the Equifax data breach, the FTC provided FAQ guidance to help individuals decide whether... Read More →

Urban Outfitters Department Managers Misclassified as Exempt – Alleged Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) Violations Federal lawsuits have been filed against Urban Outfitters, Inc. alleging Urban Outfitters misclassified Urban Outfitters Department Managers as exempt under state and federal overtime laws and... Read More →

Citizens, Inc. – SeekingAlpha Reports; Class Action Lawsuit Filed On March 8, 2017, SeekingAlpha reported that “Citizens, Inc. (NYSE:CIA) uses a network of unregulated brokers to sell complex life insurance policies to foreign retail investors and retirees. The policies are sold... Read More →

Liberty Tax, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAX) – KPMG LLP Resigns as Independent Accounting Firm Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is investigating whether Liberty Tax and certain of its officers or directors engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. On December 11,... Read More →

Hilton Resorts Corporation, d/b/a Hilton Grand Vacations – Class Action Filed On December 5, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Central District of California, seeking damages and other available legal or equitable remedies resulting... Read More →

Banc of California (NYSE:BANC) Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is investigating claims on behalf of investors to determine whether Banc of California and certain of its officers or directors engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. On December 8,... Read More →

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, d/b/a Marriott Vacation Club – Class Action Filed On December 7, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Central District of California, seeking damages and other available legal or equitable remedies... Read More →

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS) A class action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Central District of California, on behalf OSI Systems (“OSI Systems” or “OSI”) securities investors, asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange... Read More →

Bumble Bee Premium Select Medium Red Smoked Salmon Subject of Class Action Lawsuit Medium Red Smoked Salmon – Not High-Quality, Not Wild-Caught – Complaint Alleges   On December 6, 2017, a class action complaint was filed in United States District... Read More →

CFPB Takes Action Against Citibank, N.A. For Student Loan Servicing Failures That Harmed Borrowers Action Against Citibank, N.A. For Deceiving Borrowers About Tax Benefits, Incorrectly Charging Late Fees and Interest, Sending Misleading Monthly Bills and Incomplete Notices On November 21,... Read More →

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (OTSKY) On October 12, 2017, CNN.com published an article, “The little red pill being pushed on the elderly,” which described the marketing efforts of Otsuka’s subsidiary, Avanir Pharmaceuticals (“Avanir”), with respect to Nuedexta, a treatment for pseudobulbar affect. According... Read More →

INC Research Holdings, Inc.  A class action lawsuit was filed against INC Research (INCR changed to SYNH on Jan. 8, 2018) and certain of its officers related to alleged violations of federal securities laws.  INC, a clinical research company that provides Phase I-IV clinical development... Read More →

Triangle Capital – Class Action Lawsuit Filed A class action lawsuit has been filed against Triangle Capital Corporation (“Triangle Capital”) (NYSE:TCAP) and certain of its officers in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on behalf of investors... Read More →

Checkers – Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) Class Action Lawsuit Filed Lexology recently reported that fast food chain Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. (“Checkers”) and its affiliate mobile marketer were sued in federal district court for alleged violations of the TCPA.... Read More →

Preliminary Approval Given to Class Action Settlement Resolving Wage and Hour Violation Allegations On November 21, 2017, Law360 reported that “[a] California federal judge preliminarily approved . . . Phillips 66’s $5.5 million settlement that would resolve a putative class... Read More →

Volkswagen’s Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Ruled Moot With Filing of Amended Complaint On November 22, 2017, Law360 reported that [a] Florida federal judge . . . denied Volkswagen’s bid to toss a lawsuit over an alleged suspension defect in its CC... Read More →

Uber – Uber Allegedly Paid Hackers To Delete Stolen Data  Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is investigating claims related to a massive data breach of sensitive personal information from transportation company Uber. According to The New York Times: Uber disclosed .... Read More →

Kobe Steel, Ltd. – Securities Investigation On Behalf of KBSTY Investors Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors of Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KBSTY) involving Kobe Steel’s admission that employees had engaged in “improper conduct” that included... Read More →

Class Action Complaints Filed Against Experian and TransUnion Class action complaints have been filed in federal court in Massachusetts on behalf of individuals who received Experian or TransUnion consumer reports containing tax lien or other public record errors and in... Read More →

Equifax Data Breach – FTC Cautions About Scams After the Massive Equifax Data Breach In a recent FTC blog post, the government agency cautioned individuals about scams after the Equifax data breach which try to trick people into providing their... Read More →

Equifax Data Breach – FTC’s Information for Individuals On September 8, 2017, the FTC’s “Consumer Information” blog provided details regarding the Equifax data breach. Equifax Data Breach Facts The FTC’s blog post reported that [i]f you have a credit report,... Read More →

Roomstogo.com & Alleged Illegal Telemarketing Calls to Consumers On August 10, 2017 a class action complaint was filed in federal court in Florida to stop Roomstogo.com’s “practice of making illegal telemarketing calls to the telephones of consumers nationwide and to... Read More →

Viacom & Others – Alleged Violation of Privacy Protection Laws On August 7, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court against Viacom Inc., Viacom International Inc., Upsight, Inc., and Unity Technologies SF . . . by... Read More →

Disney Mobile Apps & Software Companies – Alleged Unauthorized Collection of Personal Information of Children Philly.com reported (“These Disney apps are spying on your kids, lawsuit claims”) about the class action lawsuit recently filed in California against The Walt Disney... Read More →

Disney Mobile Games – Apps Software & Collection of Children’s Personal Information Without Required Parental Consent A federal class action lawsuit has been filed against The Walt Disney Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., Disney Electronic Content, Inc., Upsight, Inc., Unity Technologies... Read More →

Wells Fargo Customers Allegedly Forced To Pay For Unnecessary Auto Insurance On July 31, 2017, Bloomberg reported that customers of Wells Fargo & Co. . . . accused the bank in a lawsuit of forcing them to pay for unnecessary... Read More →

Daimler, BMW & Volkswagen To Upgrade Millions of Diesels Automobilemag.com reported that [a]t a conference with regulators this week, German automakers BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen agreed to offer upgrades on nearly 5 million diesel models in an attempt to reduce... Read More →

Audi, BMW, Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, Porsche & Volkswagen – Class Action Lawsuit Filed On August 2, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Central District of California, against leading German automobile manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and... Read More →

BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche & Bentley – Alleged Price-Fixing Among German Automakers On July 28, 2017, the New Jersey Law Journal reported that “[a] suit filed in federal court in New Jersey accuses German luxury carmakers of colluding to sell their cars... Read More →

Mercedes (Daimler), Volkswagen (Audi, Porsche) & BMW Collusive Emissions-Reducing Practices Since the 1990’s Alleged On July 24, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that [t]he latest allegation is that Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi-all owned by the Volkswagen Group-together with Mercedes-maker... Read More →

On July 5, 2017, The National Law Review reported that “. . . a federal court in New York gave final approval to a $32.5 million class action settlement alleging racial discrimination against African-American employees of MetLife.” According to the... Read More →

Ocular Therapeutix Class Action Lawsuit As previously posted, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (“Ocular”) (NASDAQ: OCUL) and certain of its officers and directors for violations of the federal securities laws. The class action lawsuit,... Read More →

Replacement Worker, Strike Worker, Lockout Worker or Picketing Worker?  If so, the Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is investigating whether Replacement Workers, Strike Workers, Lockout Workers or Picketing Workers have been improperly compensated under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and... Read More →