Hours after Facebook revealed that 50 million of its users were ‘directly affected’ by a security breach, two users announced their intent to initiate a class-action lawsuit. Filed by lead plaintiffs Carla Echavarria and Derrick Walker in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the suit endeavors to include anyone whose “names,
Facebook is the target of a new lawsuit filed this week by a human trafficking survivor. According to the survivor from Texas, Facebook “provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to stalk, exploit, recruit, groom…and extort children into the sex trade.” The survivor, identified in the suit as ‘Jane Doe,’ filed the suit on Monday in Houston, Texas. In addition to accusing Facebook of enabling human traffickers, the lawsuit also names “Backpage.com and the owners of two Houston hotels” as defendants in the suit.
Jury Selected for Latest Malpractice Case Against Spine Doctor
Ticketmaster faces a class-action lawsuit in the wake of accusations that the website actively colluded with ticket-scalpers to rip off concert-goers and sports fans. Rolling Stone reports that law firm Hagens Berman filed the suit in a California federal court on Friday. Headed by lead plaintiff Allen Lee, the complaint accuses Ticketmaster and parent company
Former Iowa State University tennis player Erin Freeman has settled a civil rights lawsuit with the university for $100,000. The terms of the agreement, excerpts of which were reprinted by the Des Moines Register, allows Iowa State to settle without admitting any wrongdoing. Despite paying out a substantial award, the school says its decision “does
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Case Against Former NBA Star Involving Boy’s Drowning Dismissed
Doctor Denies Negligence in Removing the Wrong Organ During Procedure
Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is at the center of rape allegations filed by a Nevada woman who claims Ronaldo raped her back in 2009 and then “dispatched a team of ‘fixers’ to obstruct the criminal investigation and trick her into keeping quiet for $375,000.” The woman’s suit was filed after she requested police to reopen the criminal case last month. Earlier today, Las Vegas Police confirmed that they had indeed reopened the sexual assault case.
About two dozen beef suppliers and cattlemen recently decided to join a federal Packers and Stockyards Act lawsuit filed by “livestock sellers that claim Kane Beef Processors LLC owes them millions of dollars.” It turns out, Kane Beef Processors LLC, based in Corpus Christi, has been paying $500,000 each month to settle with the cattlemen and beef suppliers, but new businesses have stepped forward arguing they have a “cause to join the case.”