by Carol Thompson eBay, Inc. filed a motion Tuesday asking the Louisiana Federal Court to dismiss a proposed class action suit in relation to a data breach the online auction company reported earlier this year. eBay claims that plaintiff Collin Green does not have...
by Carol Thompson The first confirmed case of Ebola has been reported in Texas, and a second suspected case is being monitored, creating a flurry of worry and fear in Americans. New reports have revealed that Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia, who is in the states...
by Carol Thompson The Boston Herald sparked an Internet flurry of comments accusing the newspaper of racism over an editorial cartoon that was published this morning. The cartoon features President Barack Obama and a reference to the stereotype that African Americans...
by Carol Thompson A California federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a proposed class action accusing a Sallie Mae Inc. contractor of surreptitiously recording phone calls with consumers as part of its student debt collection business, rejecting arguments that...
by Carol Thompson Retail giant Amazon.com, Inc. has asked the court to bound the plaintiffs in a class action suit to arbitration. At the center of the case is Amazon’s prime memberships. Earlier this year, Dr. A. Cemal Ekin filed a claim in the U.S....
by Carol Thompson In court papers filed Sept. 29, retail giant Wal-Mart claims that comedian Tracy Morgan is responsible for his own crash injuries because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. In June, Morgan and four others were traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike in...
by Carol Thompson Following the announcement of a security breach at some of the Jimmy John’s stores across the nation it’s been learned that as many as 100 more eateries may have had customer credit card information compromised. Signature Systems, the...
by editorial staff Every day Americans sign arbitration agreements without being aware of it. For too many, reading the fine print contained in a contract or terms of service is time consuming, hence, it’s passed over. But arbitration agreements...
by Carol Thompson Another store chain has been hit by hackers. Champaign, Ill. based Jimmy John’s reported a possible data breach at approximately 216 of its stores. The company released a list of possible affected stores. In a press release issued Sept....
by Carol Thompson Yesterday the New Jersey Supreme Court overturned an order compelling arbitration in a case against U.S. Legal Services Group, LP (USLGS) ruling that the arbitration agreement signed by the plaintiff failed to clearly state that she...
