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Settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuit Christensen, et al. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. The suit alleged that Volkswagen misrepresented the Bluetooth systems that were installed in 2010 VW Golfs, Jetta Sedans and Jetta SportWagens. If you are a member of the class you may be entitled to a Bluetooth system upgrade or reimbursement for the upgrade costs if they have already been completed. Claim Forms and additional information can be found at Christiensen v. VW Class Action Settlement website. Acer America, while denying any wrong doing, has reached a settlement in the class action lawsuit Embry v. Acer America. It was alleged that Acer knowingly installed a version of Microsoft Windows without full recovery options. If you purchased an Acer computer in the U.S. between March 24, 2005 and May 1, 2011 you may be a member of this class settlement. Complete information about this settlement can be found at their settlement website Acer Recovery Settlement In the class action lawsuit Kramer v. B2Mobile, LLC and LeadClick Medic, Inc. a proposed settlement has been reached. The lawsuit claimed that unsolicited text message advertisements were sent and this violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. If you received an unsolicited text message from "77893" between January 1, 2008 until July 29, 2011 you may be a member of the class. More information about this class action law suit can be found at www.textadclass.com In Lobaton v. Carnival Corp., 12-cv-598, a Costa Concordia crew member has filed a class action lawsuit. The class action suit filed in a Chicago Federal Court alleges negligence and a breach of contract against Carnival Corp. and seeks damage for all victims. The complaint states that "the defendants failed to properly and timely notify all plaintiffs on board of the deadly and dangerous condition of the cruise ship as to avoid injury and death." .. Four former and one current employees of the chain Forever 21 have filed a class action lawsuit in the San Francisco Superior Court alleging that the chain systematically performs "bag checks" after their employees have "clocked out" depriving them of wages for the time they are required to stay at the store... The Honda Civic Hybrid ("HCH") settlement website provides information about a proposed settlement for several class action lawsuits. The proposed settlement is to be finalized in March 2012. To participate in the monetary settlement a valid HCHsettlement claim form must be submitted. To participate in the non-monetary settlement (e.g. warranty extensions) nothing is required. To opt out of the settlement, it is necessary to follow the guidelines in the HCHSettlementNotice. By following the steps outlines in the Notice Form to opt out of the outlined settlement, you are then allowed to pursue individual legal action. "Opting out" is the course of action recently undertaken by Heather Peters in a Southern California Small Claims Court. The maximum compensatory limit in California was raised in 2012 to $10,000. Ms. Peters filed her small claims suits January 1, 2012. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Samsung Electronics America alleging Samsung's Galaxy S smartphones have defects that have been concealed from consumers and render this phone virtually useless... A San Francisco Federal Judge has refused to "dismiss most of the class action claims that eBay has monopolized the market for payment systems used in online auctions". Since the acquisition of PayPal by eBay, sellers on their site pay for listing and selling their products as well as paying a fee to PayPal... In a class-action lawsuit involving Monsanto's former Nitro plant and medical monitoring, the Mercer County Circuit Court Judge for the case has expanded a prior gag order. The plaintiffs' attorneys have been instructed to respond with "no comment" whenever approached by the media. Millions of checks recently were sent to individuals who used their creit cards for foreign transactions between 1996 through 2006.These checks were part of the In re Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation settlement. Originally the settlement participants expected to receive $25 but because of the large number of claims, the settlement figure per claim was adjust downward and most participants will receive $18.04... In re Buehlhorn v. Target Corporation Settlement a settlement agreement has been reached in which Target Corporation denies all liability or wrongdoing in respect to any or all of the claims but has agreed to the settlement to avoid "the risk, expense, and distraction of continued litigation" You are a member of this class action settlement if you purchased the "immunity Supplement" or "Immune System Support" from Target between December 31, 2003 through October 24, 2011. |
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To read Class Action News updated daily visit Class Action Related Headlines. Our Class Action News Search also contains links to recent Class Action Cases in the News. Our Class Action Litigation Library offers articles on Consumer law, Class Action, Tours, Travel Agents, and additional offsite legal articles. Read our recently posted CONSUMER LAW 2008 Update written by Judge Dickerson discussing consumer protection statutes most frequently used in New York State courts. This paper is prepared annually for New York State Civil Court Judges and the Town & Village Resource Center. This paper updates the information in earlier versions (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007) also found in our Class Action Litigation Library.
Other new articles in our library include Burdens of Jurisdictional Proof written by Professor Lonny Hoffman, George Butler Research Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, discussing who bears the burden of jurisdictional proof under the Class Action Fairness Act. Avoiding Investment Fraud: Don't Get Taken and Avoid E-mail Scams: Don't Get Taken both written by Timothy E. Eble...
"It is a fact that any investments involve a certain degree of risk. So how does an invididual avoid being taken in by a fraudulent investment adviser?..."Also recently added "Choosing a class action rep"reprinted here by permission of LawyersUSA discussing important considerations an attorney must examine when selecting a class action representative...
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