#class-action lawsuits

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Federal Judge Refuses to Consolidate Class-Action Lawsuits Against FTX Exchange

A federal judge has denied a request to consolidate five proposed class-action lawsuits against the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. The plaintiffs, including Julie Papadakis, Michael Elliott Jessup, Stephen Pierce, Elliott Lam, and Russell Hawkins, accuse former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and other executives of misappropriating assets. While all the plaintiffs are pursuing Bankman-Fried, the cases…

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Siri Eavesdropping Lawsuit Expands to Accuse Apple of Colluding with Advertisers

A U.S. judge has ruled that a class-action lawsuit accusing Apple of using Siri to violate user privacy will be allowed to proceed, but only so that the plaintiffs can attempt to prove the merits of their case. Originally filed in 2019, the lawsuit claims that Siri was violating their privacy by recording their private […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/siri-eavesdropping-lawsuit-expands-to-accuse-apple-of-colluding-with-advertisers/167086/

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Bump stock maker seeks compensation from Las Vegas massacre victim fund

Bump stock maker seeks compensation from Las Vegas massacre victim fund

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The maker of the now-banned gun accessory that worsened the Las Vegas massacre has filed a little-noticed court motion that threatens to wipe out a $1.1 million fund set aside for the victims’ families, The Post has learned.

Slide Fire Solutions — the defunct manufacturer of the controversial “bump stock” device that converted Stephen Paddock’s guns into automatic weapons, helping him…

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MakerDAO Users Sue Stablecoin Issuer Following ‘Black Thursday’ Losses

A class-action lawsuit is expected to be filed later today against the Maker Foundation on behalf of investors who lost funds following a protocol failure on March 12, or Black Thursday.

The suit, which could represent up to 3,000 investors, will be filed in the Northern District Court of California by lead plaintiff Peter Johnson represented by Harris Berne Christensen LLP of Portland, Ore.

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Apple Agrees to Pay Up to $500 Million for Throttling Older iPhones

According to Reuters, Apple has agreed to a settlement of between $310 million and $500 million to settle a massive class-action lawsuit that accused the company of deliberately slowing down older iPhones for the purpose of encouraging users to buy newer models. Following the “batterygate” scandal in early 2018, when it was revealed that Apple […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/apple-agrees-to-pay-up-to-500-million-for-throttling-older-iphones/130556/

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Ripple Class-Action Lawsuit Can Proceed, Judge Rules

Ripple Class-Action Lawsuit Can Proceed, Judge Rules

A lawsuit claiming Ripple violated securities laws will be allowed to move forward – though with a caveat favorable to the San Francisco-based payments firm.

In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton, of the Northern District of California, allowed a putative class-action lawsuit by retail XRP buyers to proceed. Hamilton said the suit can include claims filed under federal law…

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If You Had a Yahoo Account, the Company May Owe You $100

If you had a Yahoo account between 2012 and 2016, you were likely impacted by numerous data breaches. Now, the tech company may just pay you $100 because of them. Yahoo famously suffered a handful of significant data breaches during that four-year period. And that includes one notable breach in 2013 that literally affected all […] https://www.idropnews.com/news/fast-tech/if-you-had-a-yahoo-account-the-company-may-owe-you-100/128994/