News from March 2024
California driver: Car insurance cost 'increased by 300%' after statewide rate adjustment
Tonia Roberts, a resident of California and the founder of Legacy Innovative Builders, has noticed a significant increase in her car insurance costs. This rise has occurred despite her having no driving violations on record. While there are multiple factors influencing car insurance pricing, recent reports have underscored the role that an escalating number of lawsuits is playing in the rising insurance costs for Californians.
In Recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bonta Highlights Recent DOJ Consumer Protection Action, Urges Consumers to Know Their Rights
In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today highlighted ongoing efforts to protect California consumers and urged Californians to report misconduct or violations of state consumer protection laws to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) at oag.ca.gov/report.
Ex-business development manager at Zentist says company wrongly replaced her after she gave birth
The lawsuit asserts Paulina Song was allegedly replaced as business development lead at Zentist by a male employee, and then later fired, after returning from maternity leave in May 2023.
Class action accuses kids clothes seller Janie and Jack of allegedly improperly sharing customer info with Adyen
The lawsuit asserts Adyen processes payments for Janie and Jack, but also stores customer information and uses it to assist with fraud prevention, allegedly in violation of California privacy law
Those scammed blame Google for keeping gift card money
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit on behalf of victims of a gift card scam says Google wrongly kept their money.
Quinn Emanuel Partner Sean Pak Named to the American College of Trial Lawyers
Quinn Emanuel is proud to announce that Sean Pak, a Partner in our San Francisco office, Co-Chair of the firm’s National Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, and founding member of its AI Practice Group, has become a Fellow in The American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), one of the leading legal associations in North America.
Class action accuses Wells Fargo of wrongly enrolling customers into ID Theft Prevention, other programs
Wells Fargo is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly enrolling customers into various financial products and services without their consent.
California utility agrees to pay federal government $80 million to resolve wildfire litigation
Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to the federal government to compensate for firefighting costs and property damage resulting from a 2017 fire that charred more than 100,000 acres of National Forest lands in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Contra Costa Superior Court: Actions Taken on March 4
The Contra Costa Superior Court reported the following activity on March 4 in the suits below:
Crown Labs accused of exposing customers to benzene from PanOxyl acne treatments
The lawsuit asserts the company didn't warn consumers that its benzoyl peroxide products allegedly degraded to benzene under normal use.
March 4: Contra Costa Superior Court docket for "fl" cases
The following cases categorized as "fl" were on the docket in the Contra Costa Superior Court on March 4. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Excessive lawsuits, backed by third-party funding, raise insurance costs, hurting low-income Californians
Third-party entities, such as hedge funds, are increasingly providing financing for lawsuits in exchange for a share of the settlement. This practice is driving up insurance costs, disproportionately affecting low-income policyholders.
Class action accuses Center for Employment Opportunities of allegedly shorting worker pay, other CA labor law violations
The lawsuit, from Alameda County Superior Court, asserts CEO allegedly failed to provide workers with meal and rest periods and didn't pay overtime wages, among other alleged violations.
Enviro activists sue seafood sellers over 'organic' labeling
The lawsuit asserts that California law doesn't allow for seafood to be labeled 'organic' at this time
Federal judge compares litigation about social-media addiction to landmark tobacco lawsuits
A California federal judge who is overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging that social media companies’ platforms lead to addictive behavior among youths has likened these cases to the multibillion-dollar tobacco settlement of 1998.
Private Equity International Awards 2023
Kirkland & Ellis won the following nine awards at the 2023 Private Equity International (PEI) Awards.
Class action accuses Dignity Health over alleged refusal to reimburse managers' cell phone, home internet bills
The lawsuit asserts the alleged non-reimbursements amount to violations of California labor law.
Class action accuses CNN of allegedly installing trackers on devices used to access its site
The lawsuit could ultimately include a class of hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of visitors to CNN's website, each of whom could demand $5,000 per alleged violation of a California privacy law.
Class action: OpenAI should pay for 'scraping' data to train GPT AI, come under outside control
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court asserts OpenAI has violated privacy laws in developing its GPT group of AIs, while allegedly disregarding safeguards that take into consideration the risk of its AIs to humanity
Troutman Pepper Releases D&O and Professional Liability 2023 Year in Review
A new report by Troutman Pepper spotlights nearly 100 impactful court decisions from the past year in the directors and officers and professional liability insurance arenas.