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Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Class action accuses Univision of allowing Endeavor Streaming to learn viewing history of streaming users

By Northern California Record |
The class action asserts Univision's alleged actions violated federal and California state law.

Class action accuses Starbucks of wrongly charging more for non-dairy milk, creamers in drinks

By Northern California Record |
Starbucks Corporation is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of customers alleging that the company has been unlawfully charging extra for non-dairy milk and creamers in their beverages. The plaintiffs, Maria Bollinger, Dawn Miller, and Shunda Smith, claim that Starbucks' practice of adding a surcharge for non-dairy alternatives is discriminatory towards lactose-intolerant customers and those with milk allergies.

Class action accuses Wells Fargo of errors over years leading to denials of mortgage modifications

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit said Wells Fargo allegedly violated the law and the terms of the Home Affordable Modification Program by allegedly failing to audit its software to detect errors that left thousands unable to qualify for mortgage loan modifications.

Class action accuses Airbnb of allegedly wrongly holding customer payments in escrow

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts Airbnb's practices concerning the handling of customer advanced lease payments violates California law by holding the money in accounts that bear interest paid to Airbnb.

Ex-business development manager at Zentist says company wrongly replaced her after she gave birth

By Northern California Record |
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

By Northern California Record |
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

By Legal Newsline |
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit on behalf of victims of a gift card scam says Google wrongly kept their money.

Class action accuses Wells Fargo of wrongly enrolling customers into ID Theft Prevention, other programs

By Northern California Record |
Wells Fargo is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly enrolling customers into various financial products and services without their consent.

Crown Labs accused of exposing customers to benzene from PanOxyl acne treatments

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts the company didn't warn consumers that its benzoyl peroxide products allegedly degraded to benzene under normal use.

Class action accuses Center for Employment Opportunities of allegedly shorting worker pay, other CA labor law violations

By Northern California Record |
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

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts that California law doesn't allow for seafood to be labeled 'organic' at this time

Class action accuses Dignity Health over alleged refusal to reimburse managers' cell phone, home internet bills

By Northern California Record |
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

By Northern California Record |
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.

Lime bike and scooter rental app operators accused in class action of improperly dinging customer debit, credit cards

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts Neutron Holdings has allegedly charged customers with unauthorized recurring fees, allegedly in violation of federal and California laws.

Ex-Twitter execs sue Musk over severance they say he improperly denied after ousting them

By Northern California Record |
Ex-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and other former top Twitter executives say Musk has illegally withheld $200 million in severance benefits from them out of revenge

San Francisco Juneteenth organization sues AAACC over allegedly withheld grant money owed to them

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit marks a low point in the relationship between the two organizations, which formerly partnered to produce San Francisco's Juneteenth celebration.

Workplace class action filed vs KQED by same lawyers, plaintiffs behind earlier PAGA suit

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit accuses KQED of allegedly failing to pay minimum wages and overtime wages, among other allegations.

Airbnb says San Francisco city government wrongly keeping $921K in overpaid taxes

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit says the company overpaid in 2019 for three city taxes, but later sought a refund for overpayment. The city refused.

Class action targets parking garage operators over license plate readers

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit asserts the use of the license plate readers violates parking garage users' privacy rights under California law.

'Butch lesbian' bartender says Red Lobster should pay for manager's alleged discrimination, retaliation

By Northern California Record |
The lawsuit accuses Red Lobster of alleged wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation and harassment, among other allegations.