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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.
Excessive litigation contributes to California’s high cost of living
California, known for its high cost of living, also has the highest poverty rate in the nation. A significant factor contributing to these high costs is a large volume of litigation, which escalates insurance costs for policyholders.
Prop E appears poised to pass, giving police more ability to fight crime in SF
The ballot measure would loosen restrictions on officers' ability to pursue criminal suspects; allow for police leadership to have a greater say in future policy changes; and enable police to use tech, including drones and surveillance cameras, to patrol in high-crime areas.
Insurance, inflation impose regressive tax increase on Californians
A recent report from Insurify reveals that car insurance costs, after surging by 24% last year, are projected to increase by another 7% in 2024. This escalating cost of car insurance is outstripping inflation and is particularly burdensome for low-income drivers.
Objectors to Sacramento marijuana shop owner residency rule win chance to press constitutional claims
A federal appeals panel ruled that a federal district judge had wrongly attempted to duck the thorny constitutional questions by citing the deep conflict between federal and California state marijuana laws
Lime bike and scooter rental app operators accused in class action of improperly dinging customer debit, credit cards
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
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