Consumer Protection
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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. failed to bolster its cybersecurity practices in the wake of a slew of payment data breaches involving other retailers, leading to a “massive” theft of sensitive customer information, according to a suit filed Thursday in Florida federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a proposed class action against Saks Inc. accusing the retailer of advertising “phantom markdowns” of Saks-branded products, saying the district court had jumped the gun with its ruling that the named plaintiff wasn’t an adequate class representative… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Ninth Circuit appeal panel on Thursday let American Honda Finance Corp. and a group of Washington state auto dealerships out of a proposed class action alleging that they scammed car buyers by making them pay for promised add-ons that were in fact not included with the purchased vehicles… Read this piece in its entirety…
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General Motors has been covering up a dangerous, acceleration-related defect in the 2016 through 2018 models of Malibu midsize cars made by GM unit Chevrolet, according to a proposed class action in Maryland federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The now-defunct Mount Ida College and several of its former top officers won’t have to face a proposed class action claiming the school hid its financial woes from students before closing abruptly last year, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled on Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 