Consumer Protection
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Epic Games Inc., the company behind online video game “Fortnite,” failed to adequately protect players’ accounts, opening the door for hackers to steal sensitive information like payment details in a digital breach in 2018, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in Illinois state court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A suit alleging mobile advertising company Kiip Inc. spied on users of a smartphone running application is taking a second lap, this time in Illinois state court, after a pair of app users on Friday rebooted a proposed class action that was largely thrown out by a federal judge last year… Read this piece in…
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The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday granted a request by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an en banc hearing to reconsider an August appeals panel decision that required the agency to ban a pesticide linked to developmental harm in children… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Smashburger can’t sell its “Triple Double” burger by describing it as a “Classic Smash Beef build with triple the cheese & double the beef in every bite,” because that description is literally false, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, while keeping other “double the beef” slogans in play… Read this piece in its entirety at…
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An Indiana federal jury on Friday awarded a woman $3 million in the third bellwether case in multidistrict litigation alleging Cook Medical Inc.’s vein filters injured patients, finding the defectiveness of the company’s product was the reason for the woman’s injury… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 