Neowin News Feed for: Class-action

Meta agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725 million

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:28:01 +0000

Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit concerning the data harvesting Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018. However, it has not admitted to any wrongdoing. Read more...

Class-action lawsuit alleges Apple and Amazon rigged the market to raise price of iPhone

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:06:01 +0000

Apple and Amazon have been accused of colluding to raise the price of the iPhone and iPad in the reselling market by unfairly reducing the competition. A lawsuit has been filed by a credible law firm. Read more...

Class-action lawsuit filed against Microsoft's GitHub Copilot for software piracy

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 03:08:01 +0000

A programmer has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI for their GitHub Copilot tool, alleging that it basically allows Microsoft to profit off of the work of others, without consent. Read more...

Only Apple Pay has iPhone NFC access and it violates antitrust law, alleges lawsuit

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:18:04 +0000

Apple is abusing its market position by restricting access to the iPhone NFC hardware, blocking entry to other payment companies, and monopolizing Apple Wallet, claims a class-action lawsuit. Read more...

Elon Musk sued for artificially deflating Twitter share price

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:24:01 +0000

Elon Musk is the subject of a class-action lawsuit that alleges that the executive artificially deflated Twitter's share price, allowing him to buy more shares while cheating others out of a profit. Read more...

Zoom agrees to pay $86 million to settle class-action lawsuit

Usama Jawad — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:02:01 +0000

Zoom has agreed to pay $86 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. The allegations included breach of customer data privacy and poor security standards that allowed zoombombing. Read more...

Google may be facing a class-action lawsuit following Nexus 6P bootloop and battery issues

Vishal Laul — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 18:04:01 +0000

A law firm is currently investigating the possibility of bringing a class-action lawsuit against Google, on behalf of customers who purchased the Nexus 6P, due to two major flaws with the device. Read more...

Microsoft sued over Windows 10 'destroying user data and damaging PCs'

Muhammad Zaid Tariq — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:16:01 +0000

Three people have sued Microsoft over claims that Windows 10 destroyed their data and damaged their PC's hardware as well. The company has dismissed the case as being "without merit". Read more...

Spotify wraps up 2015 with a $150 million class action lawsuit

Boyd Chan — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:56:01 +0000

In the final week of 2015, Spotify has been slapped with a hefty class action lawsuit for failing to identify rightsholders in order to pay royalties and acquire appropriate licensing. Read more...

Uber loses initial court battle, California class-action incoming

Chris Schroeder — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:58:01 +0000

Uber is about to have a fight on its hands with as many as 160,000 drivers in the state of California, who are all pressing the company to treat drivers better and grant direct employment. Read more...