A Texas district court judge has tossed a $210 million lawsuit filed against Frontier Communications Corp. accusing the company of patent infringement. Frontier alleged that the company that filed the lawsuit, Blue Spike, was a “serial litigant” whose allegations amounted to little more than 140 pages of boilerplate accusations.
A Houston jury has sided with the popular Texas convenience store chain Buc-ee’s in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed in federal court against a rival company. The lawsuit alleged that the cartoon alligator logo of a San Antonio and South Texas based convenience store chain called Choke Canyon was too similar to the famous Buc-ee’s…
A jury in Illinois has awarded the vacuum manufactured Dyson more than $16 million in damages in a lawsuit over a rival company’s false advertising claims. The lawsuit – filed against SharkNinja Operating – alleged that the rival manufacturer had falsely claimed that its Rotator Powered Lift-Away vacuum performed better than a vacuum manufactured by…
Five Apple customers have filed a lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant released software updates that slowed down older iPhone models. The lawsuit accuses Apple of “deceptive, immoral and unethical” practices in violation of consumer protection laws.
The credit reporting company Equifax is facing more than 30 lawsuits after hackers stole the personal information of about 143 million Americans. The lawsuits that have been filed in federal court include one case accusing Equifax of securities fraud. Legal experts say that lawsuits raising similar claims against Equifax may be consolidated in a single…
Volkswagen is facing $9.2 billion in damages from 1,400 lawsuits filed by investors in Germany over the company’s actions in connection with the Dieselgate scandal. Shares of Volkswagen stock have plummeted by about one-third since news of the company’s emissions cheating with VW and Audi diesel models was revealed in September 2015.
The owner of a duplex home in Rowlett, Texas that was mistakenly demolished following a recent tornado outbreak has filed a lawsuit against the demolition company. According to the lawsuit filed by homeowner Lindsay Diaz, Billy L Nabors Demolition failed to perform due diligence when it accidentally tore down the wrong home in a tornado-damaged…
A Wisconsin medical software company has been awarded $940 million in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit filed against an India-based technology provider. The verdict in the lawsuit filed by Epic Systems against Tata Consultancies is one of the largest damage awards on record in a case involving commercial trade secrets.
A Texas company has filed a lawsuit for breach of contract and other allegations against a California energy company. Unicat Services Inc., based in Alvin, Texas, filed a claim against Bloom Energy Company of Sunnyvale, California in connection with an agreement between the two companies regarding a contract to service fuel cell canisters.
A commercial litigation class action lawsuit filed against Cedar Rapids Steel Transport Expedited (CRST) alleges that that the trucking company repeatedly ignored allegations of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment that were reported by female long-haul truck drivers. Lead plaintiffs Cathy Sellars, Claudia Lopez and Leslie Fortune allege that female trainee drivers were pressured into…
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against AT&T alleging the company has misled millions of smartphone customers by promising “unlimited” data plans while reducing their data speeds, in some cases by almost 90 percent. The FTC says that AT&T has received thousands of complaints about the slow data speeds under the throttling…