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Plaid Faces Major Class Action Suit After $5.3B Payday
Plaid, a San-Francisco-based fintech startup that was purchased by Visa for $5.3 billion earlier this year, is now facing a final hurdle from a class action alleging its value proposition depends on a “massive invasion” of the privacy of over 200 million bank and brokerage accounts. Filed on May 5, the suit alleges that Plaid […]
California’s Low Flow Shower Head Regulations Disputed by New Jersey Manufacturer
Pssst man, do you have any high flow shower heads? Yeah, that’s the good stuff! A New Jersey company that sells shower heads claims California is attempting to impose its regulations on it despite not doing business in that state. Interlink Products International filed its lawsuit against members of the California Natural Resources Agency […]
Bayer Paying $10.9B to Settle Monsanto Weedkiller Case
German-owned Bayer will pay up to $10.9 billion to settle litigation over the subsidiary Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, which has faced thousands of lawsuits over claims it causes cancer, the company said this week. The company said the Roundup settlement involves about 125,000 filed and un-filed claims. Under the agreement, Bayer will make a payment of […]
California Senate Advances Bill to Allow Commercial Tenants to Break Lease Deals
When is a lease NOT a lease? Right after a pandemic hits and shuts down all business for months. If a new bill makes it through the California legislature, commercial landlords and property owners across California may need to amend some leases very soon. The state’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill on Friday that […]
Eventbrite Sued Over Refunds
No business likes giving refunds. Online ticket seller Eventbrite discovered a novel way around them — it stopped giving refunds for canceled or postponed events. And the company was sued for it. In a consumer class-action complaint filed on 4 June in the US district court for northern California, ticket buyers Sherri Snow, Anthony Piceno […]
NBA Sued for Fast Breaking Away From $1.25M in NYC Rent
The NBA has been slapped with a $1.25 million lawsuit for allegedly failing to pay rent for its famous New York City store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for the months of April and May. The landlord, 535-545 Fee LLC, claims in court papers that NBA Media Ventures LLC missed two monthly rent payments of […]
Expect a Wave of Unlawful Detainer Actions Post-Pandemic
One question out there is about the timeline of when the courts will be conducting regular business again once the emergency rules (which shut them down earlier this year) expire. But first, what were these California Judicial Counsel Emergency Rules? The key provisions of the Emergency Rules related to civil cases are outlined below: Unlawful […]
Tablet Containing World’s Oldest Literary Work Subject of International Legal Fight
Last year, a Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, thought to be the oldest work of literature in history, was confiscated from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Today, it sits in a Department of Homeland Security warehouse in New York, the subject of both a civil forfeiture action […]
JCPenney, Sephora Resolve Dispute
Retail has always been extremely tough and the limitations of our current times haven’t helped very much. But this week brought a little bit of good news for two retailers, J.C. Penny and Sephora, who are moving toward a new joint enterprise operating agreement. The two companies have resolved their legal dispute and reaffirmed […]
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