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Stein Mart Settles Personal Data Breach By Offering… Coupons

Stein Mart Settles Personal Data Breach By Offering… Coupons

By cwalters 7.8.08

Stein Mart was caught “printing expiration dates and/or more than the last five digits of credit cards on receipts,” and was subsequently hit with a class action lawsuit for exposing sensitive customer data. Now they’ve settled by agreeing to run coupons in local newspapers. It gets better: instead of a flat 20% off coupon, the store is requiring minimum-purchase amounts that reduce the savings if your purchase falls between the arbitrarily set thresholds.

  • $10 off a purchase of $50 or more
  • $20 off a purchase of $100 or more
  • $30 off a purchase of $150 or more

We need a new federal law that says class action lawyers have to be compensated in the same manner as their clients. Give those hard working guys and gals some $30-off coupons, please!

By cwalters 6.20.08

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It’s been a few weeks without a BPA story, so here goes: Four parents in Ohio have sued Evenflo, Avent America, Handicraft, Playtex Products, and Novartis for using bisphenol A in their baby products. They’re seeking class action status. [Washington Post]

Possible Class Action Against HP Over Cruddy Pavilion Notebooks

Possible Class Action Against HP Over Cruddy Pavilion Notebooks

By cwalters 6.4.08

If you own an HP Pavilion Notebook and you’ve had problems with it—specifically overheating, problems with the power supply, and an inability to update the BIOS—then you might want to contact this law firm and tell them your story. We know class actions rarely help the individual consumer, but they do succeed in punishing the offending company occasionally, and we can’t think of a computer company more in need of a good class action smackdown than HP.

ATT Settles Class Action Over Fraudulent Ringtone Charges

ATT Settles Class Action Over Fraudulent Ringtone Charges

By Ben Popken 6.4.08

Thanks to AT&T settling a recent class-action, the era of third-party scammers cramming consumers with fraudulent subscriptions to ringtone, hookup text and other stupid content services may soon be over. AT&T Customers can claim refunds for wrongful charges from up to 3 of their bills between 1/1/04 and 5/30/08. The lawyers will get $4.3 million. AT&T will now require subscriptions to 3rd party-services with recurring fees to be confirmed by responding to a text message. 3rd party services will also have to send a monthly reminder with unsubscribe info. The firm has filed similar suits against Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. Claim forms and more info at thirdpartycontentrefund.com.

AT&T Agrees To Refund Unauthorized Third-Party Charges On Cellphone Bills

AT&T Agrees To Refund Unauthorized Third-Party Charges On Cellphone Bills

By cwalters 6.3.08

AT&T Mobility has agreed to offer refunds to customers who were charged for third-party services like ringtones, although if you were frequently a victim of this you’ll quickly exhaust your refund quota: “Customers will able to claim refunds for spurious charges that appeared on up to three of their monthly bills between Jan. 1, 2004, and May 30, 2008.” AT&T should be sending out a notification to its customers “soon,” but you can already download a refund request.

Today Is The Last Day To File A Claim In The Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee Class Action

By 5.30.08

If you were planning on filing a claim in the credit card foreign transaction fee class action, today is the last day to do it.

Hotwire Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit For Selling 2-Star Rooms As 3-Star

Hotwire Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit For Selling 2-Star Rooms As 3-Star

By cwalters 5.30.08

A reader forwarded us an email that indicates a class action motion is being prepared against Hotwire, the discount travel company, for promoting hotel rooms at artifically high ratings. On Hotwire, you can’t preview the hotel before booking, so the star rating is really all you have to go on—and there’s at least anecdotal evidence online that Hotwire has been known to be more lenient in its rating system. Though Ryan says he’s gotten some good deals through Hotwire, he adds, “I do recall booking a room around Christmas in the 2.5 to 3 star range and getting La Quinta (which as we all know is spanish for ‘near a Denny’s’), which is listed as a two star hotel.”

Woman Sues Playtex Over Bisphenol-A

Woman Sues Playtex Over Bisphenol-A

By cwalters 5.29.08

A woman in Arkansas has filed a federal lawsuit against Playtex Products over their use of BPA in plastic baby bottles, claiming that the company “failed to adequately disclose that its plastic bottle products are formulated using BPA,” according to MSNBC. The suit is seeking class action status, which would make it the second BPA-related class action lawsuit after the one in California against Nalge Nunc International (the makers of Nalgene bottles)—although the chemical is still not classified as toxic in the U.S.

By cwalters 5.28.08

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The Supreme Court rejected T-Mobile’s appeal in 3 cases yesterday, which means an earlier federal ruling that says states “can refuse to enforce arbitration clauses if they include bans on class actions” will stand. Now T-Mobile has to go back to state courts to deal with the class action lawsuits against it. [Associated Press]

Pet Food Companies Agree To $24 Million Settlement Over Killer Pet Food

Pet Food Companies Agree To $24 Million Settlement Over Killer Pet Food

By cwalters 5.27.08

To Avoid Billions In Lawsuits, Cellphone Companies Propose Tepid Early Termination Fee Reform

To Avoid Billions In Lawsuits, Cellphone Companies Propose Tepid Early Termination Fee Reform

By Ben Popken 5.22.08

Today Is The Last Day To Join The DeBeers Diamond Class-Action Settlement

Today Is The Last Day To Join The DeBeers Diamond Class-Action Settlement

By Ben Popken 5.19.08

If you bought a diamond between January 1, 1994 and March 31, 2006, today is the last day to join the DeBeers class action settlement. It doesn’t matter whether or not the diamond was bought from DeBeers, the diamond could have been bought from anywhere. The lawsuit contends that DeBeers uses its monopoly over most of the world’s diamond mines to artificially inflate the price of diamonds and engages in other anti-competitive behaviors as well. It’s expected that around $135,432,500 will be divided amongst all the eligible consumers. You can file claims online here.

GSK Sued For Fraudulently Delaying Generic Version Of Wellbutrin

GSK Sued For Fraudulently Delaying Generic Version Of Wellbutrin

By Ben Popken 5.14.08

A class action lawsuit has been filed accusing GlaxoSmithKline of lying to the Patent office and dickering with fake patent litigation against generic drug makers to fraudulently stymie generic versions of Wellbutrin from hitting the market. The lawsuit applies to people who directly bought Wellbutrin from GSK in 100 or 150mg hits between Jan 24, 2002 and June 30, 2006. Obviously, the long GSK could keep a generic version of their drug off the market, the more money they could make. People interested in joining could probably contact the firm of Roda and Nast, lead plaintiff team, for more information.

Credit Card Class Action: Get More Money Back Using Your Digital Camera

Credit Card Class Action: Get More Money Back Using Your Digital Camera

By Ben Popken 5.1.08

If you traveled abroad anytime between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006, your credit card company probably owes you money, but how much? Under a class action suing credit card companies for double-dipping on foreign transaction fees, the best bet for getting your the money, if you don’t have detailed records of all your foreign transactions, is making an estimate based on how many days you were out of the country. One good way for shutterbugs to figure this out, says Delicious Baby, is to look through your vacation/travel photos on your computer. Most likely, they have digital timestamps you can use to figure out how long you were away. Now figuring out your refund is as easy and fun as going through your old photos. The due date for filing claims at ccfsettlement.com is May 30th.

Get Half Off New Mp3 Player In Creative MP3 Player Class Action

By Ben Popken 5.1.08

If you bought a Creative MP3 player in the past…

Class Action Filed Against Lifelock For Deceptive Advertising

Class Action Filed Against Lifelock For Deceptive Advertising

By Ben Popken 4.30.08

N.J. Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against LifeLock Alleging Deceptive Marketing Regarding Limited Level of Protection Against Identity Theft [CNBC]

First BPA Class Action Lawsuit Announced!

First BPA Class Action Lawsuit Announced!

By cwalters 4.24.08

It begins! A woman in California, no doubt under the expert legal advice of people who only have her best interests at heart, has filed a lawsuit against Nalgene alleging that they “knew, but downplayed risks, that a toxic substance in its popular…

Subprime Meltdown Class Action Lawsuits On Rampage

Subprime Meltdown Class Action Lawsuits On Rampage

By consumerist.com 4.24.08

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