class action suit

Today’s irony cup overfloweth: A Californian man has filed a lawsuit against Symantec, claiming that its software uses scare tactics to scam consumers out of money — the exact same tactics that fake antivirus malware uses to scam unwitting computer users out of millions of dollars every year.

The plaintiff, James Gross, hopes to expand the lawsuit to a class action suit that could result in Symantec losing millions of dollars.

The class action suit accuses Honda of putting 283,000 customers at risk, in part by waiting two months to inform them of the data exposure.

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In 2007, a customer filed a class-action suit against Apple for iPhone's lack of a user-replaceable battery.

Jose Trujillo claimed in his suit that: "Unknown to the plaintiff, and undisclosed to the public, the iPhone is a sealed unit with its battery soldered on the inside of the device so that it cannot be changed by the owner.

We've seen so many cases of trademark bullying, and it's so rare to see people fight back, that it's interesting to see it happening -- and even more surprising to see it done as a class action suit. Eric Goldman points us to the news that this class action lawsuit has been filed against luxury goods maker, Coach, for apparently issuing takedowns to eBay for perfectly legitimate second-hand sales, while also threatening those who put up those items.

Now that a class-action suit has exposed Taco Bell's "seasoned beef" as an oats-laden ruse, the chain is trying to win our hearts back with a peace offering, if you will.

It's a Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco. All we have to do is "like" the Bell's page on Facebook, and that steaming, greasy taco packed with not-entirely-beef is all ours, free of charge.Taco Bell Offers Free 'Beef' Taco to Anyone Who 'Likes' it on Facebook originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:30:00 EST.

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Facebook launched its ad platform “Beacon” in November 2007, hoping to revolutionize advertising by posting updates to you

A class-action suit has been filed against Nvidia in a U.S. district court, alleging that the company knew of its overheating graphics chips and failed to take action.