Biogen Inc. agreed to a nationwide $9.75 million class action lawsuit settlement over its handling of an employee 401(k) program under accusations the company violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Biogen is accused of violating ERISA by not disclosing the expenses and risks of the plans investment options, allowing ... Keep Reading↠

Health Net and other defendants have agreed to a nationwide $10 million FTA data breach class action settlement. The class action lawsuit claimed Health Net did not properly protect the personal information of its members and is therefore liable for the theft of the data — which included addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and more. The class action ... Keep Reading↠

Metromile agreed to a $775,000 class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that it failed to prevent a data breach that lasted from July 2020 to January 2021. Hackers allegedly gained access to sensitive personal information for over 100,000 Metromile customers during a long-term data breach between July 2020 and January 2021. According to plaintiffs in a ... Keep Reading↠

Reynolds agreed to a $3 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming that it falsely represented certain Hefty and Great Value trash bags as “recycling” bags despite their inability to be recycled. No proof of purchase is required to benefit from the settlement. According to plaintiffs in the case, Reynolds misled consumers to believe that its ... Keep Reading↠

Sony Pictures and Crunchyroll have reached a $16 million nationwide video privacy class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that they shared subscribers’ personal information with third-party companies such as Facebook, Google, Adobe and others without consent. Crunchyroll was accused of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing the personal ... Keep Reading↠

Kia agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming that some of its Kia and Hyundai vehicles suffer from engine defects. According to the class action lawsuit, the class vehicles suffer from a defect related to the engine’s connecting rod bearing. This bearing can allegedly fail, causing engine seizure, stalling, engine ... Keep Reading↠

Radius Financial Group agreed to a $375,000 class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that it failed to prevent a 2021 data breach. According to the data breach class action lawsuit, Radius Financial Group could have prevented a July 2021 data breach with reasonable cybersecurity measures. Because of Radius’ failure, hackers allegedly gained access to ... Keep Reading↠

AC2T agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming that its Spartan Mosquito Eradicator and Pro Tech products were falsely advertised as able to “eradicate” mosquitoes. AC2T’s Spartan Mosquito products allegedly promised to “eradicate” mosquitoes for up to 90 days and kill the pests for up to 30 days. Plaintiffs in the false advertising ... Keep Reading↠