Focus Plumbing agreed to pay $500,000 as part of a settlement to resolve claims from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that it discriminated against, harassed and retaliated against female workers. The EEOC took legal action against Focus Plumbing in 2017, claiming the company subjected female workers to a hostile work environment that included ... Keep Reading↠

Nationstar agreed to a $5 million litigation settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming the company sent incorrect automated clearing house, or ACH, entries to mortgage borrower bank accounts in April 2021. In April 2021, mortgage borrowers with loans serviced by Nationstar allegedly experienced incorrect ACH debit and credit entries on their bank ... Keep Reading↠

True Health New Mexico agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that it failed to protect patient data from a 2021 data breach. Plaintiffs in several data breach class action lawsuits claimed True Health New Mexico failed to protect their sensitive information from an October 2021 ransomware attack that compromised identifiers and protected ... Keep Reading↠

The District of Columbia agreed to pay $290,000 to resolve claims it arrested people for blocking passage as a form of racial discrimination. According to plaintiffs in the case, the District of Columbia implemented discriminatory practices of arresting people for blocking passage or incommoding without probable cause. These arrests were a form of discrimination, ... Keep Reading↠

Indeck Power agreed to pay over $66,000 to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting worker biometrics without consent. BIPA requires companies to get written consent from consumers and workers in Illinois before collecting their biometric identifiers such as fingerprints. Indeck Power ... Keep Reading↠

Accutech Systems Corp. agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that a 2021 data breach compromised consumer information due to substandard cybersecurity measures. According to the data breach class action lawsuit, Accutech failed to implement effective cybersecurity measures and protect consumers from an August 2021 data breach. The breach ... Keep Reading↠

Juul Labs agreed to a $255 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it concealed the addictiveness of its e-cigarettes to sell to consumers and minors. No proof of purchase is required for consumers to submit a claim in the Juul settlement. According to the Juul class action lawsuit, Juul Labs was able to sell its products to a large number of ... Keep Reading↠

GAW Miners and ZenMiner agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming they misled investors about profits from their crypto mining operations. According to the class action lawsuit, GAW Miners and ZenMiner claimed their cryptocurrency mining operations would yield significant profits for investors. In reality, investors allegedly received ... Keep Reading↠