Apple agreed to a $50 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that past MacBook laptops were sold with a defective butterfly keyboard. According to an Apple class action lawsuit, these laptops were equipped with defective keyboards that caused repeated sticking or failure of keys. Plaintiffs in the case claim Apple knew its 2015 to 2019 laptops ... Keep Reading↠

Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) has set aside $12.5 million as part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleged the company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Universal Health Services denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to the settlement to avoid the ongoing cost and risks associated with litigation. Universal Health ... Keep Reading↠

Great Lakes Educational Loan Services agreed to pay over $1.275 million as part of a lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it violated debt-collection laws with excessive phone calls. According to plaintiffs in the debt-collection class action lawsuit, Great Lakes violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act and the Massachusetts Debt Collection Regulations by ... Keep Reading↠

Circle K agreed to an $8 million settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve claims the company discriminated against disabled and pregnant workers. Circle K is a chain of gas stations with franchises all over the country. According to a lawsuit from the EEOC, Circle K discriminates against pregnant and disabled employees. The ... Keep Reading↠

Mission Springs agreed to a $225,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit claiming it charged water district customers based on estimated usage instead of metered water use. Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit claim the water district charged customers for estimated water usage instead of the actual water use determined by meter readings. As a result, ... Keep Reading↠

Jim Koons Automotive Co. agreed to a class action settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a 2021 data breach. According to the data breach notification, an unauthorized party gained access to Jim Koons’ computer systems and may have compromised sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and other ... Keep Reading↠

Insight Global agreed to a data breach class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that COVID-19 tracing information may have been publicly available. According to the data breach notification, information may have been made public about individuals with COVID-19, their potential contacts, household information and other data collected between September 2020 ... Keep Reading↠

BWAY agreed to a $1.56 million class action settlement to resolve claims it collected and stored employee fingerprints in violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). According to plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, BWAY violated by failing to obtain employee consent before collecting and storing their fingerprints for timekeeping purposes. ... Keep Reading↠

Conway Regional Medical Center in Arkansas has set aside $295,000 to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the hospital did not adequately protect information and exposed patients’ health and personal data to criminals in a breach. The hospital system maintains it has “meritorious” cyber defenses but has agreed to the settlement to bring an end to the ... Keep Reading↠

T-Force agreed to pay $15.5 million as part of a lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it misclassified drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. The driver misclassification class action lawsuit claimed T-Force violated California law by misclassifying truck drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. This alleged misclassification ... Keep Reading↠