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What's It Worth If Your TV Spies on You? About 17 Cents

Electronics maker Vizio surreptitiously captured second-by-second viewing data of customers who bought 11 million of its internet-connected televisions. But as a Vizio TV owner, the settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and New Jersey AG leaves much to be desired.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Clarity Needed on 'Spokeo' Class Action Standing

Efforts to draw a line, and ensure that Fair Credit Report Act class actions focus on harm to the plaintiffs, are playing out in two cases pending in New Jersey.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Doctors Can Pursue TCPA Class Action Against Sex Disorder Drug Maker

Doctors accusing a drug company of violating a consumer harassment law by faxing invitations to a free dinner seminar on a sexual disorder—while the company was seeking approval of a drug to treat it—have had their case resurrected.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

$5.5M Settlement Approved in Google Cookie Class Action

A Delaware federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $5.5 million settlement between Google Inc. and a nationwide class of plaintiffs that had challenged the tech giant's practice of overriding cookie blockers to access users' internet history information.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Blocks Target Data Breach Settlement

The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit sets up a debate over one of the thorniest issues in data breach cases—whether and how to compensate individuals for the theft of personal information when it cannot be tied to financial injury.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Sets New Standard for Assessing Certain Class Action Settlements

The First Department, in approving a settlement of a shareholder challenge to a Verizon $130 billion acquisition, set out two additional factors to buttress the long-used five-factor test to evaluate nonmonetary settlements: whether it is in the best interests of the putative class as a whole, and in the best interests of the corporation.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYPD Settles Stop-and-Frisk Suit With Civil Rights Group

A reform of police stop-and frisk practices inside and outside of private properties whose landlords agree to police patrols is part of a settlement submitted Thursday by civil rights groups and the New York City Police Department.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lowe's Installers' Job Classification Suit Settles for $2.85M

Lowe's Home Centers has agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a New Jersey class action claiming it misclassified contract installers as independent contractors.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Vacates Class Cert Denial in Case vs. Pa. Power Supplier

Named plaintiffs' differing interpretations of a form contract should not bar class certification, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in a suit against a Pennsylvania third-party energy supplier.
12 minute read

The Recorder

VW Agrees to Pay Another $1.2B in Diesel Emissions Cases

The latest settlement, which comes on top of a similar $14.7 billion payment, resolves lawsuits brought by consumers and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over 3.0-liter diesel engine vehicles.
6 minute read

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