"Class Action" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

CaseCase FiledLast Document
Taylor et al v. Acxiom Corporation et alJanuary 2, 2007May 16, 2008
Plaintiffs bring a class action against defendants for unlawfully purchasing Texas' entire database of names, addresses and other personal information from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
CLRB Hanson Industries, LLC et al v. Google Inc.September 12, 2005May 14, 2008
Plaintiffs claim that defendant Google Inc. misled AdWords advertisers by allowing advertising charges to exceed daily budgets that advertisers set for their ad campaigns.
Trujillo v. Apple Computer, Inc. et alAugust 31, 2007May 12, 2008
Plaintiff alleged that defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. purposefully and fraudulently concealed that cost of replacing the iPhone battery, as well as the life span of the iPhone battery.
Stiener et al v. Apple, Inc. et alAugust 29, 2007April 29, 2008
Plaintiffs allege that defendans Apple, Inc. and AT&T Mobility, LLC failed to inform initial purchasers of the iPhone that fees of over $100 would be required to replace the iPhone battery and maintain service while the battery was being replaced.
Almeida v. Google, Inc.April 22, 2008April 22, 2008
Plaintiff David Almeida alleges that Defendant Google Inc. failed to disclose that leaving the content ad CPC input blank would subject Plaintiff to charges for content ads on third party websites.
Ryan Rodriguez et al v. West Publishing Corporation et alApril 29, 2005April 15, 2008
Plaintiffs brought a federal antitrust class action against Defendants West Publishing Corporation (d/b/a BAR/BRI) and Kaplan, Inc. on behalf of class members nationwide who took a full-service bar review course from BAR/BRI between August 1, 1997 and July 31, 2006. Plaintiffs alleged that BAR/BRI illegally acquired the assets of its direct competitor West Bar in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, Defendant West unlawfully conspired with Defendant Kaplan to retrain trade in the full-service bar review course in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, and Defendant West wrongfully monopolized the full-service bar review course market in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
Gary et al v. New England Patriots et alFebruary 15, 2008March 13, 2008
Plaintiffs sued Defendants New England Patriots, New England Patriots LP and Bill Belichick on behalf of all those who purchased tickets and/or attended the 2002 Super Bowl, all St. Louis Ram employees on the 2002 Super Bowl team, and owners of the St. Louis Rams seat licenses for the 2001-2002 season. Plaintiffs allege that the taping of the St. Louis Rams' walk-through for the Superbowl was a tortious interference with contractual relations, common law fraud, RICO Act violation, violation of rights as third party beneficiaries, breach of contract, and violation of the Louisiana unfair trade practices and consumer protection act.
Alicea v. Circuit City Stores, Inc.June 29, 2007March 4, 2008
Plaintiff Ada Alicea alleges that Defendant Circuit City Stores Inc. engages in deceptive and improper business practices with respect to its return policy and imposition of a 15% restocking fee for certain returned items because the fee is grossly disproportionate to the costs incurred by Defendant when restocking returned items.
Browne et al v. Avvo Inc et alJune 14, 2007December 18, 2007
Plaintiffs sued defendant Avvo Inc. and alleged that thousands of lawyers have suffered damage to their professional reputations by Avvo's publication of capricious and arbitrary ratings to consumers via the Internet.
Provenzano et al v. The Thomson Corporation et alJuly 18, 2007December 4, 2007
Plaintiffs charged that defendants The Thomson Corporation and West Publishing Corporation d/b/a BAR/BRI engaged in deceptive trade practices and fraudulent conduct which cause the plaintiffs to purchase BAR/BRI New York bar review products and to pay inflated, unjustifiable prices for them.
Black v. Apple, Inc.October 23, 2007November 19, 2007
Plaintiff Frederick Black alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. violated the Florida Antitrust Act and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Hutchison et al v. AT&T Internet Services, Inc. et alNovember 15, 2007November 15, 2007
Plaintiff sued Defendants AT&T Internet Services, Inc. f/k/a SBC Internet Services, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. for charging customers an early termination fee when customers cancel defendants' services prior to the end of their service agreement with defendants.
Parrish et al v. National Football League Players IncorporatedFebruary 14, 2007November 14, 2007
Plaintiff, a class of retired National Football League (NFL) players, seeks an accounting of funds received and distributed by defendant National Football League Players Inc. in connection with its promotional, marketing and licensing businesses conducted on behalf of plaintiffs.
Maria et al v. Apple Computer, Inc.August 8, 2007November 13, 2007
Plaintiffs alleged that defendant Apple Computer, Inc. subjected plaintiffs to identity theft and credit card fraud by printing more than the last five digits of plaintiffs' credit or debit card numbers on receipts at the point of sale.
In Re: Webloyalty.com, Inc., Marketing and Sales Practices LitigationFebruary 27, 2007November 9, 2007
Plaintiff alleged that defendants WebLoyalty.com Inc. and Fandango, Inc. d/b/a fandango.com engaged in a "Coupon Click Fraud" scheme involving the fraudulent and deceptive sale of "Reservation Rewards" discount products to unwitting consumers who make legitimate online purchases from various web retailers, and the unauthorized of private credit and debit card account information by the web retailer to Webloyalty.
Smith et al v. Apple, Inc. et alNovember 7, 2007November 7, 2007
Plaintiff sued defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC for unlawfully tying the iPhone to Apple and AT&T Mobility products and services. Plaintiffs also seek to bar Apple from selling the iPhone with any software lock, from denying warranty service to users of unlocked iPhones, and from requiring iPhone consumers to purchase cell phone service through AT&T Mobility.
Daisy Mountain Fire District v. Microsoft CorporationSeptember 14, 2007November 6, 2007
Plaintiff Daisy Mountain Fire District sued defendant Microsoft Corporation on behalf of itself and similarly situated government entities, agencies and political subdivisions of the State of Arizona who have purchased Microsoft software. Plaintiff alleged that defendant violated antitrust laws by engaging in anticompetitive and monopolistic practices in the operating system software, word processing applications software, and spreadsheet applications software markets.
In Re: "A Million Little Pieces" LitigationJune 16, 2006November 1, 2007
Plaintiffs sued defendant james Frey, the author of "A Million Little Pieces," and alleged that the book contained material fabrications and that advertisements and marketing concerning the book were false and misleading inasmuch as the book was marketed as a work of nonfiction.
Garcia v. Microsoft CorporationSeptember 27, 2007October 26, 2007
Plaintiff sued defendant Microsoft Corporation for charging XBOX Live subscriptions with accompanying automatic renewals where such contracts were entered into by minor children and for charging fees for XBOX Live subscriptions with accompany automatic renewals where such multiple-year contracts with adults was not in writing as required under the Statute of Frauds.
Black v. Apple, Inc.September 28, 2007October 25, 2007
Plaintiff alleged that Apple Inc. engaged in the unlawful tying of its iPod and iTunes Music Store products.
Phillips v. 180Solutions, Inc. et alJune 15, 2007October 24, 2007
Plaintiff alleges that defendant Zango, Inc. reconfigured consumers' computers by installing software code on their computers without their knowledge and authorization, or by bundling it with other software or inducing the download through false representations. Plaintiff further alleges that defendant's software redirects home pages, installs advertising programs, installs sexually explicit icons, installs tool bars and slows down consumers' computers.
The Missing Link, Inc. v. eBay, Inc.August 29, 2007September 17, 2007
Plaintiff The Missing Link, Inc. d/b/a Bath Plus Inc. alleged that defendant eBay, Inc. delayed the display of listed items so that they are not completely viewable during the entire listing period and raised prices to Good 'Till Cancelled listings before the items were sold.
Leung v. Apple Computer, Inc. et alAugust 13, 2007September 6, 2007
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. failed to inform a nationwide group of initial purchasers of the iPhone that annual fees of over $100 would be required to replace the iPhone battery and maintain service while the battery was being replaced.
Kinderstart.Com, LLC v. Google, Inc.March 17, 2006August 3, 2007
Plaintiff KinderStart.com LLC alleges that defendant Google, Inc. blocked plaintiff's website from the Google search engine and caused a drop in plaintiff's traffic and AdSense revenues.
Mizera v. GoogleJuly 15, 2005June 26, 2007
Plaintiff alleges that defendant Google Inc. has failed to take any significant measures to track or prevent click fraud, to adequately warn its customers about the existence of click fraud, to adequately advise customers that they have been victimized by click fraud, and to refund customers the excess charges that they have incurred as a result of the click fraud.
Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. v. Google, Inc.June 24, 2005June 26, 2007
Plaintiff alleges that defendant Google Inc. has failed to take any significant measures to track or prevent click fraud, to adequately warn its customers about the existence of click fraud, to adequately advise customers that they have been victimized by click fraud, and to refund customers the excess charges that they have incurred as a result of the click fraud.
LASSOFF v. GOOGLE, INC.August 10, 2006May 17, 2007
Plaintiff Samuel Lassoff sued defendants Google, Inc., Yahoo!, Inc. and IAC Interactive Corporation for fraud, breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair business practices. Plaintiff Samuel Lassoff alleges that defendants engaged in a scheme to hide its negligent handling of plaintiff's advertising account and never warned plaintiffs of fraudulent clicks or made any recovery efforts for the plaintiffs.
SandersMarch 31, 2008 
Plaintiff sues Apple, Inc. on behalf of all persons or entities located within the United States who own a 20-inch Aluminum iMac. Plaintiff alleges that the LCD display for the 20-inch iMac is inferior to the LCD display for the 24-inch iMac, as well as the LCD display used in the previous generation of 20-inch iMacs. Plaintiff alleges that the new display has a narrower viewing angle, less color depth, and is not able to display as many colors. Plaintiff alleges that new LCD display is only capable of displaying 262,144 true colors, and not millions of colors at all resolutions as Apple has represented.
Malott v. Ebay IncorporatedNovember 26, 2007 
Plaintiff Michael Malott alleges that Defendant eBay Incorporated ties its monopoly of the online auction market to certain forms of payment, such that sellers may not accep cash, checks, wire transfer services, and other competitive payment services, such as Google.