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| CLRB Hanson Industries, LLC et al v. Google Inc. | September 12, 2005 | November 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs claim that defendant Google Inc. misled AdWords advertisers by allowing advertising charges to exceed daily budgets that advertisers set for their ad campaigns. |
| FELLNER v. TRI-UNION SEAFOODS, L.L.C. | February 15, 2006 | November 2, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Deborah Fellner alleged that Defendant Tri-Union Seafoods, L.L.C. d/b/a Chicken of the Sea violated the New Jersey Products Liability Act, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and common law fraud for failing to warn the public that consumer of Defendant's tuna, purportedly containing methylmercury, could result in mercury poisoning. |
| Trapp v. Big Poppa's, LLC et al | June 2, 2009 | October 30, 2009 |
| Levitte v. Google Inc. | July 11, 2008 | October 30, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Hall K. Levitte sued Defendant Google, Inc. in regards to the Google AdWords program. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant had damaged plaintiff and the class by improperly charging them for advertising placed by Google on low-quality domain and error page websites. |
| Kitagawa, Jr et al v. Apple, Inc. | May 1, 2009 | October 20, 2009 |
| Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated | February 14, 2007 | October 19, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Almeida v. Google, Inc. | April 22, 2008 | October 16, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Hovsepian v. Apple, Inc. | December 31, 2008 | October 13, 2009 |
| Gomelsky v. Apple, Inc. | October 30, 2008 | October 7, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Giorgio Gomelsky alleged that the Powerbook G4 sold by Defendant Apple Inc. contained a widespread and commonplace characteristic defect and design flaw that rendered its memory slots inoperative. |
| Koschitzki v. Apple Inc. et al | November 4, 2008 | August 24, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Avi Koschitzki alleged that the iPhone 3G did not function properly, as advertised and marketed, on the 3G network in that it allegedly bumped him off the 3G network to the slower EDGE network. |
| Goodard v. Google, Inc. | May 30, 2008 | August 11, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Jenna Goddard alleged that she was injured when she provided her cell phone number to an allegedly fraudulent mobile subscription services website and was charged for unwanted mobile content services in the form of premium text messages. Plaintiff alleged that the fradulent subscription services website she was was a Google AdWords advertiser and absent Google's provision of AdWords services to the Fraudulent Mobile Subscription Services, Plaintiff would never have been damaged. |
| Walsh v. Apple, Inc. et al | October 28, 2008 | June 14, 2009 |
| Plaintiff David Walsh alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. consistently and uniformly denied its network engineers the required regular, overtime, and other compensation that federal and state laws require |
| Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al | May 9, 2007 | March 31, 2009 |
| Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against Defendants Mars Inc., Proctor & Gamble Co., Colgate Palmolive Company, Del Monte Foods Co., Nestle USA, Nutro Products Inc., Menu Foods Inc., Menu Foods Income Fund, Publix Supermarkets Inc., Winn Dixie Stores Inc., Petco Animal Supplies Inc., Pet Supermarket Inc., Petsmart Inc., Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants fraudulently and negligently misrepresented that their pet foods were safe and healthy. |
| Trujillo v. Apple Computer, Inc. et al | August 31, 2007 | March 9, 2009 |
| 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. |
| Pittman v. Apple, Inc. | November 26, 2008 | December 1, 2008 |
| Morgan v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al | November 18, 2008 | November 19, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Monte Morgan alleged that the Rock Band drum kit fractures under ordinary and expected usage. |
| Pulaski & Middleman, LLC v. Google Inc. | August 14, 2008 | October 31, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Pulaski & Middleman, LLC that Defendant Google Inc. breached its contract with advertisers by placing ads on AdSense for Domains and AdSense for Errors sites, as well as low-quality, illegal sites or sites that violated Google's terms of service. |
| Walsh v. Apple, Inc. et al | August 4, 2008 | October 27, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Walsh alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. consistently and uniformly denied its network engineers the required regular, overtime, and other compensation that federal and state laws require. |
| JIT Packaging Inc v. Google, Inc. | August 11, 2008 | August 12, 2008 |
| Plaintiff JIT Packaging Inc. alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. concealed the fact that many of its AdWords advertisements appeared on low quality parked/non-content sites and error pages. |
| Kelly v. Palmer, Reifler & Associates, P.A. | June 26, 2008 | July 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Veronica Kelly alleged that Defendant Palmer, Reifler & Associates, P.A. sent millions of deceptive, unfair and oppressive form civil recovery demand letters. |
| Taylor et al v. Acxiom Corporation et al | January 2, 2007 | June 17, 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. |
| Riker et al v. Gibbons et al | March 6, 2008 | May 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs Ely State Prison inmates alleged that Defendants Nevada state officials deprived them of medical care at Ely State Prison, thereby subjecting them to constant significant risk of serious injury, medical harm, premature death and the needless infliction of pain and suffering. |
| Stiener et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | August 29, 2007 | April 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. |
| Ryan Rodriguez et al v. West Publishing Corporation et al | April 29, 2005 | April 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 al | February 15, 2008 | March 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, 2007 | March 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. |
| Simon-Whelan v. The Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts, Inc. et al | July 13, 2007 | February 7, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Joe Simon-Whelan alleged that Defendants The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Estate of Andy Warhol, Vincent Fremont, Vincent Fremont Enterprises, and The Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. engaged in a scheme of fraud, collusion, and manipulation to control the market for works of art by the late Andy Warhol.
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| Browne et al v. Avvo Inc et al | June 14, 2007 | December 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 al | July 18, 2007 | December 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, 2007 | November 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 al | November 15, 2007 | November 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. |
| Maria et al v. Apple Computer, Inc. | August 8, 2007 | November 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 Litigation | February 27, 2007 | November 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 al | November 7, 2007 | November 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 Corporation | September 14, 2007 | November 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" Litigation | June 16, 2006 | November 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 Corporation | September 27, 2007 | October 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, 2007 | October 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 al | June 15, 2007 | October 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, 2007 | September 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 al | August 13, 2007 | September 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, 2006 | August 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. Google | July 15, 2005 | June 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, 2005 | June 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. |
| Hollander v. Copacabana Nightblub et al | June 21, 2007 | June 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Roy Den Hollander alleged that Defendants Copacabana Nightclub, China Club, Guest House, A.E.R. Nightclub, Lotus and Sol allows females in free up to a certain time but charge men for admission until that same time, or allow ladies in free over a longer time span than men. |
| LASSOFF v. GOOGLE, INC. | August 10, 2006 | May 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. |
| Huf v. Apple, Inc. | March 11, 2009 | |
| Cable et al v. Microsoft Corporation | February 27, 2009 | |
| Plaintiffs claim that the Xbox 360 video game console suffered from numerous hardware defects: (1) the red ring of death renders the console inoperable; (2) the optical disk drive scratches discs when the console is titled or swiveled; and (3) Error Code 74. |
| Kellner v. Madoff et al | December 12, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff alleged that Defendants Bernard L. Madoff and Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC defrauded the public and profited from the fraudulent sale of securities by engaging in a Ponzi scheme. |
| Elvig v. Nintendo of America, Inc. | December 2, 2008 | |
| Bergman et al v. Thelen LLP et al | November 24, 2008 | |
| Cortez v. Electronic Arts, Inc. | October 27, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Dianna Cortez alleged that Defendant Electronic Arts, Inc. distributed a copyright protection program with its video games that covertly installed itself on the Plaintiff's computer without consent or authorization. |
| Werth et al v. Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP et al | October 20, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs seek recovery of damages in the amount of 60 days' pay and ERISA benefits, unpaid wages, and vacation time on behalf of the employees of Defendant Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe who were terminated because of Defendant's dissolution. |
| Eldridge v. Electronic Arts, Inc. | October 14, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Electronic Arts Inc. engaged in deceptive and unlawful conduct in designing, marketing, and distributing a computer game demo (Spore Creature Creator Free) that contains undisclosed and unconsented to Digital Rights Management technology. |
| Sen v. Apple Inc. et al | September 22, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Jai Sen alleged that Defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. designed, marketed, manufactured, distributed and sold 3G iPhones that prematurely developed hairline cracks in the casing. Plaintiff also alleged that the 3G iPhone demanded too much power and that the AT&T infrastructure was insufficient to handle 3G signal volume. |
| Thomas v. Electronic Arts, Inc. | September 22, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Melissa Thomas alleged that Defendant Electronic Arts, Inc. intentionally did not disclose to any Spore purchasers that the game disk possessed a second, hidden program which secretly installed to the command and control center of the computer and surreptitiously operated, overseeing function and operation on the computer, preventing the computer from operating under certain circumstances and/or disrupting hardware operations. |
| Walters v. Apple Computer Inc et al | September 12, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Aaron Walters alleged that Defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. engaged in a deceptive and unfair business practice by wrongfully and unfairly deceiving the public and their customers by misrepresenting the speed, strength and performance of their new iPhone 3G device and its related 3G-bandwidth network protocol in the advertisement and sale of their iPhone 3G device. |
| Smith, et al v. Apple, Inc. | August 19, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Jessica Alena Smith alleged she purchased an iPhone 3G from Defendant Apple, Inc. that was not "twice as fast" as Defendant had advertised. She also alleged that she experienced an inordinate amount of dropped calls. |
| Lane et al v. Facebook, Inc. et al | August 12, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant Facebook, Inc. and Defendants Facebook Beacon Activated Affiliates (i.e., Blockbuster, Inc., Fandango, Inc., Hotwire, Inc., STA Travel, Inc., Overstock.com, Inc., Zappos.com, Inc. and Gamefly, Inc.) violated their privacy |
| RK West, Inc. v. Google, Inc. | July 17, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff RK West, Inc. d/b/a Malibu Sales brings a class action on behalf of all persons or entities located within the United States who created an AdWords campaign an were subsequently charged for clicks for ads placed on parked domains. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Google, Inc. does not disclose the web addresses of the parked domains where Plaintiff's ads were placed, clicked on and subsequently charged for. Plaintiff also alleges that parked domains are a constant source of invalid clicks and that advertisers have no way to distinguish between valid and invalid clicks from parked domains. |
| BOOKLOCKER.COM INC v. AMAZON.COM INC | May 19, 2008 | |
| Beabraut v. Gordon Ramsay Holdings U.S., LLC et al | May 2, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Mario Beabraut alleged that Defendants Gordon Ramsay Holdings US LLC and Gordon Ramsay Boca Raton LP denied him overtime compensation and other relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
| Sanders-v-Apple, Inc. | March 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. |
| Morales et al v. Greater Omaha Packing | March 3, 2008 | |
| Malott v. Ebay Incorporated | November 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. |
