On February 18, 2018, Kaplan Fox filed a class action lawsuit in Tampa, Florida, alleging that EmCare Inc., Envision Healthcare Corp., and their business affiliates (“EmCare”) engaged in unlawful hospital billing practices in the state of Florida. The lawsuit alleges that EmCare engaged in a practice sometimes known as “balance billing” or “surprise billing” when a patient visits a hospital covered by their insurance but ends up being treated by contracted physicians who are “out-of-network.”
Read moreOn December 22, 2017, Kaplan Fox filed a class action consumer protection complaint against Apple, Inc. for Apple’s alleged misrepresentations and omissions with regards to its iPhone software updates.
Read moreOn September 7, 2017, Kaplan Fox brought a proposed class action lawsuit against health-insurer Aetna and its affiliates in federal court in San Francisco, California. The lawsuit alleges that Aetna and its business partners ran afoul of state and federal privacy laws by sending a mailing to 12,000 patients receiving medications for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS.
Read moreOn January 31, 2017, Kaplan Fox filed a federal class action lawsuit against Logitech alleging that its digital video security products were deceptively marketed and ultimately defective. Plaintiffs’ case alleges that Logitech sold consumers digital video home security “Alert Systems” that did not work as advertised because they contained defects in the hardware and faulty software that caused the Alert Systems to fail.
Read moreOn January 19, 2017, Kaplan Fox attorney, Matthew George, presented at Bridgeport Continuing Legal Education’s “Mastering the Deposition” conference in San Francisco, California.
Read moreIn a precedential ruling, a federal appeals court has revived a proposed medical data privacy class action against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that alleges Horizon failed to secure sensitive personal information as required by federal statute.
Read moreOn December 20, 2016, Kaplan Fox filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Yahoo! alleging that its recently announced data breaches violate its subscribers’ privacy rights.
Read moreOn November 18, 2016, federal court Judge Mary Scriven appointed Kaplan Fox to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee to represent 21st Century Oncology patients impacted by the medical data breach announced earlier this year.
Read moreOn November 4, 2016, Kaplan Fox defeated a bid by Chipotle to dismiss claims brought by consumers in four states that Chipotle’s “Non-GMO” marketing campaign was deceptive and misleading to consumers because they allege Chipotle’s meat, pork, and dairy products are sourced from animals that are raised on genetically-modified feed.
Read moreOn October 18, 2016, Kaplan Fox filed a consumer fraud class action against Theranos and Walgreens over patients’ claims that the companies duped consumers into taking blood tests that were inaccurate and unreliable. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona, on behalf of patients who obtained Theranos blood testing services at Walgreens locations throughout Arizona in 2015 and 2016.
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