On August 25, 2016, a federal court in San Francisco, California granted final approval of a settlement for multiple class action lawsuits alleging Yahoo!’s email scanning practices violated state and federal wiretap laws.
Read moreOn August 10, 2016, Kaplan Fox, working with co-counsel, defeated an effort by General Mills to dismiss claims brought by consumers in California and New York that the marketing and product labeling for “Cheerios Protein” is deceptive and misleading to consumers because they allege “Cheerios Protein” contains excessive amounts of sugar.
Read moreOn June 21, 2016, Kaplan Fox filed a class action lawsuit against Theranos on behalf of those who paid for blood tests using its “Edison” technology. Plaintiffs’ Complaint alleges that Theranos blood tests were faulty and that consumers were misled that its supposed technology could provide accurate medical diagnoses and information when in fact they did not.
Read moreOn March 26, 2016, Kaplan Fox filed a class action lawsuit against 21st Century Oncology on behalf of patients impacted by 21st Century Oncology’s medical data breach. Plaintiffs’ Complaint alleges that 21st Century Oncology, a nationwide network of cancer treatment centers, failed to protect its patients’ most sensitive medical and personal information, including their social security numbers.
Read moreOn December 10, 2015, Kaplan Fox and co-counsel filed a class action lawsuit against Swagway, LLC and Modell’s Sporting Goods over the sale of defective Swagway Hoverboards. Plaintiff’s case alleges that Swagway Hoverboards were powered by high-powered lithium batteries and that the Hoverboards contained a material defect that causes the Hoverboards to self-combust or short-circuit while charging batteries that can lead to fires, burns and other safety issues. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in the Northern District of Indiana.
Read moreOn November 24, 2015, Kaplan Fox, working with co-counsel, obtained final settlement approval from Judge William Mayhew in Verdie v. Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America, Inc., Stanislaus County Superior Court, Case No. 2004280. Our lawsuit was filed in November 2013 on behalf of consumers who purchased (or received as a gift) defective Mitsubishi LaserVue Televisions.
Read moreKaplan Fox with co-counsel filed a class action lawsuit, Coe et al v. General Mills, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-05112-JCS, N.D. Cal., alleging the cereal manufacturer is misleading customers about one of its latest products, Cheerios Protein. The Complaint contends that General Mills is marketing Cheerios Protein as a “high protein, healthful alternative to Cheerios” when it does not contain much more protein than Original Cheerios.
Read moreNEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Nov 6, 2015) – On October 29, 2015, Judge P. Kevin Castel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York appointed Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) as Interim Co-Liaison Counsel on behalf of consumers that purchased and leased Volkswagen’s “Clean Diesel” vehicles that were installed with unlawful defeat devices intended to cheat state and federal fuel emissions standards.
Read moreKaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) filed a federal class action law suit against Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (“Chipotle” or the “Company”), on behalf of all California consumers who purchased food products from Chipotle between April 27, 2015 and the present. The lawsuit alleges that Chipotle’s marketing and advertising campaign that claims its menu does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is actually deceptive and misleading to consumers because many of Chipotle’s menu items actually do contain GMOs.
Read moreOn May 26, 2015, the Honorable Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California certified a national class and a California subclass of email users in In re Yahoo Mail Litigation, No. 13-cv-4980 (N.D. Cal.). The court also appointed Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP as one of two co-lead law firms. In the suit, four email users are seeking an injunction to stop Yahoo’s announced practice of “scanning” email content for advertising purposes, among other things. Plaintiffs allege in the complaint that Yahoo’s practices violate the federal Stored Communications Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
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