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a legal action on behalf of a "class" of people (e.g. employees of a certain company), rather than an individual.

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The Couchbase Community Edition License Agreement states: You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and you may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, ...
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Let's say there's a class action lawsuit, regarding specific device, called aBanana. Normally, a class member would be someone who bought and used an aBanana device, and was affected by some issues ...
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Rep Jamie Raskin said in a media report that he was looking into the possibility of a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk for his allegedly illegal access of Treasury Department data. Raskin says ...
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My question is whether one class can file a class action suit over the same issues and actions addressed by a different class in a prior class action? I know res judicata and estoppel apply to members ...
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If women are systematically underpaid at a company, that's strong grounds for a lawsuit. Same for Blacks, or gays, or older people, etc.. But what about ugly people? If a company systematically ...
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A bunch of people want to sue company X in a class-action lawsuit. A bunch of different lawyers/law firms want to represent them. What happens if there isn't a consensus (i.e. it's not the case that ...
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Can multiple class action lawsuits can be filed against the same defendant for the same issue? (and if the answer is "yes", the bonus question is, how does that work? Do potential class ...
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I have seen an email from a lawyer telling the recipient that they may be entitled to money from a class action settlement. After quite a few paragraphs about this, it says: PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE ...
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I received notice of a settlement pending for a class-action lawsuit. I did not meet the definition of people who comprise the class. Members of the class must have opened an account with a ...
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Addressed to me at the house I bought 2 years ago, I got a notice about Burnett et al. v The National Association of Realtors et al. It says that if I sold a home and paid a commission to a real ...
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I'm trying to figure out if I am covered under NY law for purposes of triggering the WARN Act (and potentially seeking damages with a class action). I was recently laid off, along with 50+ employees, ...
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It is well known that lead and in particular tetraethyl lead (the antiknock compound added to gasoline) can profoundly affect the central nervous system -- indeed, if people are worried about water ...
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I notice that, on social media, there are numbers of videos by detransitioners, or those unable to reverse their procedures, expressing their regret for a childhood decision that was facilitated by ...
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There are currently a number of places recruiting for a class action lawsuit against Tylenol, and other medicines that use acetaminophen, due to the supposed risk of mother's use of it during ...
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The scenario: A landlord holding multiple rental properties/apartments has been found in a class action lawsuit to have been illegally overcharging renters for X amount of money per month each over a ...
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If a minor is included in the class of a class action lawsuit, and the plaintiffs win or the defendant settles, can the minor receive payment? The suit was filed in California (the GitHub Copilot suit)...
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I have been inundated with advertisements lately regarding a class action lawsuit that claims that people that have spent a period of time at a Marine base (Camp Lejeune) during the 1990's may have ...
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The Steam Subscriber Agreement has an interesting clause in its "Dispute Resolution/Binding Arbitration/Class Action Wavier" section: If any part of Section 11 (Dispute Resolution/Binding ...
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There, of course, are such a compensatory-to-punitive damages ratio principle — even if merely in the form of fairly complex guideposts for e.g. the BMW guidepost, the just less-less-than-10x of ...
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If a Motion for Class Certification is denied by the court, does the case continue? I'm trying to research litigation against a specific US company and I've come across some cases in which the court ...
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I know there have been stories (and questions) about people who deliberately sued themselves, usually as a symbolic statement or satire. But supposing Bob invents the designs for (Product), and then (...
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In December 2019, Apple introduced its flagship Mac Pro to meet the performance needs of professionals. In addition to showcasing its state-of-the-art hardware components, Apple claimed the machine is ...
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In 2018, Patreon removed content creator Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad) from their platform over violations of their terms of service by using racial and homophobic slurs. Recently, calls seem to ...
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Like most Americans, I am economically harmed by the current restrictions in place to cope with the SARS-nCov-2 pandemic. However, the variety of outcomes in different countries around the world show ...
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I paid $100 for 6 TB of cloud storage (Microsoft) for a lot of personal videos. That contract ends May 31, 2021. I'm sure I can then renew it, but are there any laws in any country preventing a large ...
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Suppose a spam email tells you that you've earned $1m. To get the funds the email goes on to tell you to email [email protected]. My question revolves around why Gmail doesn't block "joe.schmoe@...
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Today I received eight scam robocalls about my social security number being suspended and only one real call. On average, 2/3 all calls in the US are robocalls, many of them scams. This is a well-...
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The equifax class action lawsuit seems to have been settled, but it seems clear that people aren't going to get the expected payout. If I really wanted to stick it to Equifax for what I consider ...
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Left or right hand dominance is congenital. Suppose a child incurred a disorder such as dyslexia from being taught to use the non-dominant hand (as many have been due to the lack of left handed ...
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specifically within the adam walsh act, in florida, it allows the ICAC to enact "proactive investigations" and this is how they avoid being pursued for entrapment. Blacks law definitions What is ...
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I'm in Texas, about to sign a new lease. They've sent it to me to e-sign, and there's no option to submit the lease without signing/initialing something. I'm not expecting to be part of a class action ...
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This is regarding to my question: Is this apparent Class Action settlement a spam message? From answers I understood that it isn't a spam. But what options I have? They offer only two: file a claim ...
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I suffered significant personal injury after taking the drug Seroquel for seven years. A class action lawsuit was settled against the drug maker, Astra Zeneca, in 2010. According to this article (...
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What has been the largest payout in a class suit action against a corporation in the USA due to deliberate corporate malfeasance of whatever kind?
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If I am a defendant in a class action lawsuit, and win a certain amount of money, do I have to report the earnings to the IRS?
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After viewing my receipts I noticed a company is charging it’s customers for extra items I assume by “accident”. When I go back the next day to confront them they apologize and are gracious enough to ...
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Is it possible to have a class action if customers have agreed to a arbitration clause forbidding class action? Is their a way around the arbitration agreement? Does the arbitration agreement cover ...
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Source: Janet Walker and Lorne Sossin. Civil Litigation (Feb. 2010). p. 158 Bottom - 159 Top. The Ontario Law Reform Commission anticipated the concerns raised by the potential for collusion ...
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If I am automatically opted into a class action suite (against the Arizona Department of Revenue in this case) is the burden of discovery enforceable According to the notice "As a Class member" you ...
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This question is motivated by a class action suit in the US, against a US manufacturer who sells their products worldwide. The product is alleged faulty, and a class action suit has been filed in the ...
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When a publicly traded company's stock value falls due to some incident or event faced by the company, the shareholders have sued the company alleging breach of duty among other causes of action. The ...
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Equifax recently announced they suffered a very large data breach, allegedly affecting almost half of all people in the United States. It's expected that lawsuits against Equifax will be popping up ...
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The small startup company (~6 employees) I worked for was recently acquired by a larger, but still mid-sized company (~200 employees). As part of the acquisition deal, they offered us substantial 3-...
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I recently received an email from Halvorson regarding the lawsuit with Talentbin that I'm entitled to a settlement. I have to submit a claim or if I want to exclude myself I also have to write a ...
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How is the money divided in a class action lawsuit? Do the plaintiffs get a fixed percentage, or is there some kind of "cost" basis. For example, if the attorneys can "deduct costs" then it is ...
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I was reading a contract from a particular large merchant service provider, and found an interesting clause in their developer portal terms & conditions which reads as follows : You agree that ...
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Please excuse my severe lack of knowledge in the world of law, as I am brand new, and am happy to edit my question should it not be correct in any fashion. This is a rather broad question. Suppose I ...
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We hired an LA-based PR agency to do promotion and other related activities for our incoming crowdfunding project. We have been lied to for more than a 1.5 month, constantly told that PR is ongoing ...
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A friend and I learned that we are a members of a class moments before the deadline to submit the required forms for the settlement. That deadline was approved by a judge, and therefore I think it is ...
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I'm a Website developer and this question is about Twitter Player Card. For most websites, Twitter cards are not shown expanded on the feed. Indeed a link on the bottom right of my tweet that reads '...
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