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T-Mobile agrees to pay $200 million to settle Sprint’s Lifeline abuse...
Sprint was accused of erroneously collecting subsidies from consumers who werent using the programBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsNovember 5, 2020T-Mobile has agreed to pay $200 million to settle...
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Home Depot settles 2014 data breach for $17.5 million
The retailer promises its systems will be safe going forwardBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsNovember 25, 2020Home Depot has cut a deal with 45 states and the District of Columbia and will pay $17.5...
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Google accused of violating labor laws by monitoring workers
The company allegedly retaliated against workers who were trying to unionize by firing themBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsDecember 3, 2020The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a...
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DOJ sues Facebook for discriminating against U.S. workers
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the company of deliberately favoring temporary visa holdersBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsDecember 4, 2020The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Facebook for...
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Chick-fil-A files lawsuit against chicken suppliers for alleged price-fixing
Price-fixing accusations have already been levied at several companies this yearBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsDecember 7, 2020Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has filed a lawsuit against 17 chicken...
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General Electric agrees to pay $200 million to settle SEC charges of...
The company has been accused of disclosure failuresBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsDecember 10, 2020The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged General Electric (GE) with misleading...
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Ten states file antitrust suit against Google
The complaint accuses the search giant of teaming up with Facebook to stifle competitionBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsDecember 17, 2020Ten states have filed an antitrust suit against Google,...
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Visa drops its plans to acquire fintech company Plaid
The Justice Department opposed the deal, calling it anti-competitiveBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 13, 2021The deal is off. Visa and Plaid have announced they are dropping their plans to...
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Gig drivers in California file lawsuit to repeal Prop 22 ballot measure
Itll be an uphill battle, but the organizers are determined to be classified as employeesBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 13, 2021Here we go again. Lyft and Uber drivers in California have...
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Toyota reaches $180 million settlement over Clean Air Act violations
The DOJ and the EPA have accused the company of evading oversight through disclosure failuresBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 15, 2021Toyota is set to pay a $180 million fine for failing to...
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Tesla accuses former employee of stealing company secrets
The employee claims he forgot he transferred the files to his personal DropboxBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 25, 2021Tesla is suing one of its former employees for allegedly stealing...
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Subway refutes lawsuit that claims its tuna salad has no actual tuna
Plaintiffs say the company is intentionally misrepresenting its productBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsJanuary 29, 2021Subway has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging that its tuna salad doesnt...
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Bayer proposes $2 billion fund to pay for future Roundup claims
The fund would reduce the number of future lawsuitsBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 4, 2021German chemical company Bayer AG has proposed setting up a $2 billion fund to compensate people who...
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McKinsey & Company to pay $573 settlement over its role in the opioid epidemic
The company was accused of advertising a way to supercharge opioid salesBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 4, 2021McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay $573 million to settle claims that...
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SEC accuses GPB Capital of running $1.7 billion Ponzi scheme
Around 17,000 investors were defrauded, according to the complaintBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 5, 2021The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged investment adviser...
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CFPB investigates Venmo over its debt collections practices
Regulators are seeking answers to questions regarding the apps collections processesBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 8, 2021The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) is investigating...
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GameStop stock surge reportedly under investigation for possible manipulation
At the center of the controversy is trading app company RobinhoodBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 12, 2021The Department of Justice (DOJ) and other U.S. government agencies are taking a hard...
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Congress holds hearing into last month’s GameStop volatility
The CEO of Robinhood and hedge fund principals testified at the hearingBy Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 19, 2021Last months extreme stock market volatility in GameStop stock was the focus of...
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Texas woman sues electric company after her bill was nearly $10,000 following...
Thousands of other customers in the state are likely experiencing the same huge spikeBy Gary Guthrie of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 25, 2021On top of the extensive property damage, collapsed roofs, and...
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TikTok agrees to pay $92 million to settle massive class-action lawsuit
The company was accused of harvesting highly sensitive personal data from usersBy Sarah D. Young of ConsumerAffairsFebruary 26, 2021TikTok has agreed to pay $92 million to settle lawsuits claiming that...
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