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Sort by date 1,689 pages found matching security breach- Auction-rate Securities: What They Are, and Why You Should Call Your Lawyer
Apr-10-08 New York, NY An investment product often touted as completely liquid and as good as cash is proving to be anything but in a slowing economy, leaving many desperate investors high and dry, and without access to their funds. Auction-rate securities , it turns out, are in reality not akin to cash and the fine print, it has been reported, duly points that out... - Go Figure: Your Wireless Implantable Defibrillator Can be Hacked
Mar-13-08 Washington, DC Taking a page right out of James Bond, a soon-to-be-published research paper analyzing the sophistication of implantable medical devices (IMD) and cardiac defibrillators (ICD) sheds new light on the capacity of such devices to be programmed and adjusted from outside the body by a medical professional, presumably your doctor. The bad n... - Norton Overpayments Amount to Double Billing
Nov-12-07 Seattle, WA It's ironic that Norton Internet Security software is far from secure when it comes to charging the consumer. Cheryl Rider (not her real name) was charged twice on her credit card for a Norton Internet Security subscription. "I thought I had to pay Symantec again because this pop-up kept on appearing on my screen, warning me that Norton Inter... - Biogen ERISA Lawsuit Slams 401k Fiduciaries for Poor Investments, High Costs
Sep-10-20 Boston, MA On August 31, participants in the Biogen, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan filed a class-action ERISA lawsuit , alleging that plan administrators mismanaged employees’ retirement savings in ways that will leave them poorer in retirement. More specifically, the lawsuit charges that the plan’s administrative committee and other fiduciari... - Are Forfeiture Lawsuits the Next Trend for ERISA Litigation in 2024?
Jan-3-24 Oakland, CA On December 13, Clorox Co. asked the Northern District of California to dismiss a class action ERISA breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit that targets the company’s longstanding practice of using forfeited employer contributions to participants’ accounts to reduce its required contributions to the plan. Plan participants argue that... - Yale University Pension Plan Lawsuit Heading to Jury Trial
Dec-12-22 Hartford, CT On October 21, 2022, the Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut held that participants in the Yale University Retirement Account Plan will have an opportunity to present their allegations of financial mismanagement to a jury. The ERISA lawsuit alleges that plan administrators violated their ERISA fiduciary duty t... - The White Knight of the Wired World
May-22-14 Seattle, WA Danger lurks in the wired world and consumers have only a vague notion of just how treacherous the Internet has become, according to Craig Spiezle, a former Microsoft executive turned white knight of the wired world determined to protect consumers and the integrity of the Internet and the viability of the “wired economy.” Banks a... - Sutter Medical Faces Class Action over Patient Data Breach
Los Angeles, CA: A privacy class-action lawsuit against Sutter Medical Foundation and Sutter Physician Services has been filed, alleging the medical provider did not properly safeguard medical information for more than 4 million of its patients affected by the mid-October theft of a computer from the Sutter Medical Foundation headquarters. The suit was... - Consumer Credit Information Protection: Not All Companies Follow the Rules
Apr-7-07 Fort Worth, TX: Two high profile incidents in which consumer personal information was made vulnerable have highlighted the importance of companies following rules designed to protect consumer credit information. When companies do not follow those rules consumers are at risk of becoming victims of identity theft. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has... - Security Breach, University of California pays National Nuclear Security Administration $2.8 million settlement
Albuquerque, NM: (Dec-17-07) The National Nuclear Security Administration brought charges against the University of California, following a security breakdown at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2006. The violation stems from an October 2006 drug bust in which Los Alamos police discovered classified documents and several computer storage devices. Sources... - security deposit
Security deposits are meant to insure against the contingencies of unpaid rents, tenant-inflicted damages, and unclean premises at the termination of the lease. However, the security deposit has evolved into a bonus kept by the landlord upon termination of the lease agreement regardless of the damages actually sustained. In reality, any balance of the s... - Business Owners Liable for Crimes against Customers on their Premises
Feb-18-17 Orlando, FL It happens all the time. A customer is assaulted or robbed or injured in some way while on the premises of a business. Unfortunately, says veteran Orlando attorney Rich Newsome, many people don’t realize premises liability law says businesses have an obligation to see that their customers are safe. And if a business fails to do so... - Insurance Companies in Denial regarding Long COVID
Sep-15-22 Santa Clara, CA Despite government entities recognizing Long Covid as a disability, attorneys are litigating against health insurance companies that deny disability benefits to COVID long haulers. According to guidance by the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, Covid long haulers can be protected unde... - Jander ERISA Lawsuit Settles, but Leaves Questions
Jul-9-21 New York, NY Jander v. Retirement Plans Committee of IBM , a long-running employee stock ownership lawsuit , settled on April 2, 2021 for $4.75 million. The attorneys who represented the retirement plan participants have now requested $1.4 million in fees for the latest Supreme Court phase of the case. In deciding whether to approve the fee, the Southern... - Nova Southeastern University to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $1.5 Million
Nov-12-24 Fort Lauderdale, FL On October 9, Nova Southeastern University agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit in which participants in the Nova University Defined Contribution Plan claimed that the school had mismanaged their retirement savings by paying excessive recordkeeping fees and retaining underperforming investment funds. The plaintiffs’ motion... - $4.5 Million Premises Liability Verdict Against Landlord in Double Murder
Mar-29-15 What duty does a landlord owe to residents to make an apartment complex safe under premises liability law? The Florida Supreme Court recently answered that property owners cannot ignore security issues, finding an apartment owner liable for negligence for failure to repair the security gate of a gated apartment complex. It upheld a $4.5 million jury ve... - Unum’s Charitable Donations Sure to Infuriate Policyholders’ Denied Disability Benefits
Mar-4-15 New York, NY Last month, Unum, or Unum Provident reported that it contributed $3 million in 2014 to non-profit organizations in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. As well, Unum employees volunteered thousands of hours to “their favorite local causes.” No doubt this infuriates disabled policyholders who were denied their Unum long-term d... - Massive California Labor Ruling Victory for California Workers
Jan-9-15 San Francisco, CA The California Supreme Court last week ruled that workers who are required to stay at a worksite, such as security guards and domestic employees, should be compensated for all their hours, including sleep time. This decision may open the flood gates for California overtime claims. It has the potential to affect every on-call worker... - Some Amusement Park Accidents Have Little to Do with the Rides
Oct-15-14 Upper Marlboro, MD In most cases an amusement park accident or incident involves a mechanical problem with a ride or other attraction through mechanical breakdown, poor maintenance procedures or operator error. Newer riders are increasingly sophisticated, and faster. However, a fact of amusement park life that is not often mentioned is park security... - Northern District of Illinois Nixes Mandatory Arbitration in ERISA Lawsuit
Feb-8-21 Chicago, IL On January 25, the Northern District of Illinois denied Triad Manufacturing’s attempt to force ESOP participants to individually arbitrate their claims of fiduciary self-dealing. The ERISA lawsuit , James Smith v. Board of Directors of Triad Manufacturing Inc. , alleged that the Board of Directors caused the plan to buy Triad stock at a...