Following a class-action lawsuit filed in California in January, Macintosh has agreed to add a maximum volume control to the iPod nano and the fifth-generation iPod. The lawsuit claimed that iPods could cause hearing damage because they could produce sounds louder than 104 decibels and up to 115 decibels. According to the National Institute on…
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Investors to Sue
The high court has unanimously decided to made it harder for investors to join forces and file lawsuits against companies. In essence, the decision “blocks state class-action lawsuits by stockholders who contend they were tricked into holding onto declining shares.” Specifically, the court is saying that the 1998 Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act permits suits…
Kmart To Pay $13 Million in Settlement
Kmart will pay millions to plaintiffs who fought so the disabled could have easier access to the Big K: DENVER — Kmart has agreed to a $13 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed over access for disabled shoppers. It gives the company until 2013 to bring stores nationwide into compliance with federal standards for…
California vs. Lead Paint Makers
A California appeals court has turned the tables in a suit against makers of lead-based paint: A state appeals court in San Jose, Calif. has reinstated a class-action lawsuit alleging that several paint manufacturers knowingly sold harmful lead-based paint products for decades. The Sixth District Court of Appeal on March 10 reversed a Santa Clara…
Class action suit against IBM has expanded
Spencer Chin of the EETimes reports that the class action against IBM has expanded: MANHASSET, N.Y. — Attorneys for plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp. seeking overtime pay announced that the suit has expanded to include state claims in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New Jersey. The suit already included claims…