Michael Gennaro

3 days ago | courthousenews.com | Michael Gennaro

The FTC says in its complaint that Uber billed consumers prematurely and made it prohibitively difficult to cancel its Uber One service. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit on Monday against Uber, accusing the ride-share giant of enrolling users in its Uber One subscription service without consent, failing to honor promised savings and creating a labyrinthine cancellation process in violation of federal consumer protection laws.

6 days ago | courthousenews.com | Michael Gennaro

Though the Supreme Court ruled that federal probationary employees fired under the direction of the Office of Personnel Management in February can't be rehired, they still had standing to sue, a judge ruled.

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Michael Gennaro

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge told Nestle at a hearing Thursday morning that she was likely to allow claims to survive against the company over deceptive advertising of a drink it sells that purports to help diabetics manage their disease.

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Michael Gennaro

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Crocs asked a federal judge Tuesday to dismissed a proposed class's claims that some of its models of shoes considerably shrink when exposed to heat or sunny weather. The plaintiffs filed their complaint in December and claimed that they purchased the shoes to use in warm, sunny weather or at the beach but after wearing the shoes, they shrank to the point of being unusable.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Michael Gennaro

The tribes say that the gold mining operation will harm fish, migratory birds and other wildlife, as well as disrupt tribal traditions and subsistence activities near Safety Sound. (CN) — Three Alaska Native tribes are challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recent approval of a gold mining project that would bring industrial suction dredging — a mining technique used to extract materials from the bottom of bodies of water— to a pristine estuary in Northwest Alaska.