Tech

PayPal stole users’ money after freezing, seizing funds, lawsuit alleges

Enlarge (credit: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek) PayPal is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that the digital payments company violated racketeering laws by freezing customer funds without offering an explanation. When users contacted PayPal about the frozen funds , they were told they had violated the particular company’s “acceptable use policy” but weren’t told how that violation had […]

Tech

Children poisoned by Flint water will receive majority of $626 million settlement

Enlarge / The city of Flint Water Plant water tower in Flint, Michigan. (credit: Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) Residents of Flint, Michigan, began complaining in 2014 that their water tasted bad, smelled foul, and came out of the tap discolored. The city had switched water supplies to save money, and in the process, the city plus […]

Tech

Google+ class action starts paying out $2. 15 for G+ privacy violations

Release YouTube, you beast! (credit: 123pendejos ) Who remembers the sudden and dramatic death of Google+? Google’s Facebook competitor plus “social backbone” was effectively dead inside the company} around 2014, but Google let the failed service hang around for years in maintenance mode while the company spun off standalone products. In 2018, The Wall Street […]

Entertainment

Lisa Vanderpump Sued (Again!) For Alleged Wage Theft And Manipulation — This Time, At Pump

Lisa Vanderpump is the subject of another major class-action lawsuit levied against her restaurant businesses in which her employees are accusing her of not compensating them fairly or legally! Less than a year ago, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum was faced with a class-action suit like this with major accusations and allegations from SUR staffers. […]