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Multiple class action lawsuits and legal investigations target Venmo and its parent company PayPal, Inc. in April 2026. The allegations range from refusing to reimburse fraud victims and freezing accounts without explanation to charging hidden credit card fees and sending illegal text messages. The only completed settlement — a $58 million privacy case — closed…
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent on March 25, 2026, in the first civil trial to hold social media companies liable for deliberately designing their platforms to addict young users. The jury awarded $6 million in total damages to a 20-year-old California woman who started using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram…
A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7 million in September 2025 after finding the company collected data from roughly 98 million users who had explicitly turned off the “Web & App Activity” privacy setting. Google is appealing the verdict. No claim form exists yet. If you disabled that setting any time between July 2016…
Plaintiffs sued Galderma Laboratories, L.P., the maker of Differin, alleging the company failed to warn consumers that three of its benzoyl peroxide acne products were potentially contaminated with benzene — a chemical classified as a known carcinogen. Galderma denies that the labeling and advertising for its Differin branded acne treatment was misleading, that its products…
Between August 3 and 6, 2024, hackers broke into a business application used by Avis Rent A Car System LLC and Avis Budget Group Inc., stealing names, driver’s license numbers, birth dates, credit card details, and phone numbers from approximately 299,066 customers. A class action lawsuit followed, and Avis agreed to pay $1.02 million to…
A federal class action lawsuit accused Google of secretly using Android users’ paid cellular data to transmit information to its own servers — even when phones were locked, idle, and all apps were closed. Google agreed to pay $135 million to settle. U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi granted preliminary approval in March 2026. Over 100…
Dozens of people who were on the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021 have filed a class action lawsuit against the two police agencies that defended the building that day. The lawsuit, filed Friday at a federal court in Florida, contends that the actions of U.S. Capitol Police and members of DC’s Metropolitan Police Department…
Most people who followed the Juul story assume it ended with the $300 million false advertising settlement that paid out in 2024. It did not. A completely separate lawsuit — this one about price-fixing, not addiction — has been quietly advancing through a California federal court for six years. On February 5, 2026, a judge…
Hayward Holdings told investors its pool equipment business was thriving even as the real picture deteriorated. When the truth came out, the stock dropped — and investors lost money. A class action followed, and Hayward, its CEO and CFO, private equity sponsors CCMP Capital and MSD Partners, and several directors have agreed to pay $19.85…