Consumer Reports, an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, recently published an article warning about the levels of heavy metals it found in dark chocolates.. The Dark Side Of Dark Chocolate Dark chocolate has long been considered a ‘healthy’ indulgence given its rich supply of antioxidants and relatively low sugar levels. But…
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Generac SnapRS Switches are Defective and Prone To Early Failure A class action lawsuit was recently filed against portable energy giant Generac alleging that its SnapRS swtiches used in residential PWRCell solar energy systems are defective and prone to early failure during normal use. Failure of these switches decrease or completely impedes energy production for…
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Policyholders Claim Massive Rate Increase Unlawful Transamerica Life Insurance Company faces a class action lawsuit over a massive rate increase to its flexible premium life policies. Plaintiffs allege that the 61% increase to their monthly deduction rates (“MDR“) is unlawful and excessive. These policies were issued decades ago. Many policyholders are now elderly and are…
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A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Stitch Fix Inc. (NASDAQ: SFIX) after Stich Fix and certain of its executives were charged with failing to disclose material information as required by federal securities laws. Stitch Fix sells a range of apparel, shoes, and accessories through its website and mobile application. Traditionally, Stitch Fix sold…
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OneTouchPoint, Inc. faces a proposed class action over an April 2022 data breach that allegedly exposed consumer information stored by the printing and mailing services provider. The 46-page lawsuit alleges OneTouchPoint, whose customers include health insurance carriers and medical providers, failed to properly safeguard the personal information of over one million consumers. Per the suit,…
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Emerson Firm is investigating whether the nation’s largest beef packers and processors conspired to depress and to fix the compensation and benefits paid to non-supervisory production and maintenance employees working in beef processing plants in certain states. Beef processing and packers play a vital role in the nations meat supply chain. Industry employees endure physically…
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Ransomware Attack Could Be One Of 2022’s Biggest Health Care Breaches A major ransomware attack on a little-known debt collection firm that serves hundreds of hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. could be one of the biggest data breaches of personal and health information this year. The Greeley Colorado-based Professional Finance Company, known as…
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A wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York-based Hearst Health network, MCG Health is facing a proposed class action seeking to hold it accountable for failing to properly secure patients’ personally identifiable information (PII) and for failing to inform the impacted individuals quicker than the almost 3 months it took. MCG Health, a Seattle based software…
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A class action complaint was recently filed against FCA US and its parent Stellantis in US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of owners and lessees of model years 2017-2018 Ram 2500/3500 trucks. The lawsuit alleges that the Automatic Braking System (“ABS”) and Hydraulic Control Unit (“HCU”) modules used in these…
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Health Care Data Breach Exposes Personal Information Of Two Million People Two million people who sought care at 56 Shields Health Care Group partners across the New England region may have had their personal data exposed after the company’s network server was breached in March. This breach is the largest of the year in healthcare,…
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