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Apple to settle water damage warranty lawsuit for $53 million

Apple to settle water damage warranty lawsuit for $53 million
  • Posted April 12, 2013, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • Apple has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement on a class action accusing the company of denying repairs for some of its mobile devices while they were still under warranty. The payout covers the original iPhone, the iPhone 3G,…

Judge largely dismisses suit against Sony over PSN breach

Judge largely dismisses suit against Sony over PSN breach
  • Posted October 24, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • US District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia has largely dismissed (PDF) a class action suit over Sony's 2011 hacking fiasco. Shortly after Sony revealed that hackers had swiped the personal details of tens of millions of PlayStation customers in a massive security…

Steam's updated user agreement bans class action suits

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  • Posted August 2, 2012, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Following the lead of EA, Microsoft, Sony and other gaming outfits, Valve updated its Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA) Tuesday to forbid users from filing class action lawsuits. The change comes as a surprise to many gamers, who generally regard Valve as one of the "good guys"...

Shareholder hits Nokia with class-action suit for poor Lumia sales

Shareholder hits Nokia with class-action suit for poor Lumia sales
  • Posted May 8, 2012, 4:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • One of Nokia's angry shareholders, Robert Chmielinski instructed law firm Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd to file a class-action lawsuit (PDF) in a New York court against the firm, claiming it misled investors with promises that the partnership with Microsoft…

Angry parents file class action suit against Apple over in-app payments

Angry parents file class action suit against Apple over in-app payments
  • Posted April 17, 2012, 11:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple
  • Apple's hectic legal department is set to wake up to yet another lawsuit this week, this time a class action lawsuit filed by angry parents who claim the American iPhone and iPad retailer is unfairly profiting from in-app purchases of…

Apple settles class action lawsuit, will pay $15 to iPhone 4 owners

Apple settles class action lawsuit, will pay $15 to iPhone 4 owners
  • Posted February 20, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Although "Antennagate" has long since slipped from the headlines and become little more than a fuzzy memory for most, the legal drama surrounding the matter has finally come to a close. 

Sony is immune to class-action suits? One PS3 owner begs to differ

Sony is immune to class-action suits? One PS3 owner begs to differ
  • Posted December 21, 2011, 7:24 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • Sony's had a tough year. After a series of humiliating security breaches, the Japanese firm stood as a punching bag for the tech community, disproving the old adage that any publicity is good publicity. The company reportedly spent $171 million…

Weekend tech reading: EA's user agreement forbids lawsuits

Weekend tech reading: EA
  • Posted September 25, 2011, 3:48 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Electronic Arts has updated its Terms of Service Agreement for the Origin platform. Following Sony's lead, and taking it even further, EA has added a new clause that prevents users from suing them in both class action and jury trial forms...

Sony changes PSN terms to block class action lawsuits

Sony changes PSN terms to block class action lawsuits
  • Posted September 16, 2011, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Gaming
  • This is interesting. In a mandatory PlayStation 3 update, Sony has slipped a change to the terms of service for the PlayStation Network so that users who accept it are basically giving up the right to take part in a…

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