News in Brief July 27 – Urban Outfitters, TurboTax and More

Urban Outfitters Avoids Zip Code Lawsuit

A putative class action claiming that Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie illegally asked customers for their zip codes when they checked out was dismissed on Tuesday. The case met its end when the D.C. Circuit Court found that the lower court that previously reviewed it had no jurisdiction to do so because of the Supreme Court’s Spokeo v. Robins decision. According to the decision, the shoppers never had a case because, by requesting their zip codes, the retailers caused no harm.

Intuit Settles TurboTax Lawsuit

Intuit has agreed to settle a putative class action claiming that it illegally tried to avoid responsibility for any damage done by its tax software TurboTax. The lawsuit claimed that TurboTax’s terms and conditions contained language used to protect Intuit from product liability claims. Terms of the settlement have not yet been made public.

Class Certification Granted to Allegedly Misclassified Football Players

A group of women’s football league players has been granted class certification in a lawsuit claiming they were underpaid and misclassified as independent contractors. The players say that Legends Football League refuses to pay them overtime and failed to reimburse them for business expenses, which included socks, cleats and mouth guards. The lawsuit is looking to compensate close to 50 players.

FDA Updates Antibiotic Warnings

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will be implementing label changes for a class of antibiotics with potentially severe side effects. The antibiotics, known as fluoroquinolones, can cause irreversible damage to the central nervous system, tendons, joints and muscles of some patients. The new labeling will accurately portray these risks, according to the FDA’s announcement, and hopefully result in the drug only being prescribed in severe cases (e.g., anthrax, pneumonia) and not for conditions that can be cured by other types of antibiotics.