Restaurant Owners Withholding a Portion of Your Digital Tips? When tips make up the bulk of your income, every bit counts – so we’re opening this issue with an investigation into restaurants and other companies that may have illegally withheld digital tips from workers. From there, we’ll touch on several recently filed lawsuits involving claims of harmful chemicals in certain Huggies products, the availability of suitable therapists on a prominent online therapy platform, and a potentially dangerous canine joint treatment. Keep reading for the details on these cases, as well as the latest class action settlements that you may be able to claim. - Ty Armstrong, Writer/Community Manager |
| Attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking into whether lawsuits can be filed against the owners of restaurants and delivery services that don’t pay out tips that were made electronically through an application or tablet. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, owners are not permitted to retain any portion of workers’ tips, regardless of how they’re made. Read up on the investigation here. |
Lawsuit: Toxic Forever Chemicals in Huggies Baby Wipes According to the filing, Huggies Simply Clean Fragrance Free baby wipes may contain PFAS, a group of human-made chemicals that can be harmful even at very low levels and are known to accumulate in the body over time. The case says the products are therefore unsafe to use and should have never been marketed as containing “gentle” ingredients. Read up on the allegations here. |
| New Data Breach Investigations | | | Got a data breach
notice? Don’t throw it out – and check out our full list of ongoing investigations here. You may be able to help get a class action lawsuit started. | |
| | ~ In Case You Missed It ~ Did You Buy the Stanley Jr. Kids Garden Tool Set from Costco? Attorneys working with ClassAction.org are looking into whether a class action lawsuit can be filed after the rake and hoe from the Stanley Jr. Kids Wheelbarrow and 7-piece Garden Set, sold exclusively at Costco and on Costco.com, were recalled due to excessive lead levels, posing a safety hazard to children. Learn how a class action lawsuit could help compensate those who bought the product here. |
Case Updates  Our settlements page is always being updated. Have you checked to see if you're covered by any open settlements? You can also check out the latest settlements as they happen by following us on Twitter. |
| Latest Settlements - Philadelphia Inquirer Online Privacy
You may be covered by this settlement if you had a digital subscription with The Philadelphia Inquirer at any point between October 1, 2019 and January 16, 2024 and used Facebook during that time. - Charlotte Tilbury Beauty - Biometric Privacy (Illinois)
You may be included in this settlement if you used a beauty tech tool or any other virtual "try on" tool on the Charlotte Tilbury Beauty website or mobile app in Illinois between December 1, 2019 and August 31, 2023. - Henry Ford Health System
You may be included in this settlement if Henry Ford mailed you a written data breach notification stating that your information may have been compromised in a cyber incident that occurred around March 30, 2023. | | |
To view a complete list of settlements and to find out how you can file a claim, click here. |
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| | ~ In Other News ~ | A recently filed lawsuit is alleging that BetterHelp—which claims to have the “world’s largest network of licensed, accredited, and experienced therapists”—is misleading patients about the capacity of its provider network. Specifically, the case claims that BetterHelp accepts more patients than it can effectively accommodate, so therapists are often assigned based on availability and not on a patient’s actual therapeutic needs. Learn more. |
| The suit alleges that the maker of the canine osteoarthritis drug has failed to adequately warn pet owners of the dangers of the treatment. Librela, the brand name version of bedinvetmab, has allegedly been linked to thousands of reports of adverse events in dogs, including behavior changes, urinary incontinence, seizures, worsening osteoarthritis symptoms, and death. Read more on this page. |
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