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Week Adjourned: 12.10.10

December 10th, 2010. By LucyC

Top Lawsuits

Hilton’s in the news this week. This time it’s not Paris who’s behaving badly, but rather the hotel chain that is her family namesake. A former employee of Hilton Worldwide Inc, is suing the company over allegations of unlawful employment practices. No. Really?

Yes. Specifically, the Hilton lawsuit contains facts related to nonpayment of wages, harassment, and sexual favoritism.

In a nutshell, Brian Marcus was employed by Hilton as the Director of Food & Beverages at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel (“Bayfront”) in San Diego and during his employment, Marcus alleges that he was subjected to harassment and then terminated so that Hilton could avoid having to pay him a bonus that he had already earned. Both of these actions are in violation of California law.

Mr. Marcus alleges that “just over a month before the end of 2009, Hilton terminated Mr. Marcus’s employment and refused to pay him any portion of his bonus for 2009 which he had earned under Hilton’s bonus program. The Complaint alleges that Mr. Marcus’s termination was part of a plan by his supervisor to eliminate him from the hotel so that the supervisor could continue to take additional control without intervention. Hilton created the system by which this supervisor was able to manipulate others for her financial gain and the financial detriment of people like Mr. Marcus.”

In addition, “Hilton subjected Mr. Marcus to a hostile, abusive and intimidating work environment in which sexually inappropriate behavior permeated the workplace. Mr. Marcus is seeking lost pay and benefits and damages associated with mental suffering.”

Bad behavior, it seems, is the Hilton Modus Operandi…

Top Settlements

Just in time for Christmas—five years on. A jury in El Paso has awarded a $132 million settlement to the victims of a bus crash that killed two people and critically injured several Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Apple, Brian Marcus, Bus Accident, Hilton Hotels, Los Paisanos, San Diego Hilton, Semtech, Uriel Chaivira
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Week Adjourned: 7.31.10

July 31st, 2010. By LucyC

Top Class Actions

Another Bite out of Apple. So, Apple is in the news this week, as it was last week, this time over allegations that its iPad is not up to scratch. Essentially, the proposed class action alleges that the smash hit techno gizmo “overheats and fails to operate properly in warm conditions.”

The complaint reportedly states that the iPad “does not live up to the reasonable consumer’s expectations created by Apple” because it “overheats so quickly under common weather conditions.” And, “that in direct sunlight, the iPad turns itself off after just a few minutes of use.”

FYI—Apple said that customers bought 3.27 million iPads last quarter. It was only introduced at the beginning of April. So, no surprise it has outsold the iPod outsold revenue-wise: $2.17 billion in the quarter ended June 10 compared with $1.54 billion for the iPod. Well, if there is a problem, at least we know they can afford the fix.

C’mon, Smile and Say “Fleeced!” What would the week be without a wages class action? This one pertains to back wages reportedly owed to thousands of employees of Consumer Programs Incorporated (CPI) who work at Sears Portrait Studios and Wal-Mart Picture Me Portrait Studios.

BTW—CPI states it is the largest portrait studio operator in North America, with photography services in over 3,000 locations nationally. Umm. That’s a lot of overhead…

The specific allegations include failure to pay employees for all the time they work, Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: American Airlines, Apple, CPI, iPad, Sea Star
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Waaahhh!…My iPhone MMS was delayed

September 29th, 2009. By AbiK

iphone Waaahhh!...My iPhone MMS was delayed I’m with Dan Nosowitz over at Gizmodo: the class action lawsuit over Apple’s and ATT’s late delivery of MMS is…”awfully silly”.

It’s like listening to a toddler whine on and on about whether he can have his snack because, after all, mommy said he could have it in five minutes—and wouldn’t you know, mommy had to take a phone call. Whoops. So the snack took 8 minutes for delivery…Waaaaahhhhhhh!!

I’m betting that Kyle Irving of Minnesota (who according to Nosowitz’ report received his iPhone in June and was told he’d have MMS, but it took 2 months to arrive) who joined the class action also sits by the clock to monitor whether the Domino’s guy takes over 30 minutes. (Yeah, I know, I know, it’s the principle of it.)

Look, should Apple and ATT have kept their promotional diarrhea in check a bit more till they were absolutely certain of the MMS delivery date? Sure. But c’mon Kyle et al, seriously, all’s well that ends well and no injury or harm or adverse events have been reported as far as I can tell as a result of delayed MMS. So save the litigation for something that really needs to get thru the courts system and save the frivolity for happy hour this Friday.

Tags: Apple, ATT, iPhone, MMS
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