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Ashley Madison MDL Grows As More Lawsuits Filed
January 7, 2016 — Twenty people have joined a lawsuit in Mississippi against Ashley Madison, a dating website for those looking for extramarital affairs. The Clarion-Ledger reports that the lawsuits are the first of their kind in the state. The...
VW Emissions Scandal Spreads to Other Auto-Makers
September 25, 2015 — Volkswagen (VW) admitted rigging emissions tests on millions of vehicles, and now the crisis is spreading to other auto-makers. The scandal sent shockwaves through Germany as auto-makers BMW and Mercedes were accused of selling vehicles that...
Ashley Madison Suicide Lawsuit
A growing number of suicides have been linked to the hack of the infidelity website AshleyMadison.com. Anyone could sign up with a fake email address, putting innocent people at risk when that information was posted online. Suicides Linked to AshleyMadison.com...
Hackers Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data on Dark Web
August 19, 2015 -- Wired reports that hackers have posted a 9.7-gigabyte data dump from Ashley Madison to the dark web. Anyone can sign up for Ashley Madison for free, but when users try to delete their data, they are...
Report Details How Ashley Madison “Onboards” Users
August 11, 2015 -- An in-depth analysis shows how the infidelity website Ashley Madison used misleading tactics to convince 38 million people to sign up. Samuel Hulick of User Onboarding published the report “How Ashley Madison Onboards New Users” detailing...
Texas Ashley Madison Hacking Lawyer
The extramarital affair dating site Ashley Madison asked users to pay $20 to delete their profiles, but actually kept private data -- including names and addresses -- which was recently stolen by hackers. UPDATE: Ashley Madison MDL Grows As More...
Deadly Subway Smoke Accident Prompts 1st Lawsuit
January 15, 2015 -- Metro passengers who were “trapped like rats” in a smoke-filed subway train have will file a lawsuit accusing the transit agency of failing to implement proper safety protocols for an evacuation, according to the WUSA9. The...
Hurricane Sandy Insurance and Wind vs. Flood Damage
December 4, 2012 -- Hurricane Sandy was an unusual, late-season storm that devastated the East Coast. Because hurricanes on the East Coast are rare, less than 15% of homeowners have flood insurance. Although standard homeowner’s insurance typically covers wind damage,...