Team Fortress, Half-Life and Portal game developer faces £656m lawsuit in London court LAW US-based gaming platform Valve Corporation is facing a £656m class action in the UK for allegedly overcharging 14 million PC gamers in the UK.
Sony faces £5bn lawsuit over claims it ‘ripped off’ millions through PlayStation store Playstation Sony is set to face a £5bn class-action lawsuit, brought forward on behalf of 8.9m people, over claims it breached competition law by overcharging for digital PlayStation games and in-game purchases. The Japanese video game console maker is being sued by consumer rights campaigner Alex Neill, on behalf of millions of gamers, over its practice [...]
A million Vauxhall drivers may be in line for compensation following emissions test cheating claims More than a million Vauxhall drivers in the UK could be due compensation, following allegations the car manufacturer cheated emissions tests. Campaign group Vauxhall Pay Up, which launched today, claims the car company installed software on 600,000 vehicles to cheap emissions tests. Drivers who bought or leased Vauxhall cars between 2009 and 2019 could be [...]
Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal October 28, 2020 Facebook is being sued over its misuse of data during the Cambridge Analytica breach, opening the social media firm up to further fines for its role in the scandal. A group action lawsuit representing 1m users in England and Wales was filed today to gain “redress and compensation for the persistent mass misuse of personal [...]
Could group action claims explode in post-coronavirus crisis litigation boom? May 7, 2020 Lawyers and litigation funders are increasingly looking at group action lawsuits in England and Wales as a way of holding major companies to account. After the last financial crisis litigation spiked as contractual counterparties fell out and consumers and shareholders pursued banks for wrongdoing. The litigation landscape in the English legal system has changed over [...]
BMW appoints Harald Krueger as chairman and shakes up board to stay ahead of rivals December 9, 2014 German car manufacturer BMW made several surprise changes to its board yesterday, appointing Harald Krueger as chairman, effective from the end of a general meeting on 13 May 2015. Krueger, 49, joined BMW in 1992, and has been a member of the board since 2008. He has been responsible for production at the group since [...]