Amazon is facing a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of current and former employees across the country who took short-term military leave between October 10th, 2004 through the present. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon is in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by habitually denying employed servicemembers the same short-term leave benefits applied to employees who take off work for...
Amazon and Microsoft are facing nearly identical lawsuits regarding allegations that these companies are unlawfully collecting biometric data to improve their technology’s facial recognition software. These are not the first nor are they expected to be the last of the big-tech privacy lawsuits cropping up in recent months.
Facial recognition uses artificial intelligence to identify users based on biometric data.
According to the order granting...
In a quickly growing collection of antitrust lawsuits, Amazon is now facing allegations of anticompetitive behavior by colluding with the country’s top five publishers to establish price restraints so that eBook purchasers are comparatively overcharged on any other purchasing site.
Amazon is the biggest retail eBooks seller in the United States.
According to the 66-page official complaint, 90% of all eBooks are sold through Amazon’s online...
In another counterfeiting lawsuit filed by Amazon and a third-party product provider, a California couple is facing allegations of counterfeiting and infringement over YETI trademarks, specifically the YETI RAMBLER insulated drinkware.
From February to September of 2020, a California couple allegedly marketed and sold counterfeit YETI products via Amazon.
When Amazon began receiving customer complaints about the quality of some drinkware being...
Gone are the days of walking into a video store and renting or purchasing the hard copy of a DVD or VHS. For the most part, movies are now being purchased as digital copies from online retailers/streaming services like Amazon Prime. However, without a tangible DVD copy to point to as proof of ownership, how do viewers know whether or not they actually own the movies they purchased? This question seems to be at least partially answered by a recent...
Amazon is facing a whistleblower lawsuit after employee David J. Bailey reported a manager for wilfully ignoring COVID-19 safety protocols and was fired shortly thereafter.
Employer retaliation is not uncommon in whistleblower cases.
Whistleblowing is the term used to describe when an employee reports or openly complains about illegal conduct at work, usually committed by superiors—as is the case in Bailey’s lawsuit. Employer retaliation...
This issue has been up for debate for some time now. On more than one occasion a consumer injured by a product they purchased via Amazon has attempted to sue the popular online distributor for their damages. While early lawsuits over this issue were unsuccessful, in 2019 a federal appeals court ruled that Amazon could be held liable as a seller of products from third-party vendors, opening up the popular online retailer to a slew of liability....
Who is responsible for a defective product injury? Is it the manufacturer of the product? What about the store who sold it to you? Depending on the case, it could be either, or both. It all depends on who made the error that ultimately led to the injury. Until recently, Amazon (arguably the world’s largest retailer) was shielded from liability in these cases. However, a recent federal court decision has set a new precedent: consumers can now...