Civil Litigation & Consumer Protection

6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (986+ words) Internal City Auditor Vincent Lovino found that a skipped EFT verification let a scammer take a city vendor payment, that a former manager’s misleading statements delayed the official response, and that insurance cut the city’s loss to $27,799.81. Five weeks later,…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (527+ words) Another police officer was fired due to misusing Flock Safety's cameras and database. The investigation concluded in the San Jose officer's firing. The chief said that following the incident, he installed a new policy prohibiting officers from accessing Flock data…...

19+ hour, 4+ min ago   (621+ words) LG is facing new privacy scrutiny after researchers said some of its smart TVs recorded conversations, scanned home networks for other devices and tracked what people watched, including content displayed through gaming consoles and computers. The allegations come from a…...

9+ min ago   (1514+ words) Last month, The Richmonder filed records requests with several localities asking for contracts with Flock Safety, the company whose automated surveillance cameras have caused blowback across the country. The three Freedom of Information Act requests had almost identical wording. Chesterfield…...

3+ hour, 37+ min ago   (568+ words) A leaked directive reveals how exceptional access became routine procedure. German customs has been secretly and permanently using a messenger account monitoring tool as of August 2025, a leaked directive shows. The document, which was published by Netzpolitik, shows that the…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (37+ words) San Jose police officer fired for allegedly sharing Flock camera data with suspect in domestic violence case, authorities say ABC7 Los Angeles San Jose police officer fired for allegedly sharing Flock camera data with domestic violence suspect...

42+ min ago   (589+ words) Abbott will pay $348,700,868 to the United States and $36,298,172 to states for claims settled by their Medicaid and WIC programs. Three former Abbott employees who brought the underlying qui tam case — Scott Millard, Kristine Cooper and Loren Cooper — will share $69 million....

4+ hour, 23+ min ago   (236+ words) These aren't Flock-brand AI systems that sparked complaints elsewhere. The equipment includes readers that scan license plates, which makes escape harder for lawbreakers. "Our cameras have the license plate readers, so it's very difficult to get away with the crime…...

41+ min ago   (521+ words) PALM COAST, Fla — Thieves hijacked the home phone number from a Palm Coast couple, then scammed them out of thousands of dollars. Jay Twardosz told Action 9 Consumer Investigator Jeff Deal, “That’s big-time money.” Ever since they retired in Palm Coast…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (178+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — Meta smart glasses are raising concerns among women as stories circulate, claiming people were stalked by perverts and creeps using the tool. This led to software developer Pawel Szydlowski launching an app called Zuckoff, which garnered 5,000 users since…...