Migliaccio & Rathod, along with co-counsel, currently represents a group of Waste Pro Helpers in a case pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida captioned Thomas et. al. v Waste Pro USA et. ano., Case No. 8:17-cv-02254. The case concerns alleged wage violations experienced by Helpers employed by Waste Pro […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating high shipping and handling fees for products ordered online. Shipping and handling fees should be reasonably related to the company’s cost for delivering or shipping the ordered product, and not act as an additional source of profit. Customers can estimate what a reasonable shipping and handling fee is by […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating British Airways alleged failure to protect sensitive customer data in the wake of a massive data breach. Affected are roughly 380,000 British Airways customers who purchased a ticket between August 21st and September 5th 2018. The data breach includes names, addresses, emails, and sensitive payment information, including a card’s […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating misleading charges found on account holders’ statements of Amazon’s credit card with Synchrony Bank. Upon closer inspection of their monthly statements, Synchrony customers are finding a variable charge labeled as “security 5” that is equivalent to 1.66% of the remaining monthly balance. The charge is a form of […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating unfair and deceptive business practices by funeral homes, particularly in the promotion and sale of pre-need funeral contracts. Pre-need funeral contracts are billed as a way for the elderly to wave away any issues that survivors may face in arranging funeral services. These plans are often rife with problems, […]
On August 23, 2018 Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney of the federal district court for the Western District of North Carolina granted final approval of a class action settlement arising from alleged deceptive practices in the marketing, sale and updates of Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 phones. The settlement appointed Migliaccio & Rathod LLP and Whitfield […]
On Monday August 20, 2018, a lawsuit brought by plaintiffs Perry Hill and James Rogers, alleging that the Montgomery County Jail in upstate New York provided inadequate nutritional sustenance to detainees and prisoners, received class action status. In her opinion, the Hon. Brenda Sannes of the federal district court for the Northern District of New […]
UPDATE (12/12/2018): BIOS updates have failed to remedy the laptop’s throttling. Users of the Lenovo ThinkPad X380 report that the 1.22 BIOS update fails to address the computer’s fan noise or reduce its throttling, with the GPU clock speed for some users dropping to as little as 0.4GHz. The law firm of Migliaccio & Rathod […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating the deleterious effects that Intel’s patches to address Spectre and Meltdown have had on businesses. Spectre and Meltdown are security vulnerabilities that allow for the retrieval of sensitive information stored in the operating system kernel memory. This information includes emails, passwords, photos, and any data stored in the PC. […]
The law firm of Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL for a defective camera. Users report that upon opening the camera or attempting to take photos, the camera application freezes, crashes, and ultimately makes taking photos impossible. Pixel 2 owners have gone through Google’s prescribed troubleshooting […]