Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish

Post by ChristianBundy » Mon, May 11, 2015, 5:32 PM UTC

rdudek wrote: post #39

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Yes, when a major company orders 3000+ laptops, they say exactly what they want on them, and that's what they get.

Couple of things here. Large companies most likely reimage the devices with enterprise license. For example, we order based on hardware configuration. Our company uses HP for everything, so we purchase the business class equipment with 3 year warranty on everything. Also, we don't use the version of Windows that comes with the devices, we reimage all our systems with our own using System Center Configuration Manager.

Post by arenaninja » Mon, May 11, 2015, 5:35 PM UTC

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What I'm confused about is why anyone needs another human to explain to them that watching the same woman repeating the same verbatim speech in reaction to every user action is stupid.

It's usually someone who paid a lot of money to have that video created and wants to see it "put to use". They spend very little time browsing their own website after it is created and hope that they get some form of return out of it. I've had clients request a video on every page - and sometimes they come back to me with "I was browsing my website and that video is annoying to have on every page. Please make it only…

Post by btilly » Mon, May 11, 2015, 5:39 PM UTC

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This is true, but do you know why it happens? The US has a protection against double jeopardy. If you've been sued once for something, you cannot be sued again (and again, and again) for the same thing. In most cases this is a good thing. It means that once the case is done, it is really done. But companies have learned how to take advantage of it. If they think they are going to have to fight a class action lawsuit…

>If you've been sued once for something, you cannot be sued again (and again, and again) Double jeopardy doesn't prevent someone from opting out of a class action lawsuit and suing separately. >hot coffee lawsuit The hot coffee case wasn't a class action lawsuit.

Post by rayiner » Mon, May 11, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

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Probably, although I'll note that cy pres awards are under intense scrutiny these days in the various Courts of Appeal. Besides that, is the result unfair here? Did the average claimant even suffer $5 in economic losses?

I know that outright cy pres settlements are on the outs, but are residual cy pres clauses also under the same scrutiny? If so, change that clause to the company keeps whatever is left in the compensation pool. As for unfairness, I think the entrepreneurial class action system to punish very diffuse harms amounts to an inefficient regulatory regime and that inefficiency results in higher prices for everyone as compar…

Post by jcromartie » Mon, May 11, 2015, 5:44 PM UTC

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A year or eighteen months from now look for a settlement in the case. Each of the affected class members will be entitled to a $5 discount on an anti-virus product plus up to $25 if they can provide detailed documentation showing actual economic losses. Any money left over after the coupons and payments are made will be given to a charity hand picked by the plaintiff's attorney. There will also be injunctive relief i…