On November 19, 2021, Judge Donna M. Ryu of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order granting preliminary approval to a proposed $58 million settlement of multidistrict litigation brought by Lieff Cabraser on behalf of consumers accusing FinTech firm Plaid Inc. of improperly obtaining and profiting from user bank account credentials and
As Amazon has become the largest online retailer in the United States, it has used that status to accumulate a massive amount of private personal information on its customers. Reuters reports that in recent years, internal documents have revealed how a former aide to Joe Biden helped the tech giant assemble a corporate lobbying machine
Litigation ordered to move forward against financial services startup company Plaid, accused of acquiring customer banking credentials without permission
As reported by Law360 (subscription), Lieff Cabraser has filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in California alleging that financial tech start up Plaid Inc. stole Venmo and Stripe users’ personal banking data and sold that data to third party apps without the users’ consent in violation of federal and state privacy laws. Plaid,
The National Law Journal (NLJ) has selected Lieff Cabraser for its 2019 “Elite Trial Lawyers” awards in the categories of Consumer Protection and Privacy/Data Breach. The award recognizes lawyers and law firms that have “demonstrated repeated success in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs over the last 18 months, along with a longer track record