BBC TikTok is facing a legal challenge from former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield over how it collects and uses children's data. The claim is being filed on behalf of millions of children in the UK and EU who have used the hugely popular video-sharing app. If successful, the children affected could each be [...]
The Guardian Former children’s commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing app A former children’s commissioner for England has launched a “landmark case” against the video-sharing app TikTok, alleging that it illegally collects the personal information of its child users. Anne Longfield, who held the commissioner post between March 2015 and February this year, has [...]
Reuters A suit alleges that every child that has used TikTok since May 25, 2018, may have had private personal information illegally collected by ByteDance through TikTok. TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they [...]
IPE (Investment & Pensions Europe) By Gail Moss January 2021 (Magazine) Changes in legislation like the UK’s Consumer Rights Act 2015 have led to an increase of class actions led by pension funds as they seek to recover investment losses. As the roll call of household names which have been hit by class action claims [...]
By Bonnie Eslinger Law360, London (January 4, 2021, 3:43 PM GMT) -- A judge has ruled that a 12-year-old girl can remain anonymous in her pursuit of claims that the video-sharing app TikTok is illegally exploiting the personal data of children. Judge Mark Warby said in a Dec. 30 ruling at the High Court that [...]
Global Competition Review Emily Craig 06 November 2020 Markus Hutschneider has joined Scott+Scott to head its new competition litigation-focused Berlin office after 10 years at Deutsche Bahn. Hutschneider, 47, said he is “excited and proud" to build the firm’s new German office, which opened on Monday. The firm represents some of the world’s largest corporate [...]
By Joanne Faulkner Law360, London (November 5, 2020, 9:47 PM GMT) -- U.S. plaintiffs firm Scott + Scott Attorneys at Law LLP announced Thursday it is launching a Berlin office led by an antitrust expert from Deutsche Bahn in an effort to cater to large multinationals seeking damages for breaches of competition law. Markus Hutschneider, [...]
Pensions&Investments By James Comtois September 04, 2020 Participants in the Teamster Members Retirement Plan filed suit against Allianz Global Investors and its subsidiaries saying investors in a hedge fund it managed lost nearly $1 billion. Teamster Members Retirement Plan (formerly known as GCIU Inter-Local Pension Plan) was an investor in AllianzGI's Structured Alpha U.S. Equity [...]
Law360 By Dean Seal (September 3, 2020, 5:06 PM EDT) -- Investors in a hedge fund that lost nearly $1 billion during the coronavirus-induced market crash earlier this year say "extreme risk taking" by fund manager Allianz Global Investors caused the fund to collapse in a proposed class action in New York federal court. A [...]
THE SUN, MILLIONS of Brits have been ripped off by a shipping company scam which inflated the price of new cars. Drivers who bought or leased a new motor between October 2006 and September 2015 could receive a payout, after five shipping companies fixed their charges for bringing models into the UK. The firms - [...]