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we get an e-mail saying congratulations, here's $3.25 to spend at the itunes store. >> yeah, it's frustrating and i agree. i've seen it happen many times. how this plays out is along those lines and i don't think it's right. it's likely apple will want to make this go away. they don't want me and you and others in the media to talk about this and go through discovery. they want to get rid of this in all likelihood. that probably means eventually there will be a settlement or a number of settlements. consumers, some will get something back. it won't be a lot. but to your point, the lawyers, they usually clean up. i don't think that's right. >> yeah, clean up would be an understatement there. you make a good point. so many of these class action lawyers know when they're going after a company as big as apple with billions and billions of
dollars of cash sitting there that don't want the p.r. nightmare, it's a little bit more about the hold-up game and the shakedown game than it is about whether apple did anything right or wrong. >> completely agree. the people that we're talking about that bring the cases, they're plaintiffs, class action lawyers. different than those on the defense side that represent the companies. the plaintiffs class action lawyers, you're right. they bring these claims. they know the companies will want to settle. they're going to make money whether they settle or whether it goes to trial, which is unlikely. in some countries, in england, for example, they have what are called loser pay rules. that causes lawyers to be very careful about filing claims. they could have to forfeit the fees and the loser has to pay the fees. some say we should take a second look at the rules here in the u.s. to prevent this from happening in the future. >> the trial bar spends a lot of money on lobbyists on capitol hill to make sure that doesn't
never post anything on line. never send an e-mail or text that you would not mind your mom hearing at your trial. and if ashley madison fraudulently took $19 with the people thinking that private information was wiped and it didn't, it could put ashley madison in a heap of trouble. >> in the long run, maybe divorce lawyers will be the beneficency of new business. in new york, for example, it is a no fault state. used to have to prove infedellity or physical harm and now, they finally joined the rest of the nation and gotten out of the dark ages and now it is no fault. but the divorce lawyers will get business. >> it is divorce lawyers and class action lawyers and
point. i have the point is where you do believe your messaging somebody or speaking privately, that is what the loss it is contending most facebook users believe they are actually corresponding in privacy when they are not such as any kind of url links may send a friend or advertisers may send to somebody on facebook and ask them to like but in reality it is like a trojan horse been replicated given to third parties. i think that is what the lawsuit is contending at this point. >> we read about this lawsuit involves things like the wiretap law in these things, is this about protecting consumers was a spot class-action lawyers trying to make a couple extra dollars to buy a new jet or something? >> that is an excellent question. time will tell. class-action lawsuits are very lucrative not the individual members of the class like me and you.
corporation. sometimes a little guy doesn't in this case and. >> in this case you class action lawyers who can smell money, and they will get funding from litigation finance. they'll be able to go through tens of thousands of e-mails. it will be in the e-mails and also in the former employee' gm and delphi. they can't go after current gm employees without a lawyer present, but at my company we good after former employees. they have things to say. they don't have to have a lawyer with them if they don't work for gm anymore. they can tell you, ask for this in discovery, ask for that in discovery, make sure you ask for this document, you should be seeing this department's records and be asking about this guy who used to work there with me, and i think he now lives in japan, but he saw everything. that is really golden intelligence, and unless i missed my mark, they've probably got people spreading out right now, starting to make those calls. >> if your mom died in one of
imposed on their cards and atm withdrawals. chase says it's to protect their customers from further fraud. let's bring in danny cevallos. i'm wondering if this is three suits going on, 333, given all these victims here. do you think these lawsuits will move forward? >> oh, definitely. i think we'll see more. what you're seeing right now in class action land is a race to the courthouse. each of these cases wants to be the first one and first in time so they can secure their place in line. but this will definitely be -- this is a perfect class action, all the individuals have very similar claims. although the dollar amounts may be different. i would look for this to get certified. this is a good case, as class action lawyers say. >> what are they looking for? what's their argument? >> their argument is going to be straight negligence to start with. when they gave that credit card information to target, target was entrusted with the care of that data. and clearly did not do what it
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individuals who are affected by this information for breach of contract because they said they wouldn't do this, for some kind of fraud, privacy violations. this goes on and on. and the intent is always the issue, gregg. if indeed there is a history of violating these privacy issues, then, remember, march 1 is when all these new privacy settings come in and they say, now you can't opt out of google. >> gregg: the class action lawyers are clamoring to the courthouses. >> they're on buses. >> gregg: thanks very much. catch your show tonight at 10:00 o'clock eastern right here on the fox news channel. there it is. got to watch it tonight. we'll be right back. ake and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantiis proven to help people quit smoking. it reduthe urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior,
talks to the engine by electronic sensor, not by a connection. that's why it was important. the company paid $49 million in civil penalties for failure to notify drivers quickly enough that gallons pedals could stick or become stuck under the wrong sized floor mats. officials who took a lot of heat also seemed relieved. >> we found when the complaint alleged that the brake didn't work or that the incident began when the driver stepped on the brake what most likely happened was pedal misapplication. >> well, pedal misapplication in case you're wondering translated, that means driver error. critics and class action lawyers i spoke with yesterday says this study flies in the face of evidence and is an injustice to the american people. >> it's simply a rewrite of history. if we look back at the testimony both from toyota and nhtsa just months ago they indicated sticky pedal was never a cause of