New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Click here to login, 2023, Portfolio Media, Inc. | About | Contact Us | Legal Jobs | Advertise with Law360 | Careers at Law360 | Terms | Privacy Policy | Cookie Settings | Help | Site Map, Enter your details below and select your area(s) of interest to stay ahead of the curve and receive Law360's daily newsletters, Email (NOTE: Free email domains not supported). The breach affected over 3.3 million Audi buyers. that is already on the web PUBLIC DOMAIN ? This made me so very angry so I wrote another scathing email with my repsonse and a promise to complain to the FTC, Attorney General, local officials, my local newspaper, homeowners association, etc. The suit cost him $100,000 in legal fees. and how they've already been sued by a HUGE law firm If enough people do it - maybe they'll allow people to actually opt out. It is time for a class action lawsuit. Customers who used a payment card to make a purchase at Claim deadline is Saturday, 22 April 2023. I have been contacting their advertiser and real estate agents. On asking to take the info off the site, they are very rude and turn deaf ear. Securities class action lawsuits occur in a court rather than a dispute resolution forum. A lawsuit is filed in federal or state court on behalf of a group, or class, of investors . Now those postings will go back up, along with listings of property transactions by other Jones Day lawyers, Timpone said. I await their reply. I have sent the staff of The proposed class action lawsuit follows closely behind a separate Whirlpool class action lawsuit that was recently settled for $21 million to resolve allegations concerning defective drain tubes in refrigerators manufactured by the company that caused freezing resulting in water leakage. Start writing! Sample Blockshopper headlines: "Portfolio manager spends $2.975M for Brooklyn Heights 5BD," "Harris S.V.P. For reasons still unbeknownst to the world, however, Jones Day was very displeased by these links and filed a lawsuit against BlockShopper in September of 2008, leveling the odd charge of . In essence, Jones Day won by simply bullying BlockShopper until it was forced to give in and craft its links in the way that the law firm would prefer. 107 ROBERT NAVARRE Let's just see how THEY like it, shall we? I am writing to everyone I know from Homeland Security, onto get information as to how this I was refused and told to show proof of the crimes against me. The geniuses at blockshopper argue that the information they post is public county records. Dickeys Barbecue, a Dallas-based restaurant with locations across the country, agreed to a $2.35 million class action settlement to resolve allegations that the companys lax security resulted in customer payment card information being listed for sale on the dark web. 15 Sunnen Drive, Ste. Timpone said his 15-employee company made a business decision that it couldn't continue the fight. According to Virginia's vandalism statutes, that is now enough to be felony vandalism. If you are a former AT&T customer who had an unlimited data plan at any time between Oct. 1, 2011, and June 30, 2015, and you experienced data throttling but have not received a bill credit or payment from AT&T related to this case, you can submit a claim. That ought to keep his enemy list growing nicely. The site has taken public records from county recorders offices around the country and compiled lists of data by neighborhood block for as many homes on that block as possible. I write about small business owners investing fails, lessons & wins. Depending on whether or not your All-Clad had sharp edges after being washed in the dishwasher, you may be eligible for a replacement, a payment and/or a credit toward a future purchase of All-Clad cookware. Those are links that directly access a specific page beyond the home page, such as attorneys' biographical pages. We work closely with class action and mass tort attorneys across the country to help expose and uncover corporate wrongdoing. I told her that it is unlawful that a company can make money off of a person without reimbursement. After that date all complaints need to be filed with the St. Louis, MO BBB. game on, boyz I have been trying to get Scarlett ** to remove my data from Blockshopper for nearly 2 years. (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Dickeys Barbecue Restaurant (data breach) , Kirks Natural (South of France products) . to Blockshopper)? It also states the company "has price . Read bellow - send to any lawyer you know. --------- If you purchased certain Coffee-Mate products between Jan. 1, 2017, and Dec. 8, 2022, you may be eligible for payment. The two sides talked about a settlement almost before the ink was dry on Jones Day's suit. My first request to have my name and address removed was met with the statement that I would have to provide proof I was either a law enforcement individual or else I was involved in a protection order. [protected] In other words, no-they would not remove it. They're . This blatant display of information can cause someone their life. For more information about reviews on ConsumerAffairs.com please visit our CNMN Collection This information is out there for anybody to see. I suggest you all do the same, if you haven't already! chicago, ill 60614 LOL Evanston, IL [protected] Guillermo say, thank blockShopper law, Guillermo Rivera, riveraguillermo22@gmail.com or [protected], Also a Victim of Blockshopper.com will chip in or join any class action. Nothing. and/or a potential cash payment of up to $250. The links still exist, just in a somewhat different, slightly awkward structure that is not clearly better than the original. You can also post home addresses of powerful people (curtesy of Blockshopper.com) to get their attention and get them to help out chipping with their lawyers. Blockshopper has refused to remove our information from their website. 1. information". A class action lawsuit is one person or a small group of people suing on behalf of a larger group of people who have all suffered the same injury. 2704 Bennett A $4 million settlement has been reached in a class action alleging that All-Clad misrepresented its cookware as dishwasher-safe. I just found a blockshoppers.com video on YouTube. information is being put on the WEB without their permission. Brian Timpone, Chicago BRIAN TIMPONE I dont even use Facebook! to ALWAYS write in these names and cities when complaining about Blockshopper.com The information on these sales is public record, and BlockShopper did nothing more than follow standard Web linking procedure that practically every website on earth follows. "I can feel my blood start to boil when I talk about it," says Matt R. Dunlap, a software developer in Oakland, Calif. Dunlap's wife, a real estate agent, almost lost an important client who discovered a Blockshopper story about himself and furiously accused her of providing the information. I would like to participate in a class action lawsuit against blockshopper.com. The complaint cites the issue as "confusion"the claim was that people visiting BlockShopper and seeing the links in question might assume that it was somehow officially related to Jones Day. Absolutely horrible abuse of public information. Get Forbes for just $10, This is a BETA experience. Her murderer had found her home address through the DMV. Jacqui Cheng http://www.facebook.com/#!/eddie.weinhaus?ref=sgm The Liberty Class Action Ohio website says, "This matters because the first lawsuit will be representing the Ohio business owners, shortly after, the second lawsuit for the people of Ohio including ADA discrimination (Americans with Disabilities Act)." Renz, of Renz Law LLC in Fremont, said he joined the effort recently. E-cigarette brand Juul consumers are filing lawsuits against Juul for not warning consumers about the nicotine and other potentially dangerous ingredients contained in its vaporizer oils. I contacted scarlett@blockshopper.com numerous times and they refuse to honor my requests to remove my information. "It's harrowing," he said. Let's see if there are other things we can do to protect ourselves in the meantime. REMEMBER Complain to google, yahoo and ask.com to classify site as fraud and it will be blocked. There needs to be a broad opt out mechanism for BlockShopper. Web: http://www.stlouis.bbb.org This is an invasion of our collective privacy. protectourprivacy of San Francisco, US. Turning the Web into a permissions-based linking system would be, at worst, catastrophic, and at best, annoying. In 2019, the ADA filed a class action lawsuit against the Delta Dental Plans and the Delta Dental Plans Association, and in January, the federal district court for the Northern District of Illinois amended its scheduling order to allow the parties additional time to conduct discovery. Raising twelve causes of action, the suit alleges . Find information on current lawsuits and settlements, or the latest news on products and services. This opens the door for further issues including identity theft. Scripps, a San Diego-based health system, agreed to asettlement in a case regarding a ransomware attackin 2021 that compromised the data of nearly 150,000 patients. About four months later, a few weeks before the case was set for trial in Illinois, the two sides agreed. Guillermo Rivera was deaf not hear. TIMOTHY LANDON Regionally and nationally accredited, APUS serves more than 70, 000 adult learners worldwide and offers 79 degree programs in fields ranging from homeland security, military studies, intelligence, and criminal justice to technology, business administration, public health, and liberal arts. I have requested multiple times to be removed from this website and they refuse to remove my information, as they state it is "public record". BULL ! If you purchased certain types of fresh or frozen raw chicken in any one of 24 states or the District of Columbia from Jan. 1, 2012, to July 31, 2019, you may be eligible to receive a payment. Join the Ars Orbital Transmission mailing list to get weekly updates delivered to your inbox. (Weinhaus was Timpone's cofounder; co-owner Landon arrived later.) All rights reserved (About Us). 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If you received a notice of the 2021 ransomware attack, you may be eligible for a cash payment of at least $100 (up to $8,500, depending on your related out-of-pocket expenses and monetary losses). Overview BlockShopper has a consumer rating of 1 star from 26 reviews indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Be the first one to find this review helpful. If I can help, I will. Jones Day filed a trademark infringement suit against Blockshopper.com after the site, which publishes details on private real estate transactions, allegedly posted links to the firm's Web site . . Share your photos and videos with others to prove the truth of your words. This site encourages identity theft by publishing a persons personal information without the consent of the person itself. their lawyer is calling and threatening 'cease' blah, blah, blah ! Exploitative Purpose: Right of Publicity And to make it mandatory we provide them with our badges, identification and court records, is outright absurd. Archived post. This poses grave security concerns. And again, we flood them in a coordinated effort. 2704 Bennett Ave Saint Louis, MO 63141 bye bye boys ! If you can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater, you can't list people's information if they have a safety concern and want the info removed. This should be investigated by the Attorney General! btwBrian, nice hair on your you-tube videoand you don't mean any harm to anyone? Beyond that, the Web site selects and profiles specific sellers and buyers, identifying them by name, occupation and place of employment and then also links to the various Web sites with additional data on the individual buyer or seller. I am. As pointed out by Slate, the conclusion of this lawsuit doesn't seem to solve any of Jones Day's alleged trademark concerns, and doesn't even prohibit the posting of attorneys' home purchases (presumably the information that Jones Day didn't like in the first place). Legal Action. You may be eligible for payment if you received such a call since Oct. 16, 2020. threats and anyone at anytime can locate me. While there are legal remedies available, such as creating a land trust for home ownership, land trusts require annual fees and are burdensome to lenders as the practice is considered outdated. A small Web site was launched in 2006 called Blockshopper.com for the purpose of assisting buyers and sellers in the market for real estate to find the best deal possible. informed that I have a unique name that no other women has.I also informed them 2704 Bennett 2023 Cond Nast. Email: bbb@stlouisbbb.org A $4 million settlement has been reached in a class action alleging that All-Clad misrepresented its cookware as dishwasher-safe. Unsubscribe easily. This is probably the set of laws that may stop them. let's keep it up and get them riding into the sunset ! Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that 2015-2019 versions of the MacBook laptop were sold with defective keyboards. The Free $35 shipping program works against my shop/customers, so I am struggling with this one too! This needs to stop immediately. delete someone's address upon request A tiny startup that was threatened by a massive law firm over nothing more than a humble hyperlink has been forced to settle and change its linking policies, handing Goliath the win in this gratuitous trademark case. Please contact his fellow Board Memebers to inform them of his actions. The company settled a class action lawsuit alleging that its Prius vehicles were equipped with defective inverters that failed prematurely. Blockshopper.com [protected] Your California Privacy Rights | Do Not Sell My Personal Information A class-action lawsuit is a civil lawsuit brought on behalf of a group of people or business entities who have suffered common injuries as a result of the defendants' conduct, with at least one individual or entity acting as a representative of that group. Timpone settled the suit by making a technical change to his hyperlinks. CEO's home information: I just sent this message to Avis Rent-A-Car (avis.com) and intend to send it to every business that supports this unethical company. Class actions in U.S. district courts are regulated by federal laws like the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), which allows any class action with . Password (at least 8 characters required). At the time, BlockShopper had incurred $10,000 in legal fees. Brian Timpone The right of publicity is the right of a person to control and make money from the commercial use of his or her identity. Consumers who owned or leased a 2010-2015 Prius or 2012-2017 Prius V as of May 19, 2022, may be eligible for a repair reimbursement (including related car rental costs, towing charges, etc.) Well, how is it that Blockshopper.com is the ONLY one who can do the blah, blah, blah dance Subaru has settled a case alleging that the batteries in Subaru vehicles drain prematurely, and that the company was aware of the defect but failed to warn consumers. Jones Day sued BlockShopper in August after it posted articles about Dan Malone Jr. and Jacob Tiedt, lawyers at its Chicago office who had recently bought condos. Keep it goin' Blockshopper says it spent more than $100,000 defending itself against the lawsuit. The case was brought against Summit Utilities, Inc. and Summit Utilities Arkansas, Inc., alleging that Summit "completely failed" to provide gas service. It is against the law to publicly post law enforcement officers' names and addresses, but this company continues to do so, even after multiple requests to remove. For tips, click here. That's not the real problem. I am interested in a class lawsuit. Instead, BlockShopper will have to place the Web address next to references to the firm. (The case is proceeding against the defendants who havent settled.) This, of course, was a ridiculous claim, but BlockShopper tried to play nice and consented to a temporary restraining order that required the site to remove the links. The case was recently settled. --------- Chicago, IL [protected] You may be eligible for a payment of up to $80 if you purchased any of the products between Sept. 3, 2015, and Aug. 12, 2022. Blockshopper not only has Google disseminating the problematic search listings, but Blockshopper also relies on Google ads for their revenue. 2. Consumers who have already paid money to resolve a qualifying battery issue can request reimbursement. American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI) is a provider of online post-secondary education focused on serving the military. Soon thereafter, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Citizen jointly filed an amici curiae brief on behalf of BlockShopper, pointing out the obvious: "linking is what web sites dothat is, after all, why it is called the 'World Wide Web'. Unsubscribe easily. Timpone discovered the ruse and persuaded the man to pull down the website. 4. And, by the time, I stop sending emails with this information, their website will pop up more when Nestle has agreed to a $10 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging that the company made false claims about the number of servings each container of its Coffee-Mate powdered creamer yielded. to stopblockshopper Why can't they be stopped? Class Action Database. When you click on a link a plethora of information comes up on the individual buyer, totally unrelated to the purchase of the home. He say, hello l can help blockShopper Law. What else can be done? Some insist that by publishing their home addresses, Timpone is increasing the risk that baddies will rob them, steal their identities or kidnap their children. Every month a few dozen hit the roof. blockshoppers( Scarlett@blockshopper.com, brian@blockshopper.com, YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. I am worried sick about it being so easily accessible to anyone simply typing my name into the google search engine. The website reports on the home purchases of the kinda-rich in 15 U.S. metropolitan areas. When I buy a home does that mean I subject myself to being profiled on Blockshopper.com so that any interested person can know where I live, what I paid for my home, where I work, what my affiliations are, where I went to law school, and what I look like? How do I know I can trust these reviews about Blockshopper.com?
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