The Facebook privacy settlement hasn’t finished paying people nearly three years after the legal process began. On June 9, 2026, a second round of payments started to arrive in the bank accounts, PayPal balances, and prepaid debit cards of millions of users who had largely forgotten that this money was ever coming. Even though the backstory is now fairly well known, the specifics still have some significance when you consider them. A political data company had collected Facebook user data to create voter profiles without users’ knowledge or consent, according to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal. A series of lawsuits…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
A $39 million settlement over eyeglasses has a subtle significance. No explosions, no whistleblowers in parking garages—not the kind of lawsuit that makes headlines on cable news. Just ten years’ worth of clients who sat in a chair, had their eyes measured by an allegedly accurate digital system, and left with prescription lenses. For years, Ariza et al. v. Luxottica Retail North America revolved around the question of whether those lenses were as good as advertised. The AccuFit Digital Measurement System, a technology that LensCrafters and its parent company Luxottica marketed as a better way to customize eyewear fit and…
It doesn’t always make the front page when a small Mississippi town files a federal lawsuit against one of the biggest uniform and workplace services companies in the nation. However, the City of Laurel v. Cintas Settlement Fund is precisely the kind of case that subtly changes how public funds are handled and how businesses adhere to the terms of government contracts. The United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Northern Division, received the lawsuit, which was officially captioned City of Laurel, Mississippi et al. v. Cintas Corporation No. 2. Fundamentally, the case charged Cintas with overcharging public…
The beginning of this tale has an almost unremarkable quality. At a Trader Joe’s checkout, a customer swipes a card. A receipt is printed. They fold it, put it in their pockets, and possibly discard it. That’s all. However, that receipt allegedly violated the law in secret, according to a federal lawsuit. Almost six years later, a $7.4 million settlement is sitting in a fund, awaiting claimants to come forward before the Trader Joe’s class action deadline expires. The case focuses on a particular issue and a particular time frame, from March 5, 2019, to July 19, 2019. The first…
Every time a consumer swipes a credit card at the register, a tiny portion of the transaction silently and undetectably vanishes into the coffers of Visa, Mastercard, and their banking partners. Most customers are unaware. The majority of retailers never stop observing. A federal judge in Brooklyn granted preliminary approval to a revised $38 billion settlement between the two card giants and the merchants who have spent two decades claiming they were being overcharged last week, marking a significant turning point in the tension that has been simmering since at least 2005. The agreement was described by US District Judge…
Some people don’t need to win in order to succeed. That’s what Pamela Sued is. As a twenty-something with a natural camera presence and television experience, she entered the 2004 Miss Dominican Republic pageant, placed second runner-up, and somehow left that night with more momentum than many winners ever find. In retrospect, it’s difficult not to see that night as the start of something rather than a near-miss. Pamela was born in Santiago de los Caballeros on August 29, 1985, and was raised in a home where media was just a piece of furniture. José Guillermo Sued, her father, was…
This story is especially unsettling not only because a well-known app is said to have shared private health information without permission, but also because of the type of information it contained. not a habit of shopping. not the history of searches. cycles of menstruation. attempts at pregnancy. windows of fertility. Most people wouldn’t divulge such information to a close friend, much less a major tech company. Along with Google and analytics company Flurry, Flo Health, the developer of one of the most popular period and ovulation tracking apps in the world, is currently facing a $59.5 million class action settlement.…
The way pharmacies in grocery stores run is almost unremarkable. Without giving a second thought to the number that is submitted to Medicare on your behalf, you give your insurance card, wait by the greeting card aisle, and pick up your prescription. For years, at the pharmacy counters of Stop & Shop, Giant, Hannaford, and Food Lion, that quiet, unremarkable transaction was at the heart of something much more unusual. The Massachusetts-based parent company of some of the most well-known grocery chains on the East Coast, Ahold Delhaize USA, has agreed to pay $40 million to resolve federal claims that…
The way this case has progressed through the legal system is almost quietly remarkable. No drama in the courtroom. At the time, there were no dramatic headlines. Millions of YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers continued to pay their monthly bills, probably unaware that a lawsuit pertaining to their subscriptions even existed, while the lawsuit, which was filed sometime around 2022, continued to move forward. Disney has now consented to settle that antitrust class action lawsuit for $50 million. The main charge is that the Walt Disney Company violated federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws by using its…
Over the course of fourteen years of litigation, a certain type of frustration develops that doesn’t go away quickly, even after the verdict is rendered. Members of the Falun Gong movement had been suing Cisco Systems, the San Jose-based networking behemoth, for a long time. On June 23, 2025, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to end the case. The ruling did more than simply end a case. It may have permanently closed one of the few legal avenues available to victims of human rights violations abroad to hold American companies responsible. The lawsuit, which was first filed in 2011,…