It has an almost universal quality. The phone rings while you’re at home, but you don’t recognize the number. Before you can say anything, a recorded voice on the other end pitches you on buying or selling a house. Most people just ignore it because it irritates them in a particular, low-grade way. However, those demands served as the basis for a federal lawsuit that ultimately resulted in a $20 million settlement for hundreds of thousands of Americans. The complaint that started the case, Bumpus et al. v. Realogy Holdings Corp., was submitted in California in June 2019. The plaintiffs…
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.
The way Netflix established its reputation is subtly unsettling. The business marketed itself for years as the environmentally friendly substitute for the Big Tech surveillance apparatus. No targeted advertisements. No gathering of data. A library of shows and a fixed monthly fee. The company’s co-founder, Reed Hastings, stated unequivocally in 2019 and 2020 that Netflix does not gather or profit from user data in the same manner as other tech behemoths. That message was heard by subscribers. A large number of them accepted it. Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, seems to think that something different took place behind…
Since April 1926, a restaurant on Regent Street has been operating in silence. It made it through the Blitz. It withstood the financial crises, the pandemic, the postwar years, and the turbulent 1980s. There, Winston Churchill dined. It was where Vivien Leigh dined. The Danish King was so fond of the location that he sent a cask of Carlsberg beer and stored it there for his own visits. Veeraswamy has been one of those unique locations that manages to endure while everything around it changes for a century. It is now facing eviction. Additionally, it is suing the Crown Estate…
A robocall has an almost unremarkable quality. The majority of people end the call in a matter of seconds, mutter something under their breath, and carry on with their day. Sometimes, though, one of those automated calls ends up having a legal significance. This is what happened with Register.com, a domain registration company that has been in business since the early days of the internet. It seems that the company continued to call numbers long after the people it believed it was reaching had stopped using them. Lewis v. Register.com, Inc., a lawsuit filed in an Indiana federal court, is…
When there’s nothing in front of you, a car braking hard can be unsettling. There was just an open road with no pedestrians, stopped trucks, or unexpected obstacles, and then your car suddenly threw its weight against itself. That isn’t just a hypothetical situation for some Subaru owners. It’s now a common and terrifying aspect of driving. That experience is being put into legal language in a proposed class action lawsuit that was filed in federal court in New Jersey in May 2026. The automaker’s EyeSight Driver Assist Technology, which Subaru has promoted as one of its most alluring safety…
In December 2020, just before a Quebec winter, Amélie Paquette purchased her 2021 Tesla Model 3. She spent $52,880 on it, which is a significant choice for anyone. Sensors started to malfunction within weeks. Debris found its way into the fan mechanism in a matter of months. Eventually, it became necessary to replace the manifold, compressor, and fluid lines—at least under warranty. Then, on January 27, 2026, while the cabin was being preheated, smoke began to pour out, followed by a chemical odor. The heat pump as a whole had to be removed. The warranty had run out this time.…
A beloved grocery store like Trader Joe’s becoming embroiled in a federal lawsuit over a receipt is almost poetic. Not a breach of data. Not a scandal involving a product. a receipt. In particular, a receipt that printed a customer’s credit card number with a few extra digits. Four on the back and six on the front. Ten digits, which seems to have been ten too many. According to the lawsuit, Keim v. Trader Joe’s Company, the retailer printed the first six and last four digits of customers’ debit or credit card numbers on receipts at specific stores, in violation…
There’s a good chance you’ve been sitting on a valid reimbursement claim without realizing it if you owned or leased a BMW X3, X4, X5, X6, or X7 from the 2019 or 2020 model year and ever noticed water damage you couldn’t quite explain. Formally known as Craft v. BMW of North America, LLC, a class action settlement has been stealthily proceeding through the legal system. For many BMW owners, the specifics are worth carefully examining. The complaint’s main points are simple. It is purported that some BMW cars from those model years had a shark-fin antenna with a sealing…
What transpired inside a federal courthouse in Brooklyn earlier this month has a subtly historic quality. A case that started in 2005, when most Americans were still using magnetic stripe cards at grocery store checkout lines and smartphones were nonexistent, was slowly coming to an end. A revised $38 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard, and over 12 million merchants who had accused the card networks of charging exorbitant fees to process credit card payments was given preliminary approval by U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan. Twenty-one years is a long time to wait for a decision on anything. The initial complaint…
For many years, Makena was promoted with the kind of subdued assurance that pharmaceutical companies frequently display when they would prefer that patients not inquire too much. It had a clinical history, was FDA-approved, and had a price tag that implied seriousness. In some high-risk pregnancies, the medication hydroxyprogesterone caproate, marketed under the Makena brand, was prescribed to lower the risk of preterm birth. That promise meant a lot to women who had already given birth prematurely. At least in one courtroom, it is now established law that the promise was broken. In order to settle a consolidated class action…