Big Red is being hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the largest U.S. carrier has been improperly charging non-smartphone users for data. Feature phone users who dont have a data plan are charged $1.99 per megabyte for mobile data access and it recently said accidentally opening up the mobile browser or VCast apps wont accrue charges.

Verizon Wireless has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over $1.99 data fees alleged to have been improperly charged to non-smartphone customers.

Leap Wireless International Inc. said Friday it will pay $13.8 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in Southern California over past accounting errors.The company, which provides prepaid wireless service, said it has not admitted any wrongdoing and that it expects its insurance will cover...

PC World - A Philadelphia-area school district finds itself under scrutiny after remotely activating a MacBook Web cam and capturing a young student engaging in "improper behavior at home." The student was confronted by a Harrington High School official and shown photographs of his actions. These photographs set off privacy alarms and have led to a class-action lawsuit alleging that the school dis...

AT&T recently settled a class-action lawsuit pertaining to what New Jersey customers say were unfair early termination fees (ETF).

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a class-action lawsuit seeking to hold Apple Inc responsible for possible hearing loss caused by using its popular iPod music player. The plaintiffs, Joseph Birdsong and Bruce Waggoner, had argued that the iPod ear buds are designed to be placed deep in the ear canal, which increases the danger of hearing damage. ... Apple has sold more than 220 millio...

Sometime’s certain offers seem too good to be true in cell phone news. The MetroPCS’s “Unlimit Yourself” addition, which is available for existing MetroPCS contracts, couldn’t globally complete its bargain, missing Israel, the UK and other regions. Consequently, a class-action lawsuit has been thrown at MetroPCS. False advertising and deceptive business practices are ...

A customer filed a class-action lawsuit against MetroPCS, claiming that the flat-rate carrier used "bait and switch" and "deceptive trade practices," including in its advertising, to get subscribers to sign up for its $5 per month unlimited international calling feature. The company launched the plan in June. In the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New Yo...

Palm and Sprint Nextel could face a class-action lawsuit over a glitch in the information-backup service they offer for webOS-based devices that may have permanently erased some users' personal data. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Jose, alleges Palm and Sprint deceived consumers by failing to adequately outline potential problems...

Macworld.com - On Monday, we covered a pending class-action lawsuit filed against Storm8, developer of numerous popular iPhone games. The suit alleges that Storm8's games used “backdoor” methods to snag players’ iPhone numbers.