#lawsuit

Memo to the Board of Directors. A Board Member & a watch dog from the NYDFS needs to be on milestone calls with Accenture & firm managment constantly to oversee this transition. In case you have not see it, our first real glimpse into the major issues w/Accenture have come from a recent lawsuit filed in the Southern District of NY by a former managing director of TIAA-CREF. Her name is Marcella Gift. The accusations, if proven true, should send shivers down the spine of every Board Member, CFO, and CFO. Read this from the Complaint:

**"106. Ms. Gift provided specific examples of products and services dependent on Record
Keeping Transformation work with Accenture and launching in Q4 2025, which were
experiencing serious challenges. The first was Annuity Payment Automation for the SIA product
recently launched for 401(k) accounts where the recordkeeper is TIAA or another party. The
second was MyChoice MYGA."

"114. By the end of July 2025, there were critical failures in the overarching Accenture/TIAA Recordkeeping partnership, and by September 2025, there were critical failures in the launch of
the products named by Ms. Gift."

"134. As Ms. Gift was under the threat of the written warning, she was forced to comply and said nothing about the documented and unfolding problems. Months later, the launch of MyChoice MYGA was imperiled. Had the observed problems been escalated in June, providing a long runway for a solution to be devised, TIAA teams would not have been working round the
clock, seven days a week, to build and test the technology needed to launch the product. Instead, TIAA product and technology teams were only made aware in September that Accenture would not be able to meet the October delivery date."

"139. Penrose also learned that there were significant problems in the support model from Accenture and that these problems were creating obstacles to achieving necessary goals and
milestones. He was also surprised to hear this. These were the same concerns that Ms. Gift had been raising. This was also inextricably linked to the requirements laid out in the MSA for the NBIA program."

"By July 2025,
the overall Accenture/TIAA recordkeeping performance scorecard was flashing red due to missed milestones and other failings. By September 2025, the ability to launch MyChoice MYGA in October/November 2025 was severely compromised due to critical failures in technology resourcing through RKT, scoping, and achievement of technology delivery
milestones."**

All to save 30% in Labor Costs

If plans have contracts with states, how will this affect those? They can't pull out of a state until the contract ends, can they? What happens when staff leave or are let go & the company can't fulfill the contract requirements? Can states sue? Would Centene do that?

I recently lost a lot of respect for my organization.

We’re laying people off while also spending what appears to be hundreds of thousands of dollars on culture partners. That makes me wonder: who is responsible for the checks and balances on decisions like this?

I looked into one of these vendors and found they recently had been involved in a workplace harassment lawsuit. They also changed their legal name shortly before we entered into the partnership. If that information is publicly available, who is responsible for the due diligence?

Is it HR? Procurement? The business unit? Does CS&S have a vendor governance process?

Or is the process simply that someone reads a book, likes the message, and approves a half-million-dollar investment?

At this point, I question whether anyone thoroughly reviewed the company’s background, leadership, qualifications, or history before committing to this partnership. If they did, I’d genuinely like to understand what standards were used.

How has no exec internally brought up the lawsuit about securities fraud. The silence is deafening.

E.g
https://www.ktmc.com/it-gartner-inc-class-action-lawsuit

Meanwhile the C level still have their off-sites with expensive food and drinks like the world is rosy. And the stock keeps sinking lower

DXC have finally recieved $213,560,494.98 $213 million) from Tata Consultancy Services in a landmark trade secrets case. Thats a huge 15%/$1.2 equivalent DXCs stock value.

Stroke of luck for Rarwul he can stretch it 2 more quarters doing nothing.

Yesterday judge allowed lawsuit to advance against Fiserv. Massive F*up by DW under his Product watch!!!! And, he gets to keep his job!!? So motivating to work for Fiserv promoting these losers!

Cisco just sells the hw & sw. Not responsible for what customers do with it.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-856_kjfm.pdf

liberal loonies dissenting obviously

https://www.classactionlawyers.com/blog/humana

Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy has become a high-profile example of the legal hurdles terminated employees face, even as they argue the mass layoffs were done without the legally required notice.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/spirit-layoff-suit-puts-spotlight-on-labor-rights-in-bankruptcy

I haven’t been employed at CF a full year yet, and I’m paying close attention to this site and how information is shared. I just got word of the lawsuit pending against two brothers who have allegedly defrauded CF. A few months prior, I learned from the town hall meeting prior to selecting the new CEO that we had an $80MM deficit in operating costs. This was in alignment with the VSP purge. I’m too young to retire but too old to be a viable candidate anywhere else, but I recognize the “last hired, first fired” scenario. I’m grateful for this site where some real convo can be had. I wish nothing but the best for seasoned vets and those like me who are chewing fingernails and wondering what’s next.

Citi and Jane will do anything to get the CO removed

https://www.investmentnews.com/regulation-legal-compliance/ex-citi-executive-sues-bank-citing-trump-account-concerns-and-retaliation/267056

Did anyone else receive an email about a class action lawsuit regarding medical solutions and the 401k?

The Washington Post faces a new class-action lawsuit. It is accused of "surveillance pricing" against subscribers. The lawsuit alleges the paper harvested personal data to set unequal prices. Longtime customers reportedly paid more than new subscribers. The Clarkson Law Firm seeks punitive and statutory damages.

https://www.wfmd.com/2026/06/11/washington-post-faces-class-action-lawsuit-alleging-surveillance-pricing-of-subscribers/

https://www.haystack.tv/v/man-sues-agencies-arrest-ai-facial-recognition-mistake

T&Cs for me but not for thee?

https://dailyjournal.com/article/392055-judge-certifies-class-action-accusing-ricoh-of-systematic-printer-service-overbilling

https://www.beckerspayer.com/workforce/elevance-sues-former-chief-execution-officer-over-noncompete-agreement/

Elevance Health is suing a former senior executive, alleging he violated a noncompete agreement when he joined Medicare Advantage insurer Alignment Healthcare weeks after resigning.

The complaint was filed June 5 in an Indiana federal court and names Shane Hochradel, who previously served in a variety of executive roles at Elevance starting in 2021, most recently as chief execution officer. Mr. Hochradel notified Elevance of his resignation on May 8 and started June 1 as COO at Alignment.

Elevance argues Alignment is a direct competitor in the Medicare Advantage market, with both insurers operating plans in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Mr. Hochradel’s employment and stock award agreements barred him from taking a competing position for 12 months after his departure, according to the complaint. Elevance says that as chief execution officer, he led the company’s transformation team and helped develop a three-year plan to use artificial intelligence to cut costs and compete against rivals, including Alignment. Elevance alleges he cannot do his new job without drawing on that knowledge.

“Hochradel inevitably will use Elevance Health’s confidential information in his executive-level position at Alignment,” the complaint states.

Elevance also claims Mr. Hochradel did not notify its chief human resources officer that he was in talks with Alignment until after he accepted the role, a step his stock agreements required. The company said it learned of his new role on May 11 and reminded him of his contractual obligations, then informed Alignment of those obligations the following day.

Elevance is seeking compensatory damages and repayment of stock gains tied to equity that Mr. Hochradel exercised or vested over the prior 24 months, plus attorneys’ fees and costs. The suit is at least the fourth Elevance has brought against departing executives over noncompete agreements in recent years. In January, the company sued four former leaders at its Puerto Rico subsidiary who left for rival insurer Triple-S Salud, seeking more than $1.08 million in combined stock repayments. In September, it sued a former senior underwriting executive who joined health benefits company Gravie. And in 2023, Elevance sued its former west region Medicare president after she left for Molina Healthcare. A judge declined to block that move and the case was later settled.

At the Becker's 5th Annual Fall Payer Issues Roundtable, taking place November 2–3 in Chicago, payer executives and healthcare leaders will come together to discuss value-based care, regulatory changes, cost management strategies and innovations shaping the future of payer-provider collaboration.

A class action lawsuit was filed against Oakland City University. It alleges the university failed to pay employees for weeks. This occurred before a massive campus shutdown and staff layoffs. Chelsea Price filed the suit seeking unpaid wages and damages. The university previously announced suspending traditional undergraduate programs.

Evansville, Indiana

https://www.wbiw.com/2026/06/09/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-oakland-city-university-over-unpaid-wages-following-layoffs/

A couple of places says the 401k lawsuit will be this Friday, June 12. A couple of places say no set date has been established.

Anyone know anything more official-like?

Stop stealing other company chip patents !
Stop the layoffs immediately !

https://allaboutlawyer.com/vlsi-intel-3-billion-patent-lawsuit-appeals-court-2026/

Ummmmm. . .

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-04/ibm-at-t-accused-by-whistleblower-of-covering-up-foreign-hacks

By Jake Bleiberg and Mark Anderson
June 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM CDT |
Updated on June 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM CDT

• A lawsuit from a former IBM cybersecurity official alleges that International Business Machines Corp. and AT&T Inc. concealed breaches of their computer systems by foreign hackers from the US government in violation of the law.
• The complaint claims that the companies failed to disclose multiple breaches over years and made false assurances about the security of their systems in order to win and keep federal contracts.
• The suit alleges that foreign and unidentified hackers repeatedly infiltrated IBM's cloud computing infrastructure, which is widely used by the US government, including the military, and that the companies sometimes couldn’t determine who got in, or what was taken.

International Business Machines Corp. and AT&T Inc.’s computer systems were repeatedly breached by foreign hackers, and the companies concealed those intrusions from the US government in violation of the law, according to a lawsuit from a former IBM cybersecurity official.

William Barlow, IBM’s former vice president of threat intelligence, alleged in the complaint that the companies failed to disclose multiple breaches over years by attackers linked to foreign governments and made false assurances about the security of their systems in order to win and keep federal contracts.

The whistleblower complaint against IBM and AT&T was filed under seal in 2020 and is still pending before a federal court in New York. It was made public this week, after the US government declined to intervene in the case, and hasn’t been previously reported.

The suit offers a rare account of alleged security failures at two major government contractors. It raises questions about the protection of sensitive information on the networks, and about companies’ responsibility to disclose such compromises.

Shares of IBM fell 4% to $289.65 at 10:06 a.m. New York time on Friday, outpacing the broader losses across the stock market on a US jobs report. AT&T’s stock was up about 0.4%

The hackers allegedly breached massive IBM cloud computing infrastructure that’s widely used by many parts of the US government, including the military. AT&T operates this “Core Network” on behalf of IBM, and the Dallas-based telecommunications company’s systems are part of them, according to the complaint.

The complaint alleges that foreign and unidentified hackers repeatedly infiltrated the network and that the companies sometimes couldn’t determine who got in, or what was taken. It also says IBM downplayed or concealed incidents before entering government agreements requiring it to certify it had no significant unresolved cybersecurity issues.

“This complaint was filed six years ago, and the US Department of Justice declined to intervene,” said IBM spokesperson Adam Pratt. “IBM is confident that our actions followed the letter of the law.”

Representatives of AT&T didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Barlow worked at IBM in two stints beginning in 2002, including serving as vice president of threat intelligence from 2017 until his resignation in 2019, according to the lawsuit. He was quoted in a 2018 New York Times report about IBM offering cyber trainings in a mobile command center built in a customized semitrailer truck. Since leaving the Armonk, New York-based company Barlow has maintained a profile in the security industry, attending conferences and giving talks.

Jason T. Brown, an attorney for Barlow, declined to discuss the circumstances of his client’s resignation or say whether the Justice Department has investigated the allegations in the False Claims Act suit. Government decisions to intervene in such cases often take years and federal officials choosing not to get involved doesn’t indicate the merit of a complaint, Brown said. He added that the allegations implicate billions of dollars of federal business with AT&T and IBM.

“We’re looking forward to aggressively litigating the matter,” said Brown, of the firm Brown, LLC. “You can’t sell cybersecurity to the federal government while allegedly having these security problems within your own company.”

In his suit, Barlow claimed he personally witnessed numerous breaches of IBM’s core network and was pressured by executives to soften internal reports and omit details. Barlow alleged he knew of specific instances where IBM senior management “actively took steps to cover up and conceal” hacks from US regulators and government clients.

“The data breaches are so large and the core networks so poorly designed that neither IBM nor AT&T knows exactly what data was breached, who breached the data, where the data was breached or whether any data was exfiltrated, altered and/or modified in any respect,” the lawsuit alleges.

Chinese government-backed hackers were allegedly involved in some of the breaches cited in the suit.

In 2018, the US Department of Justice charged two alleged members of a Chinese hacking group that it said had waged a decade-long campaign to steal the data of 100,000 US Navy personnel. In his lawsuit, Barlow said the group, known as APT 10, had carried out that theft by infiltrating IBM’s networks.

Intelligence agencies told IBM that internet addresses associated with its network were connecting to infrastructure used by APT 10, according to the suit. An internal company investigation found more than 50,000 “potential APT 10 hits” between 2013 and 2016, the suit alleges. The following year, another internal probe allegedly found attackers had accessed nearly 400 compromised accounts and almost 200 total systems and servers in 18 countries, across every business unit, the complaint says.

But because the company didn’t keep access logs, there was nothing further it could do to investigate, according to the suit.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Officials with the National Security Agency asked Barlow questions about the alleged hacks from China, but he was told to “dodge” them, according to the suit. It doesn’t say who allegedly gave Barlow this instruction.

Barlow brought his suit in 2020 and it remained secret until it was unsealed Wednesday.

The False Claims Act bars submitting false claims for payment to the US government. The law allows private whistleblowers to sue for alleged fraud against the government. Federal authorities may step in and effectively take control of such cases. The government can recover as much as three times its damages and whistleblowers can be awarded a portion of those damages.

A federal judge in New York ordered the suit be unsealed this spring after the US government declined to intervene. The court records don’t explain the government’s decision and Brown, Barlow’s attorney, said he didn’t know what motivated it.

The departments of Defense and Justice didn’t respond to emailed questions.

lets say a sr manager is mentioned in a public lawsuit and an employee has information useful to plaintiffs case, perhaps showing, just as an example, that the manager has made similar comments supporting the fact thay maybe he or she really doesnt care about people with a disability. does the employee automatically get fired for speaking up?

KD is showing her real nature and ability to sow and create chaos. KD is directly responsible for withholding BL indiscretions and now for removing Manifold with out cause. Another 10 million quid lawsuit

Minnesota is again suing 3M Co. over contamination from its products containing “forever chemicals,” this time concerning pollution at its Cottage Grove manufacturing facility.

other than castkles in the sky and building a house of cards that wouldn't pass scrutiny with regulators in a proper administration that isn't as incompetent as the present one (past R or D admins, for example)? He's built an empire costing several million dollars including his own cost to the firm, gotten himself and Citi into a lawsuit...what else?

Jane has rewarded one buffoon after another

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-revives-82-million-verdict-against-ford-trade-secrets-case-2026-05-22/

Everyone check out their newest lawsuit.

Medical Solutions 401(k) Fund Swap Drives Proposed Class Action

Couldn’t get the link to post

https://lawyerinc.com/biggest-intel-lawsuits/

1. Intel settles lawsuit for employment discrimination Settlement amount: $3.5 million
2. Asalati v. Intel Corporation Settlement amount: $5 million
3. Intel settles with Department of Labor Settlement amount: $5 million
4. Intel settles high-tech antitrust case Settlement amount: $415 million
5. Intel settles Intergraph lawsuit Settlement amount: $225 million
6. Intel settles lawsuit with AMD Settlement amount: $1.25 billion
7. The European Commission issues statement of guilt to Intel on antitrust violations Settlement amount: $1.44 billion
8. Nvidia countersues Intel Settlement amount: $1.5 billion
9. Intel settles with the Federal Trade Commission Settlement amount: $1.5 billion (suspended)
10. Intel loses patent infringement lawsuit Settlement amount: $2.2 billion

Another lawsuit

https://share.google/d1FWUxB9z3RX5ZCEJ

Wells Fargo settles suit for $110M alleging discriminatory hiring and leading last week

Fraud lawsuit against Intel to steal personal data of millions of Americans

https://brownrudnick.com/client_news/brown-rudnick-on-behalf-of-200-plaintiffs-files-fraud-suit-against-intel-claiming-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-in-damages/

The Florida Education Association (FEA), along with other groups, has sued the state Department of Education. They claim Florida's universal school voucher system violates the state constitution. The lawsuit alleges a disparity in oversight between public and private schools receiving taxpayer funds. Nearly $5 billion in state money is allocated for these vouchers, including for homeschooling. Public schools have experienced declining enrollment and budget cuts since universal vouchers began in 2023. The FEA seeks accountability, transparency, and consistent educational standards across all schools.

Florida

https://www.wusf.org/the-florida-roundup/2026-05-18/why-was-florida-sued-over-universal-school-vouchers

A former Bank of New York Mellon associate alleges the bank fired him while his disability accommodation request was still pending in its system.

Gibbs Kanyongo Jr. sued BNY on May 12, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The complaint brings claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act for failure to accommodate, disability discrimination, and retaliation.

The story, as the filing tells it, begins on Aug. 4, 2025. Kanyongo - a Client Processing Associate in BNY's Loan Administration department in Pittsburgh - says he broke a bone in his foot and suffered ligament damage in his ankle playing basketball. Two days later, according to the complaint, a UPMC podiatrist diagnosed a severe ankle sprain and signed documentation stating Kanyongo was limited in his ability to walk and needed to work from home for six to eight weeks. He says he called BNY's HR department on Aug. 7 and asked how to submit it. The complaint says HR pointed him to the online portal and to BNY's "Medical Certification: Reasonable Accommodation" form.

What followed, the complaint alleges, was more than two months of back and forth.

Kanyongo says he submitted the certification on Aug. 26. According to the filing, BNY responded on Sept. 5 to say the doctor had filled out parts of the form incorrectly. Kanyongo says he got it redone. On Sept. 24, 2025, he says he emailed the corrected certification - signed by his treating provider - to peopleadvisorsamericas@bny.com, an inbox the complaint says HR had told him to use during a mandatory two-week security leave.

Twenty-three days later, on Oct. 17, 2025, the complaint says his manager called and told him he was being terminated for failing BNY's "Working Together" in-office requirement on two occasions. The filing alleges his accommodation request remained pending in BNY's process when that call was made.

The complaint raises three issues that sit squarely in HR territory.

The first concerns the interactive process. The filing alleges that during the 23 days between Kanyongo's Sept. 24 submission and his Oct. 17 termination, BNY did not contact him to say his documentation had not been received or processed, or that he remained at risk of termination. His AT&T telephone records, according to the filing, show a 37-minute call to BNY's People Team line on Oct. 14, three days before he was terminated.

The second concerns BNY's automated attendance system. Under the "Working Together" policy as described in the complaint, employees must work a minimum of three days per week in the office, and two violations within a 12-month period can trigger termination. The complaint says Kanyongo received a first violation notice in May 2025 for the period from March 23, 2025 to April 19, 2025 - before his injury. The filing alleges that on Oct. 17, 2025, he discovered an automated notification flagging him for a further violation covering Sept. 6 through Oct. 4, 2025, and that the automated system had also not credited his accommodation for an earlier flagged period ending Aug. 8, 2025 - the period the complaint says an HR representative had told him his completed accommodation would retroactively excuse.

The third concerns what the complaint frames as an inconsistency between BNY's position statement to the EEOC and BNY's own internal records. The complaint says BNY's position statement asserted that Kanyongo's manager, Sally Baker, "never told [Mr. Kanyongo] he was not allowed to enter in-office exceptions" and in fact "encouraged him to do so." The filing then cites BNY's own People Solutions portal entries from Sept. 19, 2025, which Kanyongo says recorded his report that his manager had advised him "he cannot keep using in-office exceptions & he can only use three in-office exceptions for the time being," and that "his manager is not approving of in-office exceptions."

According to the complaint, an HR representative had told Kanyongo earlier in the process that once his completed forms were received and approved, the accommodation would retroactively cover and excuse the flagged days. The filing alleges that step never took place.

Kanyongo also says he wrote a message in BNY's portal on Sept. 5, 2025, describing himself as "unable to walk or travel," having "been trying to get this request submitted and approved for over a month," and having "called every week talking to someone asking for an update." According to the complaint, he arranged to be picked up and transported on his broken foot to get the forms completed, and asked BNY's People Advisor Team to call his physician directly. The filing says BNY declined, citing HIPAA.

Kanyongo is seeking back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorneys' fees. He has demanded a jury trial. The complaint says he was unemployed for approximately six months after the termination, and that his new job pays roughly $5.00 per hour less than his BNY salary.

The allegations have not been tested in court. BNY has not yet filed a response to the complaint, and no court has ruled on the merits of any of Kanyongo's claims.

Watch for another big charge to hit the balance sheet soon. . .

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/public-safety/2026/05/11/endicott-permitted-to-sue-ibm-for-alleged-water-contamination/90030384007/

EH is trying to bring back someone that was fired for bad conduct but because of the lawsuit, they cant bring them back as a FTE but on contract. Does anyone know who that is?

Former Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. employees filed a class action lawsuit. They claim the airline improperly laid off about 17,000 workers. The suit alleges Spirit failed to provide 60 days' notice under the WARN Act. This occurred while the company proposed bonuses for top executives. The employees seek back pay and other compensation from the bankrupt airline.

Dania Beach, Florida

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/ex-spirit-airline-workers-bring-class-suit-over-abrupt-layoffs

Enjoy all the videos.

Let’s come together as one community here and post a list of real lawsuits won against U.S. Bank. Employment Discrimination Retaliation Consumer or anything else as long as it has to do with U.S. Bank. Let’s compile a list here with links and anything else that is helpful.

Bonus points for recent/ongoing lawsuits.

Looks like Pete decided to depart for family commitments just 2 days after the DOJ wanted to depose him, I guess a golden parachute is better than an orange jumpsuit! This is not the same as the other CMS pending case for failure to comply with reporting and the nearly billion dollars in historical payments being set aside.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/elevance-senior-executive-fights-doj-deposition-bid-in-medicare-advantage-fraud-case/

“According to an April 27 letter filed with the court, the government said it first contacted Elevance about deposing Mr. Haytaian on Feb. 24, two days before the company announced his departure.”

“The MA case in which Mr. Haytaian is being asked to testify was originally filed in 2020. The government alleges Elevance (then Anthem) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to delete inaccurate diagnosis codes it submitted to CMS for risk adjustment purposes, instead using a retrospective chart review program to identify additional codes that could generate higher MA payments. The complaint describes the program as “a cash cow” that generated more than $100 million per year in additional revenue during certain periods.”

This speaks to the cesspool that is Norwalk as a location & Client Solutions as a department. No wonder they axed that whole team in Norwalk!

https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employment-law/factset-fired-black-consultant-one-day-after-fmla-request-suit-alleges/574956

I hope she gets every penny she sues for