Newsletter Archives

• A legitimate-looking lawsuit claiming damages for the Win10 coerced upgrade

  Posted on March 25, 2017 at 13:13 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Many of you have posted here, and written to me privately, threatening to sue Microsoft for the pushy nature of the “Get Windows 10” campaign.

  It looks like one firm, the Chicago firm of Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin LLC, has taken up the challenge. As reported in The Register (yes, in the UK) yesterday, reports on a filing in Chicago US District Court on Thursday, claiming MS

  failed to exercise reasonable care in designing, formulating, and manufacturing the Windows 10 upgrade and placing it into the stream of commerce… As a result of its failure to exercise reasonable care, [the company] distributed an operating system that was liable to cause loss of data or damage to hardware.

  You can read the complaint here.

  The attorneys are seeking class action status.

  Based on reports on the Edelman Combs web site (which I haven’t independently confirmed), the firm has experience in the field. Edelman declares:

  Areas of Practice:
  25% Consumer Law
  75% Class Actions
  Deceptive Trade Practices

  You might want to take advantage of the firm’s “Contact Us” box on any of its web pages to see if you qualify for joining the class.

  Microsoft News class action, Edelman, Get Windows 10

• Class action probe begins for faulty Simplo batteries in Surface Pro 3

  Posted on August 1, 2016 at 11:50 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Looks like there’s a law firm that’s ready to take on Microsoft.

  With all the problems we’ve seen with Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Book firmware/drivers, it’s hard to imagine why anybody would buy one. But buy they do.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Microsoft News class action, lawsuit, Simplo, Surface Pro 3

• The ‘Get Windows 10’ campaign will see its day in court

  Posted on July 28, 2016 at 09:14 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  A class is forming in Florida, suing Microsoft for “Get Windows 10.” But the attorney involved lists his company on Facebook as a Real Estate Lawyer.

  The plot thickens.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows Patches/Security class action, Get Windows 10

• Class action lawsuit if you were harmed by the downloading of Windows 10 upgrade files

  Posted on December 15, 2015 at 09:58 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you have a legitimate gripe about Microsoft downloading that 3 to 5 GB trove of Windows 10 update files, the firm of Abbot Law Group PA wants to hear from you.

  http://microsoftclassactionlawsuit.com/

  t/h SG

  Windows News class action