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Tripadvisor's Year in Review: Unpacking all the good in 2022

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With borders open and flight routes reinstated (almost) all over the world, this year will forever be known as the great travel reboot. In 2022, travelers learned how to travel again — exploring new terrain, rediscovering favorite places, and making the most of long layovers. As we end the year on a high, today Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, looks back over the past year, unpacking all the good that was found along the way, at the trips that were taken and all the stories and memories that were brought back.

Key Points: 
  • In 2022, travelers learned how to travel again exploring new terrain, rediscovering favorite places, and making the most of long layovers.
  • Despite over two years of bookmarking and saving holiday ideas, the big return was overwhelming for some - Where should I go first?
  • Recent Tripadvisor research found that 'Relax and Rejuvenate' was the main trip purpose for 50% of travelers globally.
  • It's no wonder that in 2022, Tripadvisor saw travelers searching like never before.

Hagens Berman Investigating Washington-Based Debt Collection Company for Data Breach Affecting 3.7 Million People

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Seattle law firm Hagens Berman has launched an investigation into a data breach of local debt collection company Receivables Performance Management LLC (RPM) that reportedly compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 3.7 million individuals.

Key Points: 
  • Seattle law firm Hagens Berman has launched an investigation into a data breach of local debt collection company Receivables Performance Management LLC (RPM) that reportedly compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 3.7 million individuals.
  • A ransomware attack on the company followed on May 12, 2021, when files containing sensitive consumer data were accessible to the unauthorized party.
  • If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter via mail from Receivables Performance Management, find out your rights against RPM to potential compensation.
  • Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs rights complex litigation law firm with a tenacious drive for achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud.

Hagens Berman: Wage-Fixing Lawsuit Affecting Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Aimed at Meat Processing Industry

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Monday, November 21, 2022
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Affected employees include those who have occupied various positions along processing lines, including slaughtering and aging, cutting and further processing, repairing processing machines, and supervising processing lines.

Key Points: 
  • Affected employees include those who have occupied various positions along processing lines, including slaughtering and aging, cutting and further processing, repairing processing machines, and supervising processing lines.
  • The lawsuit follows Hagens Bermans successful case regarding similar claims in the poultry industry which recovered so far $195 million in compensation for wage-fixing.
  • Hundreds of thousands of workers have been harmed through this yearslong scheme to suppress wages, said Steve Berman, managing partner at Hagens Berman representing the proposed class of consumers.
  • Our firm has secured $195 million in the poultry processing industry for the same antitrust behavior.

Hagens Berman: Downtown Seattle Renters Sue Leasing Companies for Allegedly Illegally Inflating Rents in City’s Densest Neighborhoods

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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Renters in Seattles downtown core have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing 10 major leasing companies of an unlawful agreement to artificially inflate the price of residential real estate in the area, driving up rents in some of Seattles densest neighborhoods, according to Seattle law firm Hagens Berman.

Key Points: 
  • Renters in Seattles downtown core have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing 10 major leasing companies of an unlawful agreement to artificially inflate the price of residential real estate in the area, driving up rents in some of Seattles densest neighborhoods, according to Seattle law firm Hagens Berman.
  • The class action accuses 10 local leasing companies of engaging in a scheme involving RealPage Inc., a third-party that connected the housing companies to real-time algorithm-driven shared data.
  • If you currently rent a Seattle apartment maintained by one these companies or did so since 2010, you may have paid artificially inflated rent prices and may be affected.
  • The lawsuit states the price-fixing affected the central neighborhoods of Seattle, including Downtown Seattle, Capitol Hill, the Central District, South Lake Union and Queen Anne, which include most of the citys densest neighborhoods.

ENow Helps Solve Microsoft Teams Call Quality Issues

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022
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IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENow, an award-winning Monitoring & Reporting technology platform, announced a new Microsoft Teams Call Quality Monitoring & Reporting module that enables CIOs and their engineering teams to solve their users' Microsoft Teams call quality issues and improve their governance posture.

Key Points: 
  • IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENow, an award-winning Monitoring & Reporting technology platform, announced a new Microsoft Teams Call Quality Monitoring & Reporting module that enables CIOs and their engineering teams to solve their users' Microsoft Teams call quality issues and improve their governance posture.
  • Our monitoring solution is built on top of these and makes it very easy to provide Microsoft Teams performance monitoring and solve Microsoft Teams call quality issues quickly," says ENow CEO Jay Gundotra.
  • ENow provides access to service desk and Microsoft Teams personnel to quickly troubleshoot Microsoft Teams call quality issues in real-time.
  • Check out our recent Microsoft Teams performance monitoring webinar focused on solving Microsoft Teams call quality issues, hosted by Microsoft Teams experts and MVPs Tom Arbuthnot and Nicolas Blank.

Hagens Berman: Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Implementing Illegal Tactics to Trick Prime Customers into Contracts

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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Seattle-based consumer-rights law firm Hagens Berman today filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon Inc. , accusing it of employing illegal, underhanded tactics to trick Amazon Prime members into maintaining their subscriptions, and did so intentionally through a secret project designed to thwart Prime cancellations.

Key Points: 
  • Seattle-based consumer-rights law firm Hagens Berman today filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon Inc. , accusing it of employing illegal, underhanded tactics to trick Amazon Prime members into maintaining their subscriptions, and did so intentionally through a secret project designed to thwart Prime cancellations.
  • If you are a current Amazon Prime member or a former member, and you attempted to cancel your Prime subscription within the last four years only to be charged another Prime fee, you may be entitled to compensation under consumer-rights laws.
  • The class action reveals that through Project Iliad, Amazon added multiple layers of questions and new offers before a Prime member could cancel their subscription, making the process layered and confusing.
  • On average Prime members in the U.S. do 53% of their shopping online and make most of their online purchases on Amazon.

Hagens Berman: Antitrust Lawsuit Says Apple and Amazon Colluded to Raise iPhone, iPad Prices

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, accuses Apple and Amazon of seeking to eliminate third-party Apple resellers on Amazon Marketplace in a scheme to stifle competition, and maintain premium pricing for Apple products.

Key Points: 
  • The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, accuses Apple and Amazon of seeking to eliminate third-party Apple resellers on Amazon Marketplace in a scheme to stifle competition, and maintain premium pricing for Apple products.
  • The lawsuit centers around an agreement made between Apple and Amazon that took effect at the beginning of 2019, the existence of which neither defendant denies.
  • Ultimately Apple proposed, and Amazon agreed, to limit the number of resellers in each country to no more than 20.
  • The lawsuit references that Amazon admitted to Congress that it entered an agreement with Apple that permits only seven resellers of new Apple products on its platform.

New Kit Predicts Retroviral Particle Clearance in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Monday, November 7, 2022
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This kit enables bioprocess scientists to quantify the removal of Retrovirus-Like Particles (RVLPs) produced endogenously by Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell lines during biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

Key Points: 
  • This kit enables bioprocess scientists to quantify the removal of Retrovirus-Like Particles (RVLPs) produced endogenously by Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell lines during biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
  • Viral contamination is an inherent risk during the manufacture of biopharmaceutical products such as antibodies, gene therapies, vaccines, and plasma derivatives.
  • Whether introduced initially from raw materials or later through specific manufacturing operations, unmitigated viral contamination has led to serious health implications and plant shutdowns.
  • With the availability of the MockV RVLP Kit, biopharmaceutical companies can now independently assess the removal of the original retroviral particle of regulatory concern, derived directly from CHO cells.

Orchestry Receives Funding from Incredible Capital to Accelerate Growth

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Orchestry announces receiving funding from Incredible Capital to accelerate growth.

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  • VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Orchestry announces receiving funding from Incredible Capital to accelerate growth.
  • Orchestry, today announced raising funding from Incredible Capital led by Brian Cook and Chris Johnson.
  • Orchestry is a Canadian-based primarily female-led tech company that develops software-as-a-solution (SaaS) products for administrators and users of Microsoft 365.
  • We are really looking forward to supporting the Orchestry team in their ambitious growth path," said Brian Cook of Incredible Capital and former co-Founder CEO of global software company, Nintex.

Hagens Berman: College Student Renters Take on Mega Property Management Companies in New Antitrust Class-Action Lawsuit

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Attorneys at Hagens Berman today filed a lawsuit against some of the nations largest U.S. housing managers on behalf of college student renters who accuse the companies of price-fixing rents for apartments in student housing markets across the country.

Key Points: 
  • Attorneys at Hagens Berman today filed a lawsuit against some of the nations largest U.S. housing managers on behalf of college student renters who accuse the companies of price-fixing rents for apartments in student housing markets across the country.
  • RealPage specifically designed an algorithm for the student housing market, called YieldStar Student, to help lessors maximize revenue by raising rent prices that they charged students, according to the lawsuit.
  • Defendants include Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC, Cushman & Wakefield Inc., BH Management Services, LLC, Campus Advantage Inc., Cardinal Group Holdings LLC, CA Ventures Global Services LLC, D.P.
  • The new lawsuit isnt the first time Hagens Berman has fought for the rights of college students.