In re Intuit Data Litigation

  1. May 16, 2019

    $2.8M In Fees Granted To Attys For Class In TurboTax Suit

    A California federal court awarded $2.8 million in fees and costs requested by attorneys representing members of a class action alleging that security flaws in Intuit Inc.'s TurboTax software allowed fraudsters to file almost a million fake tax returns.

  2. December 18, 2018

    Attys Want $2.7M Fee In TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal

    Attorneys who successfully represented class members affected by fraudsters filing 915,000 fake tax returns through TurboTax asked a federal court in California on Tuesday for $2.7 million in fees.

  3. December 04, 2018

    Class Members Object To Proposed Intuit Settlement Terms

    Members of a class action against Intuit Inc. objected to the terms of a nonmonetary settlement brokered in October after the company allegedly enabled fraudsters to file 915,000 fake tax returns.

  4. October 04, 2018

    Intuit's TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal For 915K Victims OK'd

    A California federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a nonmonetary deal TurboTax-maker Intuit Inc. reached to settle proposed class action claims that the company enabled fraudsters to file 915,000 fake tax returns, saying not all identity theft victims suffered out-of-pocket losses and those who did can still pursue individual claims.

  5. August 27, 2018

    TurboTax Users Get ID Theft Insurance In Proposed Agreement

    Individuals who claimed their identities were stolen and used to file fraudulent tax returns using TurboTax reached a settlement with the maker of the tax-preparation software that, if approved by a California federal court, would give the proposed class up to $1 million in identity theft insurance while forcing developer Intuit to step up security measures.

  6. May 16, 2018

    Intuit Gets Negligence Claim Tossed In Calif. Class Action

    A California federal court dismissed claims of negligence and aiding and abetting fraud asserted by two plaintiffs in a proposed class action against Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax software, saying Tuesday that the alleged injuries were not reasonably foreseeable.

  7. August 24, 2017

    Intuit Must Cough Up Docs In TurboTax Refund Fraud Suit

    A California federal judge ordered tax filer service Intuit Inc. on Wednesday to hand over information on fake tax returns fraudsters filed to steal customers' refunds, saying taxpayers in a proposed class action have shown that they need the documents to determine whether their proposed class or subclasses are appropriate.

  8. August 22, 2017

    TurboTax Users Seek To Expand Docs In Refund Fraud Suit

    A putative class of TurboTax users urged a California magistrate judge Tuesday to force the tax-preparation software maker Intuit Inc. to turn over documents related to every account from which fraudsters filed fake tax returns to steal refunds, and not just the documents from new accounts that the fraudsters had created.

  9. April 04, 2016

    Intuit Pushes For Arbitration, Stay In TurboTax Class Action

    TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. urged a California federal court on Friday to boot five suits over alleged fraudulent tax returns from federal court, preferably to arbitration, saying federal law is clear on the usage contracts for the tax-prep tool.

  10. April 21, 2015

    TurboTax Users Blame Intuit For Billions In Tax Fraud

    TurboTax users filed a putative class action in California federal court Monday accusing Intuit Inc., maker of the tax-preparation software, of negligently failing to protect them from identity theft by not safeguarding sensitive personal data, resulting in billions of dollars in tax fraud.