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'Swipe right to sue’: Now you can file lawsuits the same way you find hookups on Tinder

October 16, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. EDT
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Exorbitant legal fees, seemingly endless bureaucracy and an uncertain time investment mean that the decision to pursue legal action against a company or an individual is often fraught with hesitation.

But the founder of a legal-services app says his product now allows users to sue someone with their smartphones and claim awards from class-action lawsuits the same way they’d select a match on Tinder -- with a quick “swipe right to sue.”