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Volkswagen has announced a recall of around 500,000 diesel cars after the Environmental Protection Agency accused the carmaker of cheating to pass emissions testing. The Volkswagen recall affects certain diesel Volkswagen and Audi vehicles with the model years 2009-2015. Volkswagen lawsuits have now been filed on behalf of plaintiffs who may have been... - Auction Rate Securities: UBS Commits "Flagrant Breach of Trust"
Jul-25-08 New York, NY If you needed any further proof that companies have been up to illegal activity regarding auction rate securities, this should finally convince you. New York State has filed a lawsuit against Swiss bank UBS AG, accusing the company of misleading clients by falsely selling auction rate securities as cash equivalents. According to the lawsuit,... - Salmonella Tomatoes Without Borders
Jul-9-08 Ontario, CA: There certainly is something to be said in "buy local, eat local." The same strain of salmonella that has sickened almost 1,000 people throughout the US since April has made its way to Canada. Health officials confirmed that four Canadians were affected with the Salmonella saintpaul strain—and the source of the tomato salmonella outbreak... - Auction Rate Securities: Inside the Mind of a Conniving Trader
Jun-14-08 New York, NY So you were an auction rate securities trader, before the market went south. And now you have a wave of angry clients berating you for failing to fully disclose the real risks of the products you were selling to them. Now they can't get at their money. They're angry, and they're panicking. And you're taking the brunt of it. Good. You k... - Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patches: "Pretty Scary"
May-29-08 Virginia Beach, VA Karen S. (not her real name) has used Icy Hot Heat Therapy Patches for a long time and says until recently she did not have any problems with them. However, the last time she used a heat therapy patch she suffered burn-like symptoms. Many people who suffered injuries similar to Karen's are now considering a possible lawsuit against the... - AMD Files Antitrust Suit against Intel
May-15-08 Wilmington, DE Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp., causing stock shares for AMD to soar after news that the company may be close to changing and improving its manufacturing practices. On May 5, 2008, AMD confirmed that they had filed an antitrust suit against Intel Corp. that alleges Intel of using unfair busines... - Investors "Screwed" by Auction-rate Securities
May-6-08 New York, NY It was as recent as the fall of 2007 when investors were encouraged to place their life savings into auction-rate securities. They were told that such an investment was as safe as cash. However, these investors have now learned that the large institutional investors were selling off their auction-rate securities at the same time the smaller in... - Destroy vs. Preserve Philips CPAP Sleep Machine Evidence
Dec-7-21 Philadelphia, PA In response to a federal court order requiring Philips RS North America to preserve evidence for a multidistrict litigation, the company says it hinders the recall and repairs of its defective CPAP sleep machines , as per the FDA’s order. But plaintiffs say Philips proposes to destroy evidence—defective sound-dampening f... - Diane Nygaard: Battling for Investors in Auction Rate Securities
Apr-11-08 Kansas City, MO: Nygaard Law Firm represents investors and consumers who have suffered large losses from fraud, most specifically in securities and annuity fraud, pension plan mismanagement, and financial planning. Based in their Kansas City office, Diane Nygaard started her practice in 1986 and, with her two associate attorneys, has collected tens of mil... - $61M Settlement Reached in Sanofi Vaccine Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $61.5 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit pending against Sanofi Pasteur Inc., alleging the pharmaceutical company violated antitrust laws with contracts for its pediatric vaccines. The lawsuit, which has been going on for five years, was filed by a group of health care providers who alleged... - Rochester Meat Recall: Meat Producers Will Pay, But Is It Enough?
Feb-9-08 Washington, DC A proposed federal budgetary measure is aimed at financing increased testing at meat packing plants --such as Rochester Meat --and hopefully reducing E.coli contamination in the food you eat. It's part of a long-overdue US Department of Agriculture (USDA) response to last year's record recalls of over 30 million pounds of E. coli-tainted g... - DMV Record Privacy Violations
Santa Clara, CA: Complaints have been made that personal information is obtained by companies from motor vehicle records for the purposes of selling and marketing that information. This is allegedly done without customers’ consent or knowledge, in violation of federal laws, specifically, the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA). A lawsuit was re... - Equifax Breach Led to Real Life Problems says Class Action
Oct-27-17 Atlanta, GA: Lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit filed in US District Court in Atlanta claim it was the Equifax breach between May and July 2017 that led to real life problems after their personal and private information was snatched from the credit reporting agency’s data bank and then allegedly used by criminals for illegal purposes. ... - Earth Friendly Products Agrees $925,000 Settlement in Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary $925,000 settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against a cleaning products manufacturer. The lawsuit alleged that the company fraudulently advertised its products as being "natural". Under the terms of the proposed agreement, the defendant, Earth Friendly Products Inc (EFP), wil... - $200M Settlement Imposed on Takata for Defective Air Bags
Washington, DC: The Department of Transportation' National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued two orders regarding defective Takata air bag inflators. The orders impose the largest civil penalty in NHTSA' history for Takata' violations of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, and for the first time use NHTSA' authority to accelerate recall rep... - Mortgage Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Buying a home is stressful enough, but some financial institutions and other organizations linked to home buying fees are accused of predatory lending practices. Among the alleged practices are charging excessive mortgage fees and closing fees , violating the Truth in Lending Act, abusing force placed insurance, illegally foreclosing on homes, and di... - Ford's Airbags: Another Car Crashworthiness Failure
Sep-24-07 Vero Beach, FL Don Hunt doubts he will ever buy another Ford after the airbags failed to deploy in a head-on collision. So much for car crashworthiness . "I picked up my son from work and we were driving home, doing about 35mph," says Hunt. "We had our seatbelts on—fortunately. As we approached a mall entrance a line-up of cars was waiting to turn i... - The Economic Crisis: Wall Street's Responsibility to Joe American
Sep-27-08 Washington, DC As the Congress continues to wrestle with undoubtedly the worst single economic crisis to hit the United States since the Great Depression, forgive Americans for thinking that they've been had. And now a proposed $700-plus billion bailout package aimed at rescuing the economy will be borne by the taxpayer, and push the national debt to a lev... - Farm Nuisance: Too Close for Comfort
Sep-18-07 Evansville, IN "We live in an agricultural community but there's no reason why someone has to build turkey houses right across the street from us," says Jamie H. Her family now has to deal with yet another poultry farm nuisance . Jamie and her family have owned 380 acres for more than 30 years and have four established residences on their land. Now the... - VW $14.2B Emissions Class Action Settlement Finalized
Santa Clara, CA: A $14.75 billion settlement between consumers, the federal government and Volkwagen has been granted final approval. The deal includes an aggressive timeline for VW to begin buying back cars that have the infamous emissions cheating software. Under the terms of the deal, VW will set aside $10 million to buy back its vehicles with...