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DOL Charges TPA Embezzled ERISA Plan Assets
March 18, 2024. By Anne Wallace.
Pittsburgh, PA On February 5, the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a Temporary Restraining Order barring RiversEdge Advanced Retirement Systems, LLC and Paul Palguta, the company’s sole owner and president, from accessing the assets of various ERISA retirement plans. The Department of Labor has accused the third-party administrator of misappropriating and misallocating retirement plan assets from seventeen retirement plans, fourteen of which were covered by ERISA. The defendants also are alleged to have transferred assets among the trust accounts for these plans and generated false records to conceal these transfers. The fraudulent information provided to the plans duped them into filing false reports with the DOL, which further frustrated discovery of the embezzlement.
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Ozempic MDL and Semaglutide Update
March 15, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Philadelphia, PA Fifty-five Ozempic and similar weight loss drug lawsuits have been centralized in Eastern Pennsylvania, with U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter at the helm of the MDL and scheduled to commence March 14 at the first status conference. The litigation claims that Novo Nordisk's Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro and Trulicity cause gastroparesis and other serious gastrointestinal injuries, and the companies failed to warn patients about the risks associated with GLP-1 receptor agonist medications.
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Bayer in the Weeds over Monsanto’s Roundup
March 13, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Judge James Crumlish III dug Bayer’s Monsanto into the weeds last month. Along with rejecting Monsanto’s challenge to a $175 million Roundup verdict, he had harsh words regarding the company’s trial tactics, calling its performance indignant and self-promotional. And he dished out more punishment by awarding $2.3 million in delay damages to plaintiff Ernest Caranci.
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9 Best Ways to Remain Informed About Your Personal Injury Case
March 12, 2024. By LAS Staff Writer.
Columbia, SC Columbia, South Carolina is the capital city of the state and serves as its geographic and cultural center. With a population of 146,306 individuals, the city is home to a diverse community, including people from various racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. As such, the city, unfortunately, also sees a high number of accidents and personal injury cases.
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Glass House Slapped with California Labor Lawsuit
March 11, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Los Angeles, CA Glass House Brands Inc. was slapped with a proposed class action lawsuit last month, alleging California labor law violations. A former worker accuses the major California marijuana producer of engaging in a systematic pattern of wage violations, including unpaid overtime and unrealistic workloads.
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Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Caused Gastroparesis; Do You Have A Claim?
March 8, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
New York, NY As the demand for Ozempic and other semaglutide weight-loss drugs increases, more serious side effects such as stomach paralysis are being reported to medical professionals, the FDA, and attorneys.
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Former X Corp Workers ask Court not to Dismiss Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
March 7, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
San Francisco, CA Two former X Corp. workers in February 2024 implored a California federal court to go ahead with their proposed class action labor lawsuit alleging gender discrimination. The plaintiffs said X's argument that they failed to allege that X exhibited a pattern of practice of discriminatory behavior should be rejected because they now have enough detail, and evidence indicating Musk’s own biases, to survive the company's motion to dismiss.
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California Employment Lawyer Discusses Wage & Hour Complaints
March 5, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
San Diego, CA If your employer has taken advantage of you, consider speaking to an experienced wage and hour attorney. Nathan Kased’s clients are diverse: from blue collar workers who haven’t been properly paid to managers and sales people misclassified as independent contractors. “Overtime is the biggest issue, and wrongful termination is a close second,” says Kased.
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44 Million Americans Drink PFAS-Contaminated Water, Says New Study
March 4, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Washington, DC Data released by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that 44 million people in the U.S. have toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in their drinking water, but that could be just the tip of the iceberg as the full scale of PFAS contamination is likely much more widespread. However, scientists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) estimated in 2020 that more than 200 million Americans are exposed to forever chemicals in their drinking water.
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California Drywall Company Slapped with Wage & Hour Lawsuit – Again.
March 3, 2024. By Jane Mundy.
Riverside County, CA West Coast Drywall & Co is doing it again: underpaying its piece-rate field employees and instructing them to underreport their hours. The California drywall company settled a lawsuit for the same allegations in 2017, but just two years after the settlement, the company repeated the same California labor law violations. According to this lawsuit filed by Attorney General Rob Bonta, since August 2019 the company has shorted about 7,000 workers by failing to pay wages owed, overtime, and more.
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- Court Won’t Dismiss Doctor’s Bayer Roundup Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Feb-29-24)
- Last Dance, Last Chance for the Texas Two-Step in J&J Talc Litigation By Anne Wallace (Feb-28-24)
- Stryker Overtime Lawsuit Goes Ahead By Jane Mundy (Feb-26-24)
- Chicago Hospital Settles Class Action for $55M By Jane Mundy (Feb-22-24)
- PAGA To Face Critical Test on November 2024 Ballot By Anne Wallace (Feb-20-24)
- Things to Keep Handy When Consulting a Car Accident Injury Attorney By LAS Staff Writer (Feb-19-24)
- Suboxone maker Indivior in Trouble with the Law Again By Jane Mundy (Feb-16-24)
- Chemical Exposure Lawsuits By LAS Staff Writer (Feb-15-24)
- 3M Sending Payments for Faulty Combat Earplugs By Jane Mundy (Feb-12-24)
- New York MDL Consolidates Growing Number of Exactech Defective Hip Implant Lawsuits By Anne Wallace (Feb-9-24)
- Walmart Workers ask California Judge to OK $2.25M settlement By Jane Mundy (Feb-8-24)
- Another Option for Workers Who Cannot Save through an ERISA Retirement Plan By Anne Wallace (Feb-8-24)
- Delta Slammed with Lawsuit over Personal Cellphone Use By Jane Mundy (Feb-5-24)
- Two Popular California Bakeries Slammed with Wage Theft Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Feb-1-24)
- Another Monsanto Roundup Loss for Bayer By Jane Mundy (Jan-31-24)
- The Cheesecake Factory Settles California Janitors Wage Theft Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jan-29-24)
- Weight Loss Drugmakers Face Stomach Paralysis Lawsuits By Jane Mundy (Jan-27-24)
- Nurses Filed Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Against U.S. Nursing Corp By Jane Mundy (Jan-25-24)
- Johnson & Johnson to Pay $700 Million to Settle State AG Lawsuits By Anne Wallace (Jan-23-24)
- More Long-Term Part Timers May Now Save Through 401k ERISA Plans By Anne Wallace (Jan-22-24)
- $120M awarded in Westchester Medical Center Medical Malpractice Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jan-21-24)
- UNITE HERE Dispute with Sky Chefs Back on the Plate By Jane Mundy (Jan-18-24)
- Hair Relaxers – Read the Label By Jane Mundy (Jan-16-24)
- Race Bias Lawsuit: Tesla v. EEOC By Jane Mundy (Jan-13-24)
- Problems with Philips CPAP Replacement Machines By Jane Mundy (Jan-10-24)
- Disney’s Gender Wage Complaint Now Class Action By Jane Mundy (Jan-5-24)
- What to Do if Pulled Over for a DUI By LAS Staff Writer (Jan-4-24)
- Are Forfeiture Lawsuits the Next Trend for ERISA Litigation in 2024? By Anne Wallace (Jan-3-24)
- Activision Blizzard Agrees to $54 million Gender Discrimination Settlement By Jane Mundy (Dec-26-23)
- Navigating Common Law Realms: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Systems in Australia and the United States By LAS Staff Writer (Dec-22-23)
- California Labor Commissioner’s Office reaches $5.5M Settlement for Wage Theft Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Dec-19-23)
- Navigating Legal Challenges Faced by People With Cerebral Palsy By LAS Staff Writer (Dec-18-23)
- MetLife to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $4.5 Million By Anne Wallace (Dec-15-23)
- Barge Worker Not Required to Arbitrate California Wage Claims By Anne Wallace (Dec-13-23)
- DuPont, Corteva and Chemours to Pay State of Ohio $110 million By Jane Mundy (Dec-11-23)
- New California Employment Laws for 2024 By Jane Mundy (Dec-8-23)
- Amazon Retaliates against Women Demanding Fair Pay By Anne Wallace (Dec-7-23)
- Bayer Reeling After Plaintiffs’ Roundup Lawsuit Victories By Jane Mundy (Dec-6-23)
- Health Care Provider Settles Overtime Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Dec-4-23)
- Camp Lejeune Litigation on Track, First Settlements Reached, and Unpublished Cancer Study By Jane Mundy (Dec-1-23)