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Santa Clara, CA: A $115 million settlement has been reached in the Anthem data breach class action. The lawsuit was brought by 80 million consumers who had their personal data compromised in the massive 2015 data breach. The settlement is the largest on record for a data breach class action lawsuit. Under the terms of the deal, the funds will be u... - Onglyza, Kombiglyze Maintain Risks in Spite of Dismissed Lawsuits
Jul-22-17 Trenton, NJ: Plaintiffs bringing either a saxagliptin lawsuit , or an Onglyza lawsuit (Onglyza is the trade name for saxagliptin) appear to have had a checkered track record in terms of success with their cases in spite of various side effects associated with the Type 2 diabetes drug. According to the Form 20-F filing issued by Onglyza manufacturer A... - Bagatelle Wait Staff Win $1.1M FLSA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a New York labor law class action lawsuit brought by wait staff at popular French restaurant Bagatelle in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The suit was brought by former servers Jallal Daghoughi and Maxime Lucas, who alleged that while they worked at Bagatelle their tips we... - Improvements in Cleaning Endoscopes Still not Universally Implemented: Study
Jul-21-17 Pittsburgh, PA: A recent study last month has shown that risks of infection stemming from use of endoscopes and duodenoscopes is continuing generally in the healthcare field in spite of guideline updates and other examples of tightening compliance aimed at improving, or even eliminating infection from the reusable devices. It’s the kind of infection... - Zimmer Hips—Complaints Surpassing Implants?
Sep-4-11 Grinnell, KS Hip replacements are one of the most common procedures in the US and metal-on-metal (MoM) Zimmer hips are amongst the most widely used of hip implants. Zimmer Holdings also has a large share of complaints, according to the FDA, and with those complaints come Zimmer Hip lawsuits. The New York Times (Aug 22, 2011) reported that MoM impl... - California Software Company Sues Competitors Over Use of Employment Agreements
Jul-22-17 Pleasanton, CA: California cloud computing company Veeva Systems has filed a lawsuit against three of its competitors, hoping to stop companies' widespread misuse of non-compete and other employment agreements that are barred by California law and can restrict employees' basic rights, according to The Mercury News . Veeva Systems, based in Pleasant... - Study Finds Consumers Complain Most About Banks With Highest Overdraft Fee Revenue
Jul-19-17 Washington, DC: A consumer protection report has found a correlation between the banks that customers complain about most and the amount of revenue from overdraft fees and insufficient funds (NSF) those banks collect. The 2016 report , issued by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), analyzed more than 10,000 bank-related customer complain... - Attorney discusses the California Employment Lawsuit and Settlement in Augustus v ABM Security Services
Jul-19-17 Oakland, CA: Thousands of security guards are extremely pleased with the outcome of their lawsuit regarding rest breaks, which dragged through the court system for years. “After 12 years, we just received final court approval of our $110 million settlement,” says attorney Scott Cole, adding that he is co-counsel with Drew Pomerance's office on... - ED-530XT Duodenoscopes Recalled
Jul-21-17 Santa Clara, CA: An urgent recall of all Fujifilm ED-530XT duodenoscopes has been issued, due to the difficulty in what the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refers to as “reprocessing.” Reprocessing is a detailed, multistep process to clean and disinfect or sterilize reusable devices. The voluntary recall of the duodenoscopes also inc... - Medtronic Knew About Deficiencies, Lawsuit Says
Jul-18-17 Tucson, AZ: Medtronic devices which have been around since 1988 and 1999 respectively have been the focus of much scrutiny in recent years, with the most recent concern landing earlier this year with a Class 1 recall related to software associated with the SynchroMed Implantable Infusion Pump . A Class 1 recall, about which anyone considering a Medtroni... - Acuerdo con Costco de $2 Millones por accidente laboral en California ya cuenta con aprobación preliminar
Jul-20-17 San Diego, CA. Una propuesta acción de clase basada en la ley del trabajo de California tendrá que esperar un poco antes de que el asunto se pueda marcar como 'resuelto' después de otra negativa por un juez de la Corte de Distrito de California para aprobar un acuerdo propuesto debido a inconsistencias entre la gobernanza en las... - Overtime Settlements and Lawsuits, from Pennsylvania Health Care Therapists to California Caregivers
Jul-15-17 San Francisco, CA: Despite federal and state laws in place to ensure that heath care workers—from behavioral health professionals in Pennsylvania to in-home caregivers in California—are getting overtime compensation they are entitled to, employers are still misclassifying employees to avoid paying overtime. And despite a recent settlement... - Ethicon Physiomesh Withdrawn from Market, Never Formally Recalled
Jul-17-17 Atlanta, GA: A myriad of issues with regard to Ethicon Physiomesh and the accompanying Ethicon Physiomesh complaints were partially responsible for Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, triggering a market recall of their product last year. There are those who assumed the Physiomesh was actually recalled in the US due to its withdrawal fro... - Class Action St. Jude Medical Lawsuit Launched in Canada, Seeks $800 Million
Jul-19-17 Toronto, ON: One of the most recent lawsuits to be filed against St. Jude Medical with regard to faulty batteries associated with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) has been filed by a woman in Canada. According to the New York Post (05/12/17), plaintiff Shirley Houle is seeking $800 million in damages on behalf of others similarly affecte... - Sears Facing 401K Class Action Lawsuit
Jul-19-17 Santa Clara, CA: Sears Holding is facing an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action lawsuit filed by employees who allege the company used its own stock as an investment option in the 401(k) plan, despite knowledge that the company was in in “extremely poor financial condition.” According to the complaint, Sears&r... - Illinois Fights Opioid Crisis with Class Action Suit
Jul-19-17 St. Clair County, Illinois The opioid addiction crisis has hit St. Clair County, Illinois hard. They are fighting back in a class action lawsuit charging the Purdue Pharma and Abbot Laboratories Inc. put profits ahead of the health and safety of its customers by underplaying the potential harm associated with highly addictive narcotics. “This a... - Taxotere Multidistrict Litigation May Remand Some Cases to State Courts
Jul-18-17 New Orleans, LA: Plaintiffs in a Louisiana multidistrict Taxotere litigation have asked the court to remand several cases back to state courts. The Louisiana Taxotere MDL In Re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation , MDL No. 2740, US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana concerns lawsuits filed by hundreds of plaintiffs who... - Essure Sales Decline as Complaints Increase and ObGyn Tips for Removal
Jul-13-17 Paris, FR: While Essure lawsuits are being filed in France, Canada and the US on behalf of women who have suffered complications from the permanent birth control device (and at least one death in France), gynecologists say a “small minority of women” are requesting removal. But what constitutes a small minority? About one million of the... - Automakers Agree to Compensate Takata Airbag Recall Consumers
Jul-15-17 Miami, FL: Four auto manufacturers have agreed to compensate owners of vehicles with recalled Takata airbags in a proposed class action settlement worth $553 million. Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit reached the settlement agreement on May 18, 2017 with Toyota, Subaru, Mazda and BMW. The money is intended to reimburse current and former owners fo... - Eliquis Lawsuit Alleges Wrongful Death, Product Misrepresentation
Jul-16-17 New York, NY: Raymond Warme, according to a recent Eliquis lawsuit , was prescribed the new-age blood thinner apixaban for atrial fibrillation. That was in April, 2014. Litigation brought on his behalf by his daughter and partner claim that Warme began to experience gastrointestinal bleeding within two months of starting on the drug. He would not surviv...