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Sort by date 16,587 pages found matching %3Ca href%3D%22%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E- Will Pot Company Cresco Lawsuit Go Up in Smoke?
Oct-5-21 Santa Clara, CA Cresco Labs, the cannabis and medical marijuana company, has been slammed with a lawsuit filed under California's Private Attorneys General Act, alleging it didn’t pay workers for time spent “donning and doffing” – putting on and taking off—personal protective equipment required by the multi-state pot compa... - Johnson & Johnson Settles Deceptive Hip Implant Marketing Lawsuits for $120 Million
Feb-12-19 Washington, DC Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) has agreed to pay $120 million to the attorneys general of 46 states and Washington, D.C. to settle claims that the company made unfair and deceptive statements in the promotion of its ASR XL and Pinnacle Ultamet hip implant systems. A separate agreement is expected to resolve most of the thousands of co... - Ohio Cannabis Workers Sue for Unpaid Wages
Oct-1-21 Cleveland, OH On September 14, the Northern District of Ohio granted conditional certification to a group of hemp workers in Tenita Bryant v. North Coast Natural Solutions, LLC . The employees may now move one step farther along in their pursuit of unpaid wages claims against a collection of related hemp enterprises that did business as AgeVital Pharm... - More Settlements Announced in Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits
Jun-13-14 Miami, FL The recent months have brought news of even more settlements in force-placed insurance lawsuits . In the past few months, various banks and financial firms have announced that they settled lawsuits involving lender insurance. Lawsuits filed against the banks and insurance companies alleged they were involved in an illegal kickback scheme to pl... - PFAS Breast Cancer Lawsuit and PFAS Links to Breast Cancer
Sep-22-21 Charleston, SC A Maryland woman in August filed a PFAS lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina claiming she developed breast cancer as a result of drinking water contaminated with firefighting foam chemicals for years. Nigora Akhmedova, diagnosed with breast cancer 2018, has been drinking the local water in Anne Arun... - Arsenic Poisoning at Montana Super Fund Site
Sep-20-21 Butte, MT U.S. Minerals, Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to pay a criminal penalty of $393,200. The mining company has also agreed to a medical monitoring program for current and former employees who have been exposed to elevated levels of arsenic. Employees who take advantage of the medic... - Bob Dylan Accused of Sexual Abuse
Sep-24-21 New York, NY A woman identified as JC filed a civil sexual abuse lawsuit last month with the New York Supreme Court accusing Bob Dylan of sexual assault, battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress over a period of six weeks back in 1965. The 68-year-old plaintiff says she is “emotionally scarred and psycholog... - Fracking Verdict Positive News for People Sickened by Fracking Contamination
May-20-14 Dallas, TX On April 22 - which coincidentally happened to be Earth Day - a Dallas jury awarded a Texas family $2.9 million in the nuisance claim they brought against Aurba Petroleum Inc. It is the first fracking lawsuit to result in a jury award and likely good news for other families who have been sickened by contaminated water and fracking chemicals... - “Quit or Die, N----r,” Read the Note
Sep-17-21 Fresno, CA Three former employees of Kraft Heinz Foods Co. at the Tulare, California plant have filed a lawsuit citing violations of federal and California employee labor laws including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the California Fair Employment and H... - $22 Million Settlement Reached for Some Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Lawsuits
May-7-14 San Francisco, CA Medtronic, the maker of a spinal bone graft product called Infuse Bone Graft, has said it will pay $22 million to settle about 1,000 lawsuits stemming from claims of adverse health outcomes related to the product and claims that the manufacturer illegally promoted the Medtronic bone product for off-label uses. Medtronic is also repo... - California Assembly Bill 701 To Hold Amazon Accountable for Safe Workplace
Sep-10-21 Santa Clara, CA Assembly Bill 701 is expected to reach California lawmakers any day now. Bill 701 will curtail Amazon’s algorithm-led and unfavorable warehouse work conditions by requiring warehouses to disclose quotas and work speed metrics to employees and government agencies. The bill will also put an end to “time off task” penalties... - CPAP Sleep Machine Nightmare – for both Consumers and Philips
Sep-13-21 St Louis, MO Philips CPAP sleep machine recall has caused a rude awakening for thousands of users who rely on the sleep machine to get them through the night – alive. Meanwhile, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will discuss next month the future of sleep machine lawsuits throughout the federal court system. JPML Hearing As... - NLRB Hears Complaints of Workers Fired, Disciplined for Protesting Google’s Anti-Immigrant Work
Sep-8-21 San Francisco, CA In Google LLC and Alphabet Inc , the National Labor Relations Board (Board) charged Google and its parent company, Alphabet, Inc. with violating Sections 7 and 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That federal law guarantees the rights of workers to unionize, join together to advance their interests as employees, and to refrai... - Participants Sue $1.52 Billion Baptist Health South Plan for Wasting Retirement Savings
Sep-6-21 Miami, FL On August17, three former participants in the Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (BHSF Plan) sued plan fiduciaries for breaching their duty of loyalty and prudence to participants and beneficiaries by paying “astronomical” management fees. The named plaintiffs in the ERISA lawsuit seek... - McDonald’s Employees “Treated Like Dogs” Reach Settlement
Sep-3-21 Oakland, CA Workers at Oaklands McDonald’s who claimed they had to wear dog diapers and coffee filters instead of face masks settled a California safety lawsuit August 12. McDonald’s Safety Settlement Part of the settlement requires the franchise to maintain numerous safety measures, provide paid breaks to ensure that workers can saniti... - Philips CPAP Sleep Machines: Investors Over Individuals?
Sep-1-21 Santa Clara, CA Philips “regretfully” told its investors of a foam problem with certain sleep and respiratory care products, including DreamStation CPAP Machines, but consumers weren’t told of the serious problem until the recall—issued 49 days after investors knew. Consequently, CPAP sleep machine lawsuits alleging failure to war... - New Roundup MDL Claimants Must Participate in Settlement Process
Aug-29-21 San Francisco, CA The Northern District of California has ordered current and future plaintiffs in the Monsanto glyphosate multidistrict litigation (MDL) who have not already reached a settlement with Monsanto to participate in a program that has been overseen by Special Master Ken Feinberg since 2019. The Order has apparently prompted Bayer AG, Mo... - California Grocery Stores Fined for Failure to Pay COVID-19 Sick Leave
Sep-2-21 Santa Clara, CA Three El Super grocery stores in Southern California were slapped with fines of more than $447,000 by California regulators last month for failing to provide or delay sick leave during the pandemic. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office said some of the 95 employees were forced to work while sick, others were told to apply for... - CVS to Settle California Labor Lawsuit for $10.4 Million
Aug-31-21 Los Angeles, CA The federal court for the Central District of California has approved a settlement under which CVS Pharmacy will pay retail pharmacists $10.4 million to compensate them for off-the-clock training time. Chalian v. CVS alleges that the retail pharmacy giant failed to credit time actually spent in required training, in violation of Californ... - Bard Hernia Mesh Bellwether Trial Underway
Aug-30-21 Columbus, OH More than 8,000 hernia mesh patients and their attorneys who filed Ethicon physiomesh complaints are likely watching closely C.R. Bard’s first bellwether trial, which is expected to last five weeks and two days. The bellwether trial, which began on August 2 before U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. is underway in the Sou...