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Sort by relevance 16,594 pages found matching %3Ca href%3D%22%22%3E%3C%2Fa%3E- McDonald's Employee Overtime Trial Scheduled for May
May-1-17 Los Angeles, CA: McDonald's Restaurants will head to trial in May to defend itself against allegations of California overtime violations on a lawsuit filed by a class of thousands of overnight shift workers. Judge Ann Jones on April 20 ruled in a summary adjudication on an overtime lawsuit Maria Sanchez v. McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc... - Round 5: Talcum Powder Plaintiffs versus Johnson & Johnson
May-1-17 St. Louis, MO: Missouri’s fifth talcum powder trial began April 11, with plaintiffs claiming that Johnson & Johnson knew for decades about the link to ovarian cancer but chose profit over safety and continued to market Shower-to-Shower and Johnson's Baby Powder. Four Missouri talcum powder trials have resulted in only one win for the gian... - Yet Another Risperdal Lawsuit Tossed in Philadelphia
Apr-30-17 Philadelphia, PA: A Risperdal lawsuit that had to be stopped and restarted after a juror suffered a health emergency, has been tossed by a Philadelphia judge after appearing to agree with defendant Janssen Pharmaceuticals that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence to fully support his claim of Risperdal gynecomastia, a condition character... - Hilton Hotel Accused of Swiping Staff Tips
Apr-30-17 San Francisco, CA Next time the restaurant tacks on a “service charge” you might want to ask whose getting that money. If you think it’s a big tip for your waiter you could be very wrong – especially if you’ve just had dinner at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco’s Union Square. Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan repres... - Complicated TVM Mesh Lawsuit Settles
Apr-27-17 Los Angeles, CA: A transvaginal mesh lawsuit that has gone through a plethora of twists and turns akin to a country road appears to be in the final stages of resolution after a federal judge in California gave the thumbs-up to a proposed $12.25 million settlement. Upwards of 2,710 class members will share in $10.58 million, with the remainder going to... - $39M Settlement Reached in USAA Auto Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $39 million settlement has been agreed between class members and The United Services Automobile Association in a bad faith insurance lawsuit alleging the insurer breached the terms of auto insurance policies by failing to fully pay members for sales tax in the purchase of a comparable vehicle after their vehicles were written off... - Demanda de acción de clase por parte de jugadores de béisbol de las ligas menores está de vuelta en el juego
Apr-26-17 San Francisco, CA: Un juez federal de California revivió el estatus de acción de clase de una demanda de horas extras en California presentada por jugadores de béisbol de las ligas menores contra la Mayor League Baseball (MLB). El caso Aaron Senne y otros contra Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., Caso No. 14-cv-00608, Tribunal d... - $5M Discover Home Loans Preliminary TCPA Settlement Approved
Santa Clara, CA: Preliminary approval of a $5 million settlement has been granted in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action pending Discover Financial Services and Discover Home Loans Inc. The suit alleged that the defendants made unsolicited telemarketing calls to customers without receiving consent to do so. If you received telema... - Why Your Cell Phone Matters: 5 Lessons from the United Airlines PR Disaster
Apr-25-17 North Charleston, SC: You’d have to be under a rock the last week to have missed the story of David Dao, a Chinese-American passenger who was forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight after resisting his removal. The media has been all over this blatant example of excessive force; and so they should. It’s violent, visceral, and... - Lack of State Oversight Prompting Texas City to Act
Apr-24-17 Abilene, TX: Texas is one of two US states (the other being New Mexico) that as yet does not observe any kind of blanket arbitration protocol for the resolution of disputes involving the car title loan . The latter is a form of financing akin to a payday loan that extends quick cash to consumers, often with no questions asked and exorbitant annual rates... - Wells Fargo’s Pursuit of Arbitration a Waste of Resources: Plaintiffs
Apr-24-17 Atlanta, GA: A long-running class action lawsuit alleging banking giant Wells Fargo charged their clients and consumers excessive overdraft fees is attempting to move forward amidst a petition by the plaintiffs that Wells Fargo is not in any position to seek arbitration, as the defendant has tarried too long for arbitration to be appropriate. Wells... - Key Energy Agrees to Settle California Workers Class Action for $3 Million
Apr-23-17 New York, NY: Key Energy Services California has agreed to a $3 million settlement on a class action for California labor law violations. The class action consolidated two lawsuits originally filed nearly four years ago by former Key Energy employees. Paul Grillo, a non-exempt "floor hand" on a Key Energy onshore oil rig, filed a lawsuit in Santa... - Odd Ruling in Hip Implant Failure Lawsuit?
Apr-23-17 Atlanta, GA: Many an artificial hip manufacturer is embroiled in lawsuits alleging hip replacement implant failure . Accolade, Smith and Nephew, DePuy, and Stryker are but a few examples of the manufacturers commonly referenced in litigation involving failed implants, including the now vilified metal-on-metal implants. However, there are other manufa... - Zimmer Biomet Shoulder—Shocking Surprises
Apr-22-17 Washington, DC: The fact that Zimmer Biomet had its Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder approved without any human testing likely comes as a shocking surprise to many recipients of the device. And another surprise: the device was pulled from the market in 2010 after Biomet received complaints of fracturing. But it returned just one year later… In... - Misclassified Plaintiffs in Massachusetts Eyeing $2.9 Million Proposed Settlement
Apr-21-17 Boston, MA: Plaintiffs in a recent Massachusetts employment law collective action have asked a federal judge in Massachusetts to approve a settlement worth $2.9 million that would settle claims of improper classification allegedly costing employees overtime pay. Massachusetts labor law – together with the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal st... - Implanon Lawsuits Still in Court One Year After FDA Warning Label Update
Apr-21-17 Washington, DC: March 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update of the warning label of the popular implantable birth control device Implanon to include risks of device migration. Implanon is a matchstick-sized rod containing a birth control drug that is inserted by a medical professional into the patient's... - $3M Awarded to Widow in Generic Paxil Suicide Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay $3 million in damages having been found liable for the death of Stewart Dolin, a partner at the law firm Reed Smith LLP. The money will be paid to his widow, who filed the suit claiming that a generic version of GSK’s antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) caused her husband to commit suicide. The... - Pharmaceuticals Fast-Tracked to Market through Little-Known FDA Protocol
Apr-20-17 New Orleans, LA: An interesting sidebar to Taxotere hair loss litigation has opened up through a peek into docetaxel hair loss multidistrict litigation, and an accompanying analysis of the various approval protocols employed to bring both branded and generic docetaxel (Taxotere) to the market. Most are familiar with the 510(k) Clearance protocol emp... - Camioneros mal clasificados en California – Reclaman violaciones de la ley laboral
Apr-20-17 Los Angeles, CA: A menudo los empleadores clasifican mal a sus trabajadores en un esfuerzo por ahorrar dinero. Graebel Van Lines clasifica a sus conductores de camiones como contratistas independientes y evita proporcionar pausas y descansos, y otras violaciones a la ley laboral de California , de acuerdo con la demanda de los camioneros, que está... - Recent Study Suggests Endoscope Infection Escapes Even Rigorous Cleaning
Apr-20-17 Minneapolis, MN: A peek into the archives of the Nursing Times (09/21/00) provides some perspective into endoscope infection , and just how long the issue of cleaning and sterilizing endoscopes sufficiently to avoid passing infections between patients, has been a concern. The venerable publication, which serves the nursing industry, noted that tran...