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Sort by date 16,385 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- California Overtime: Changes with New Presidency?
Jan-24-17 Washington, DC: At least one labor law attorney predicts that no California overtime changes will occur anytime soon with the new presidency, although there is some speculation of abolishing the “final overtime rule”. Labor law experts indicate that significant changes to overtime law, if any, would happen at a federal level. But in all... - $25M Accutane Settlement Reinstated
Jan-26-17 Santa Clara, CA A $25.16 million award in favor of a man who alleges he developed Crohn’s disease as a result of taking Accutane has been reinstated by the New Jersey Supreme Court. The issue of alleged association between the acne drug and Crohn’s disease has been the subject of a decade long mass torte. Plaintiff Andrew McCarrell&rsqu... - After a Decade of Litigation, FedEx Drivers Settle for $15.45 Million
Jan-26-17 Portland, OR: An ongoing dispute on the books for some ten years was resolved late last year in federal court in Oregon by way of a $15.45 Million settlement laying to rest claims by defendant FedEx their drivers were working as independent contractors when, in the view of the plaintiffs, they were bone fide employees of the company. The class action Ore... - $14.5M TCPA Class Action Settlement Agreed by American Eagle
Santa Clara, CA: A $14.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit pending against American Eagle Outfitters alleging the clothing retailer sent unsolicited text message advertisements, in violation of the Telephone Consumer protection Act (TCPA). Should the settlement be approved, a non-revisionary fund will be established by... - A Tale of Two Billion-Dollar Settlements
Jan-25-17 Houston, TX: The end of 2016 saw a flurry of activity on the litigation front just before the Christmas break, with the headlines of December 19 and 20 dealing with Hip Replacement Implant Failure and the billion-dollar settlements that emerged to close out the year. On December 19 Stryker Corp. and its subsidiary Howmedica Osteonics Corp. issued a... - McDonald's resuelve la demanda laboral de California por $3.75 millones
Jan-25-17 San Francisco, CA - McDonald's ha acordado resolver una demanda laboral californiana presentada en su contra por empleados que alegaron que la compañía era responsable por no pagar adecuadamente las horas extras, a pesar de que trabajaban en una franquicia. McDonald's había argumentado anteriormente que no se podía someter a... - Telemarketing & Robocall Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Telemarketing lawsuits and robocall lawsuits are now being filed against companies accused of making continuous unwanted calls. These nuisance caller lawsuits allege consumers are being harassed by companies who make repeated and annoying phone calls, text messages, or faxes. A Supreme Court ruling on robocalls has opened the door for more lawsuits to... - Testosterone Defendant Attempts to Limit Scope of Expert Witness
Jan-24-17 Chicago, IL: Plaintiffs in testosterone lawsuits against defendant AbbVie Inc. found themselves momentarily distracted from the allegations at hand earlier this month when the Illinois federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over testosterone side effects needed to rule on a motion submitted by the defendant to trim a report from an expert wi... - People Angry with Department of Motor Vehicles Violating their Privacy
Jan-19-17 Charlotte, NC: “It’s reassuring that attorneys are trying to stop the DMV from selling our private information ,” says Gary. “I wondered how these companies got my address and phone number—until I read on LawyersandSettlements about an attorney filing complaints about DPPA violations.” Gary is referring to attor... - In the Midst of Concern Over Endoscope Infection, a New Threat Looms
Jan-19-17 Philadelphia, PA: It’s been just over a year since Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ranking member of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a Minority Staff Report detailing the results of a year-long investigation into deaths related to antibiotic-resistant infections from contaminated duodenoscopes. Such dea... - Transvaginal Mesh Litigation: Positive Start to 2017
Jan-21-17 Pittsburgh, PA: If transvaginal mesh litigation at the beginning of 2017 is anything to go by, the coming year is hopeful for mesh victims. Last year a jury awarded Sharon Carlino $13.7 million who claimed that she had suffered irreversible damage from Ethicon (J&J subsidiary) transvaginal mesh. Ethicon challenged the outcome and filed post... - Johnson & Johnson Loses Bid to Delay Talcum Powder Cancer Trials
Jan-23-17 St. Louis, MI: Facing thousands of lawsuits alleging its talcum powder is linked to an increased risk of cancer, Johnson & Johnson filed a bid to delay the trials, arguing the talcum powder cancer lawsuits were filed out of jurisdiction. In early January, however, the Missouri Court of Appeals rejected Johnson & Johnson's motion, allowing the l... - Healthcare Whistleblowers Protect Patients' Rights
Jan-20-17 Marion, NC: Patients rely on doctors, medical centers, and healthcare companies to ensure the treatment they receive is safe and lives up to strict regulations. But sometimes healthcare companies attempt to get around the rules, putting the health and lives of their patients at risk. In those cases, healthcare whistleblowers —the people who know o... - Taxotere Docetaxel Side Effects Not Limited to Permanent Hair Loss
Jan-22-17 Washington, DC: The Taxotere hair loss lawsuit file continues to move forward, with various Pretrial Orders issued in the early part of the New Year with proposed Plaintiff and Defendant fact sheets due to be filed Monday (January 23). Meanwhile, Taxotere patients continue to deal with the frustration, disappointment and emotional turmoil that are the... - DuPont to Pay $2M In Teflon Testicular Cancer Trial
Santa Clara, CA: A jury in Ohio has awarded $2 million in compensation against DuPont in the first of some 40 environmental toxin cases pending against the chemical company over allegations it dumped toxins into the air and drinking water of the Ohio River, causing illness to people in the surrounding area. This settlement resolves allegations br... - More Talc Litigation Coming in 2017
Jan-19-17 St. Louis, MO Expect more news on the talc litigation front in 2017 – lots of it. After three mega million dollar verdicts in 2016 there are several more high profile, high stakes trials coming in the legal war against Johnson & Johnson (J & J), the makers of a number of talc based bath and beauty products, which have been linked to o... - Johnson & Johnson Faces Another Hip Replacement Lawsuit
Jan-20-17 New Brunswick, NJ: Days after a Texas jury awarded $1 billion to six patients in a hip replacement lawsuit , another lawsuit has been filed against Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical company is not the only to face allegations of problems with its hip replacement devices, however. In addition to J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Stryker and... - A Tangle of Hernia Mesh Complaints
Jan-15-17 Miami, FL: Knowing you have surgical abdominal mesh in your body that has been recalled is unnerving, to say the least. Even worse, and for many people, suffering pain and infection long after the mesh has been withdrawn or recalled from the market means mesh removal surgery followed by a possible hernia mesh lawsuit. Ethicon Physiomesh Lawsui... - Power Morcellator Patient Advocate Dies
Jan-19-17 Pittsburgh, PA Bonnie Davis, a patient who fought to ensure patients knew about the risks associated with power morcellation has died at age 57 from cancer. Davis had undergone power morcellation in 2012 and was diagnosed six days later with cancer. She worked to raise awareness of the serious risks reportedly linked to the use of power morcellators, t... - Goldman Sachs Reaches $56.5M Settlement in ISDAfix Antitrust Suit
Santa Clara, CA: A $56.5 million agreement has been reached potentially enabling Goldman Sachs to exit an antitrust class action in which it is accused of participating in price-fixing the ISDAfix benchmark rate, along with several other banks. The rate is used to set terms for interest rate derivative products. The total settlement amount agreed...