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Sort by date 16,382 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Meat Processors Pay $127.2 Million to Settle Wage-Fixing Case
Mar-20-24 Lincoln, NE Plaintiffs in a wage-fixing class-action lawsuit asked a judge in Colorado federal court to preliminarily approve deals with two meat processors. In early March, Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, agreed to pay $55 million and Arkansas-based Tyson will pay $72.25 million to settle a complaint involving several companie... - DOL Charges TPA Embezzled ERISA Plan Assets
Mar-18-24 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... - Ozempic MDL and Semaglutide Update
Mar-15-24 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 Mounjar... - Bayer in the Weeds over Monsanto’s Roundup
Mar-13-24 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 awardin... - 9 Best Ways to Remain Informed About Your Personal Injury Case
Mar-12-24 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 p... - Glass House Slapped with California Labor Lawsuit
Mar-11-24 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. The lawsuit, filed February 20 in Los... - Lawsuits Allege Ozempic Caused Gastroparesis; Do You Have A Claim?
Mar-8-24 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. Ozempic was not initially designed to be a weight-loss medication. When it was approved by the FDA in 2017, it was approved to help typ... - Former X Corp Workers ask Court not to Dismiss Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar-7-24 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 h... - 44 Million Americans Drink PFAS-Contaminated Water, Says New Study
Mar-4-24 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 Work... - California Employment Lawyer Discusses Wage & Hour Complaints
Mar-5-24 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 i... - California Drywall Company Slapped with Wage & Hour Lawsuit – Again.
Mar-3-24 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... - Last Dance, Last Chance for the Texas Two-Step in J&J Talc Litigation
Feb-28-24 Trenton, NJ Until mid-2023, the Johnson & Johnson talcum powder cancer lawsuits consolidated in the District Court of New Jersey have been essentially frozen in place, while the Third Circuit Court of Appeals evaluated J&J’s bankruptcy petitions. The stay involved a complicated bankruptcy scheme, commonly known as the “Texas two-ste... - Court Won’t Dismiss Doctor’s Bayer Roundup Lawsuit
Feb-29-24 Philadelphia, PA A Georgia doctor's Roundup weedkiller lawsuit is going ahead, despite Bayer’s argument that federal regulators' approval of Roundup protected it from being sued under state law for failing to warn consumers of the product's risks. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , in February 2020, after receiv... - Unpaid Overtime Class Action Against Taco Bell Filed in Illinois
Detroit, MI A Taco Bell franchisee is facing an employment class action lawsuit representing some 520 past and present Taco Bell employees who work at various locations across Michigan. The defendant, Brighton-based Sundance, owns more than 150 Taco Bell restaurants in several states. According to the complaint, the company illegally doctored emplo... - Stryker Overtime Lawsuit Goes Ahead
Feb-26-24 Santa Clara, CA Last month Stryker sales associates won a series of procedural victories in their California labor overtime lawsuit. The complaint claims that the giant medical device company failed to pay its sale associates overtime wages, failed to provide meal and rest breaks, and failed to reimburse their business expenses. Stryker classified them a... - Chicago Hospital Settles Class Action for $55M
Feb-22-24 Evanston, IL NorthShore University Health System has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a federal consumer class action lawsuit that was filed back in 2007. The settlement ends 16 years of litigation over its merger with another hospital that allegedly allowed NorthShore to illegally monopolize the market and unfairly raise prices on patients. NorthSho... - PAGA To Face Critical Test on November 2024 Ballot
Feb-20-24 Sacramento, CA On November 5, 2024, Californians will choose whether to preserve the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) in its present form or replace it with the proposed California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act (FPEAA). Since it became law in 2003, PAGA has been an important element of many California labor lawsuits , and is often un... - Union Bank Excessive Overdraft Fees
Santa Clara, CA Union Bank settled an excessive overdraft fees class action in 2011, for $35 million. The bank was one of 30 banks facing allegations of manipulating the order of debit card transactions so they could deplete customers’ checking accounts and trigger overdraft fees. Further, the lawsuit alleged that Union Bank re-sequen... - Things to Keep Handy When Consulting a Car Accident Injury Attorney
Feb-19-24 Savannah, GA The city of Savannah was the second most dangerous city for drivers among a list of 25 US cities in 2017. This alarming statistic is likely to have changed by now, but car accidents continue to pose a major risk for residents to this date. Experiencing a car accident can be a distressing event that leaves individuals with massive emotional a... - Suboxone maker Indivior in Trouble with the Law Again
Feb-16-24 Santa Clara, CA Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) was first introduced in 2002 for recovering opioid addicts. The dissolvable tablet was helping people on their road to recovery, but the problems began when a Suboxone film version was introduced in 2013, and it took the drugmakers almost a decade to warn consumers of its side effect: decayed teeth. Man...