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Sort by relevance 16,394 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- $1.2B Settlement Approved in VW 3 Liter Engine Emissions Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A US district judge hearing the Volkswagen AG emissions scandal lawsuits has said he will grant approval of a $1.2 billion settlement deal, effectively ending claims affecting VW’s 3.0-liter-engine vehicles. The settlement is the latest in a series that total in excess of $17 billion. All the cases stem from the emission-cheati... - BOK Financial $7.8 Million Class Action Settlement Headed For Final Approval
May-11-17 Tulsa, OK: An upcoming approval hearing will determine whether BOK Financial (BOKF) will pay $7.8 million in a class action settlement with former bank customers who claim they were charged excessive overdraft fees . The hearing is scheduled for May 15, 2017 for final approval of an Oct. 2016 order granting preliminary approval of the $7.8 million set... - Béisbol de las Grandes Ligas vuelve a la Corte de California
May-11-17 Oakland, CA: La acción de clase sobre la ley laboral de California que involucra a jugadores de ligas menores con la Liga Mayor de Béisbol (MLB), pero alojada en el estado de California sigue en juego con una apelación lanzada por MLB desafiando un fallo reciente de un juez de California otorgando aprobación preliminar a la... - Propecia Finasteride Side Effects Can be Hair Raising
May-11-17 Encinitas, CA: The Propecia lawsuit count appears to be growing. According to a published report in the Chicago Tribune (03/22/17) originating from Kaiser Health there are 1,370 lawsuits in the pipeline alleging a host of Propecia side effects from finasteride, the generic name for a product that has proven to successfully grow hair, but at a cost o... - $3.9M SpaceX Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement Finalized
Santa Clara, CA: A $3.9 million settlement has received final approval in an California unpaid overtime law class action lawsuit pending against Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). The suit alleged that SpaceX failed to adequately compensate its non-exempt employees for normal and overtime work and didn’t adequately provide require... - $165M NovaStar MBS Settlement Gets Preliminarily Approval
Santa Clara, CA: A $165 million settlement has received preliminary approval, potentially ending allegations of securities fraud fraud against Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland, for their underwriting of $7.7 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) issued by bankrupt subprime lender NovaStar. If granted final cour... - $110 Million Talc Verdict Comes Down in Favor of Plaintiff
May-10-17 St. Louis, MI A jury in St. Louis, Missouri has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay Lois Slemp, a 62-year-old woman with ovarian cancer from Wise, Virginia, $110 million in what is the largest verdict to date in the ongoing battle between J&J and thousands of women that have filed lawsuits claiming that J&J knew its talc based products elevated t... - Recalled Airbags Being Recycled in Crash-Affected Vehicles
May-10-17 Santa Clara, CA: Recalled airbags may be recycled as replacement airbags in vehicles that have been in accidents, according to a news report on the Kansas City news station, KSHB.com. In an interview with KSHB, Carfax representative Christopher Basso states that it’s not uncommon to find recycled airbags used to replace deployed ones,... - Credit One TCPA Violations Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Credit One Bank , a subsidiary of Credit One Financial , is facing several TCPA lawsuits and TCPA class action lawsuits over alleged Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations as well as violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act . Many TCPA robocalls lawsuits and TCPA violations can result in multi-million dollar class action se... - WA Workers' Compensation Lawsuit News & Legal Information
Workers' Compensation is insurance coverage purchased by the employer/business that provides workers' benefits for job-related employee injuries. Washington law requires all employers to purchase Washington workers' compensation coverage (with a few exceptions). Each state has a different workers compensation program laws, with benefits covering medic... - Ovarian Cancer Survivor Blames Power Morcellator
May-9-17 Victorville, CA If Margaret knew that the FDA in 2014 had warned health providers of cancer risk in laparoscopic power morcellation surgery, she would have opted for a “traditional” hysterectomy. Two years later she finished her last round of chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer. Margaret’s gynecologist advised her to have a lapa... - Saxagliptin Heart Failure and Death Lawsuits Filed
May-9-17 Santa Clara, CA The diabetes drug saxagliptin is the subject of 14 lawsuits filed this week in New Jersey, alleging it raises the risk of heart failure. Lawyers for the plaintiffs estimate there are between 150 and 200 saxagliptin cases are pending nationwide, and may, ultimately, reach into the thousands. While most of the cases filed to date are bro... - Testosterone Gels Get a Failing Grade in More Ways Than One
May-9-17 Philadelphia, PA: Testosterone side effects associated with the usage of testosterone supplements and gels have, up until now, focused on cardiovascular issues. But now there is new research that suggests there is a cognitive price to pay. Testosterone, with rare exception occurs naturally in males and is at its highest levels when men are younger... - $7 Preliminary Settlement Reached in US Bancorp Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary $7 million settlement has been reached potentially ending an unpaid overtime class action suit against US Bancorp. The suit, which alleges US Bancorp failed to compensate its workers for meal breaks that were not taken and to produce itemized wage statements, represents some 25,000 potential class members. According... - Canada Concerned about Abdominal Hernia Mesh—and the 501k Process
May-8-17 Toronto, ON The president of the Canadian Hernia Society and one of the country’s foremost authorities on surgical abdominal mesh says that mesh complications are an “epidemic”. Dr. John Morrison says it's going to get worse because almost all hernias are now repaired with mesh. And some products are brought to market without prop... - Bumble Bee Pleads Guilty to Tuna Price Fixing with Possible $25M Fine
May-8-17 Washington, DC: Bumble Bee Foods LLC has agreed to plead guilty to charges of tinned tuna price fixing and pay a criminal fine of at least $25 million to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The charges against Bumble Bee are the first to be brought by the DOJ in its ongoing investigation of antitrust practices in the seafood industry in the US. ... - Monsanto Hit with Yet Another Lawsuit Over Roundup
May-8-17 Washington, DC: As the manufacturers of Monsanto Roundup continue to grapple with Monsanto Roundup lawsuits alleging the active ingredient in the popular herbicide causes cancer, Monsanto has been hit with more litigation over an alleged labelling issue. According to court documents, two nonprofits combined last month to launch a Roundup lawsuit aga... - Bumble Bee Pleads Guilty to Tuna Price Fixing with Possible $25M Fine
Washington, DC: Bumble Bee Foods LLC has agreed to plead guilty to charges of price fixing practices on its tinned tuna products and pay a criminal fine of at least $25 million to the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The charges against Bumble Bee are the first to be brought by the DOJ in its ongoing investigation of antitrust practices in the... - Kaiser and Xanitos Settle Hospital Housekeepers' Overtime Class action for $500,000
May-7-17 San Francisco: CA A federal judge has approved a settlement for $500,000 on a California overtime class action filed by housekeeping employees of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and hospital services company Xanitos. US District Judge William Orrick III called the settlement a "fair and reasonable resolution of a bona fide dispute" in his April 27, 2017... - Benicar Illness and Weight Loss Lawsuit Witnesses Must Produce Records
May-7-17 Camden, NJ: This spring has seen some developments in the Benicar side effects multidistrict litigation over gastrointestinal issues and sprue-like enteropathy associated with olmesartan (Benicar), a medication prescribed for high blood pressure. By the middle of March there were some 1,800 Benicar cases housed in the Benicar MDL in New Jersey. Plai...