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Sort by date 16,393 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- TD Bank Facing Excessive Overdraft Charges Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: TD Bank is facing a potential class action lawsuit alleging it “unlawfully” applies overdraft fees that penalize customers who don’t replenish their overdrawn bank accounts within 10 days. Filed on behalf of Shaina Dorsey and all those similarly situated, the lawsuit contends that the sustained overdraft charge... - Implanon Complaints are Not without Precedent
Mar-14-17 London, UK: For any plaintiff, or would-be plaintiff considering an Implanon birth control consumer fraud lawsuit, it would be useful to know that complaints against the implantable device (since replaced by Nexplanon) are nothing new. In 2011 The Guardian and Channel 4 News in the UK published a list of complaints that ranged from hundreds of unwa... - Evidence in Asbestosis Claim Failed to Meet California Minimums for Plausibility
Mar-14-17 Los Angeles, CA: While some might characterize it as a case of legal hair-splitting, a California appeals court nonetheless upheld state legal statutes and affirmed a lower court’s ruling in granting summary judgement to the defendant in an asbestosis lawsuit . The ruling was based on grounds that the plaintiff was unable to prove exposure, or pro... - The Predatory Lending Cycle of the Car Title Loan
Mar-13-17 Fort Worth, TX: The greed from need cycle of car title loans is far from new. In February, 2015 the Star-Telegram (02/14/15) in Fort Worth was reporting that the average resident of Texas was about $40,000 in debt. The car title loan was one quick and easy way for Texans to deal with short-term financial crises, such as a family emergency. However... - Monsanto-Gate: Leaked Roundup Cancer Report
Mar-9-17 Washington, DC: The latest news regarding Roundup and its link to cancer doesn’t look good for Monsanto or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Jess Rowland, the former Deputy Director of the EPA, may have played a major role in a cover-up to hide evidence of the possible cancer-causing glyphosate in Monsanto`s Roundup . Rowland has been na... - Mortgage Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Buying a home is stressful enough, but some financial institutions and other organizations linked to home buying fees are accused of predatory lending practices. Among the alleged practices are charging excessive mortgage fees and closing fees , violating the Truth in Lending Act, abusing force placed insurance, illegally foreclosing on homes, and di... - Minor League Baseball Players' Overtime Class Action Back in Play
Mar-11-17 San Francisco, CA: A California federal judge on Tuesday revived the class action status of a California overtime lawsuit filed by minor league baseball players against Major League Baseball. The lawsuit Aaron Senne et al v. Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., Case No. 14-cv-00608, US District Court, Northern District of California , filed in Feb... - Missouri Jury Finds in Favor of Johnson & Johnson on Talcum Powder Case
Mar-10-17 St. Louis, MO: Johnson & Johnson (J & J) won its first jury verdict out of four recent Missouri talcum powder cancer lawsuits to go to trial. A St. Louis jury found on March 3 in favor of Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America in the lawsuit Swann et al v. Johnson & Johnson et al , Case No. 1422-CC09326-01, 22nd Judicial Court o... - Failed INRatio Device Fast-Tracked to Market
Mar-10-17 San Diego, CA: A new Alere lawsuit filed earlier this month in San Diego asserts that the allegedly failed Alere INRatio measuring device was approved through the issuance of a 510(k) Clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The problematic measuring system, comprised of test strips and a measuring device, were subject to an FDA-sanction... - Hotel Housekeepers Denied California Overtime File Lawsuit
Mar-6-17 Oakland, CA: For some California housekeepers who celebrated last September the bill that granted permanent California overtime protection for domestic workers, the law doesn’t apply to them – but it should. An East Oakland hotel owner, for instance, refused to pay overtime to six housekeepers: consequently employees, a legal advocacy firm... - Plaintiffs Allege Exploding Pressure Cooker Injuries from Tristar Product
Mar-8-17 Miami, FL: Pressure cookers have been around for generations. Your grandmother or great-grandmother most likely had one at the ready for preparing certain dishes. They were big, heavy and fashioned in most cases from cast iron. They weren’t pretty, but they were sturdy and built like a tank. Most would not recall a pressure cooker explosion happe... - Invokana Lawsuits Will Remain in Federal Court In Philadelphia
Mar-8-17 Philadelphia, PA: A series of complex legal arguments and maneuvering with regard to jurisdictional issues may have served to briefly divert attention away from Invokana adverse events. However, plaintiffs are nonetheless steeled in their resolve to pursue compensation amidst allegations over Invokana linked with cardiovascular injuries and kidney failur... - Hoping for a Hassle-Free Hip Implant a Roll of the Dice
Mar-7-17 Washington, DC: Much has been written in recent years about hip implant replacement failure and the perfect storm borne from an aging population (the leading edge of Baby Boomers are entering their retirement years), and a medical device manufacturing industry rushing new designs to market bereft of adequate real-world testing through a legal FDA looph... - Number of Pending Risperdal Lawsuits Grows to 18,500 Cases
Mar-7-17 New Brunswick, NJ: There are now 18,500 Risperdal lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson (J & J) and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals in the US and Canada, according to Johnson & Johnson's most recent annual report. J & J's latest annual report for the fiscal year ended Jan 1, 2017, which the company filed on Feb. 27, stated... - Potential for Permanent Taxotere Hair Loss Not Widely Promoted
Mar-4-17 New Orleans, LA: As important as it is to be aware of any, and all side effects associated with a drug such as Taxotere, patients in need of the chemotherapy drug are already coming from a position of significant physical and emotional challenge: the fallout from a cancer diagnosis. And while most cancer patients are aware that hair loss is a common byprod... - Revenues Drop While Lawsuits Rise over Benicar for Daiichi Sankyo
Mar-6-17 Parsippany, NJ: This could evolve to a compelling year for Japanese-based pharmaceutical giant Daiichi Sankyo following the expiry of its patent exclusivity for Benicar last year and a corresponding drop in revenue for a product characterized as its global mainstay. As generics for olmesartan (Benicar) continue to gain market share in 2017, coupled with a... - Wells Fargo Urges Judge to Refuse to Certify Hundreds of Employees in Class Action
Mar-6-17 Los Angeles, CA: Wells Fargo on Monday urged a California federal judge to refuse to certify a class of more than 600 home consultants who claim in a California Labor lawsuit that the bank failed to pay them for missed meal breaks. In the class action Nicole Torres et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank NA, Case No. 5:15-cv-02225, US District Court for the C... - First Physiomesh Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Slated for Trial – and More Mesh Complications
Mar-1-17 San Diego, CA: Just over a year from now the first Ethicon surgical abdominal mesh lawsuit is slated for trial. According to a recent study published in JAMA, there could be many more reports of hernia complications—and abdominal mesh lawsuits—before Ethicon’s Physiomesh trial. Hernia Mesh Lawsuit Illinois resident Matthew Huf... - Doctor from Dallas Collects $11.4 million for Blowing the Whistle on Healthcare Fraud
Mar-3-17 Dallas, TX A Dallas doctor decided in 2009 to blow the whistle on a physician over a billing scam that was costing the healthcare system and American taxpayers millions and millions of dollars. Six years later, after a long investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) , Dr. Bijan Oughatiyan’s former employer, IPC Healthcare Inc., was ord... - Granuflo Bellwether Case Fails to Prove Fault
Mar-3-17 Santa Clara, CA: The first bellwether Fresenius trial for people who opted out of the earlier $250 million dollar settlement has failed to make its case, with the jury finding in favor of Fresenius Medical Care. The federal jury in Massachusetts delivered their verdict after deliberating for a day. They found that the plaintiff could not establish...