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Mar-3-11 Newark, NJ A man at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme recently resigned from his role as a director, as well as the chief operating officer (COO) of Indigo-Energy, an enterprise that acquires, develops, produces and drills oil and gas reserves throughout the US. The resignations come in the wake of a lawsuit filed against Carr Miller Capital Investment... - GlaxoSmithKline Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Europe's top drug maker agreed to pay more than $70 million to settle lawsuits filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other state attorneys general as well as consumers who claimed they had been overcharged for drugs by hundreds of millions of dollars as part of a class action. The attorney general's lawsuits claimed GlaxoSmithKline was in... - Discover Accused of Misleading Tactics
Dec-23-10 Cottage Grove, MN When it comes to credit card abuse , many customers may have thought the new credit card laws offered them greater protection from predatory credit card practices. In truth, there is some protection from credit card rate hikes and credit card fraud, but those restrictions have forced credit card companies to find new ways of generating... - Another Option for Workers Who Cannot Save through an ERISA Retirement Plan
Feb-8-24 San Francisco, CA In February 2022, the United States Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari filed by the petitioner in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (CalSavers) . The denial kept in place a decision of the Ninth Circuit that permitted a California-sponsored and adminis... - Ninth Circuit Asked to Require Hotel to Rehire Workers with Back Pay and Damages
Apr-20-21 Los Angeles, CA On March 17, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) asked the Ninth Circuit to enforce its Order that the Hotel Bel-Air rehire workers laid off in September 2009 who reapplied for their jobs in 2011 with back pay and damages. The Order further requires the hotel to recognize Unite Here Local 11 as the workers’ bargaining represen... - Delta Slammed with Lawsuit over Personal Cellphone Use
Feb-5-24 Los Angeles, CA Delta Air Lines employees required to use their personal cell phones and computers for work-related tasks without being reimbursed is a California labor law violation, according to a PAGA complaint filed by an aggrieved employee. In November 2023, a former Delta employee filed a seven-page PAGA lawsuit in the Superior Court of the Stat... - Two Popular California Bakeries Slammed with Wage Theft Lawsuits
Feb-1-24 Los Angeles, CA Two famous bakeries, Firebrand Artisan Breads in the Bay Area, and Sweet Lady Jane in the L.A. area, are both accused of withholding the dough from their employees, and now face California wage theft lawsuits . Filed in Alameda County Superior Court under California’s Private Attorneys General Act, the lawsuit allows employees to see... - $120M awarded in Westchester Medical Center Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Jan-21-24 Westchester County, NY – A state Supreme Court jury last November awarded $120 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Westchester Medical Center. In 2018 the plaintiff was rushed to hospital and because doctors failed to diagnose a stroke, he suffered extensive brain damage. The hospital argued that brain damage had already occurred before... - Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of 80,000 Metal Heart-Shaped Pendants
On May 12, 2005 Dollar General Corp of Goodlettsville, Tennessee announced the recall of approximately 80,000 metal heart shaped pendants due to the fact that the metal in the pendants contains unusually high levels of lead and poses a serous lead poisoning threat to young children. Lead poisoning has been associated with a host of behavioral, learning, h... - Massachusetts Contractor Violates Massachusetts Labor Laws
Nov-20-09 Boston, MA The failure of a Dorchester-based contractor to pay prevailing and overtime wages according to the provisions of Massachusetts Labor Law has cost Nealco Environmental Services, Inc. thousands of dollars in fines and other restitutions. According to the tenets of the Prevailing Wage Laws, which are part of Massachusetts Employment Law, all... - US Grant Resources Settlement
Attorney General Charles C. Foti Jr. along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the arrest of three individuals who were operating a phony grant procurement company out of New Orleans. The three individuals who were arrested, John B. Rodgers, Laurel A. Rodgers and Jason Martin agreed to a settlement of $500,000 with the Attorney Gene... - South Carolina Tax Firm Taken to Task by Texas
Apr-20-09 North Charleston, SC When it comes to consumer fraud , you don't want to mess with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Little wonder that Americans with issues relating to their taxes enlist the aid of experts to make sure that their numbers add up. The Consumer Fraud Act serves as consumer protection against entities that say one thing and deliver ano... - California Court Okays Chipotle Wage Lawsuit Deal
Oct-29-20 San Francisco, CA On October 2, the Superior Court of California gave preliminary approval to an agreement to settle Turley v. Chipotle Services, LLC. , a long-running California labor lawsuit . The workers argued that Chipotle's practice of understaffing caused them to miss meal and rest periods in violation of the California Labor Code. In a... - SSRI Antidepressants Pushers
Nov-16-08 After twenty long years, it appears that the epidemic in mental disorders in America might be coming to an end. It won't happen because of any great medical breakthrough but rather because the perpetrators of the greatest healthcare fraud in history are finally being exposed. The demolition of the giant "psycho-pharmaceutical complex" appears to be on the ho... - Barge Worker Not Required to Arbitrate California Wage Claims
Dec-13-23 San Francisco, CA On November 24, the Ninth Circuit held that Frank Miles, a deck engineer responsible for marine vessel maintenance, was not required to arbitrate his wage claims against his employer. While the decision acknowledges a federal policy favoring the enforcement of arbitration agreements, it balances that policy against the principle th... - Workplace Sexual Harassment and Retaliation – Attorney Weighs In
Sep-17-20 Manhattan, NY A sexual harassment and retaliation settlement was in the spotlight, this past July. It involved more than 25 construction workers who were subjected to physical assaults and other types of harassment , and some workers were retaliated against after complaining to supervisors. “It’s so important that these women supported and cor... - Consumer Fraud: You Are Getting Sleepy…
Sep-8-08 Montpelier, VT A hypnosis enterprise that failed to include a disclaimer regarding the effectiveness of its services has been rapped on the knuckles for committing consumer fraud by the office of the Vermont Attorney General. At issue was the marketing strategy utilized by a network of businesses that offered hypnosis therapy for weight loss and smoki... - Data Breach Complaints on the Rise
May-11-16 Washington, DC: A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows that data breach complaints are on the rise. In the report, Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book (2/16), the FTC notes that complaints about identity theft increased 47 percent in 2015, likely helped by a number of high-profile data breaches. Consumers have filed lawsuits again... - Man Looks for Job but finds Discrimination Instead
Jan-31-08 Wilkes-Barre, PA: When Ivan left his job in New York to take a position with General Physics, he found that racial discrimination stood in his way. He said his positive attitude turned to suspicion when the two black people in his group failed to qualify for jobs but the people who were white were all hired. Ivan's story is troubling, to say the least... - Kentucky Risperdal Lawsuit Settles for $15.5 Million
Mar-28-16 Frankfort, KY: Risperdal remains an effective drug for the treatment of various degrees of psychosis and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder as well as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, akin to every pharmaceutical on the market, there are Risperdal side effects , some of which can be particularly harmful to children and the elderly...