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Feb-8-21 Chicago, IL On January 25, the Northern District of Illinois denied Triad Manufacturing’s attempt to force ESOP participants to individually arbitrate their claims of fiduciary self-dealing. The ERISA lawsuit , James Smith v. Board of Directors of Triad Manufacturing Inc. , alleged that the Board of Directors caused the plan to buy Triad stock at a... - 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... - $10M Settlement Proposed in Uber Gender And Race Discrimination Class Action
San Francisco, CA: A $10 million settlement has been agreed between Uber and plaintiffs in a discrimination class action lawsuit who alleged the ride share company did not pay its female software engineers and engineers of colour equitably compared with their male and white or Asian American peers. The lawsuit was filed by Ingrid Avendaño, Roxa... - Maine Lobster Dealers May Face Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit
Jan-13-10 Portland, ME Maine's Attorney General has announced an investigation into the Pine Tree State's lobster industry, sparking a potential price fixing class action lawsuit from local fisherman. The investigation, which is expected to last several months, stems from a formal written complaint sent to the Attorney General's office from a collection of mo... - Florida Premises Liability Lawsuit Claims Excessive Traffic in Government Office
Apr-10-17 Boca Raton, FL: Business owners responsible for the management of property and premises traversed by the public may not be conversant with Florida premises liability law that holds the business owner principally responsible for any real, or perceived lack of security. This can run the gamut from slips and falls, to crowd control. Anyone conversant with... - Car Wash Sued for Overtime Wages
Dec-31-09 Los Angeles, CA A Los Angeles car wash might be wishing it could forget about 2009 after the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against it for alleged violations of California overtime laws . Accused of numerous failures to follow California overtime and minimum wage laws, Auto Spa Express could be on the hook for a lot of money. The lawsui... - Olson v. Becerra Challenges AB 5 Constitutionality Again
Jan-13-21 Los Angeles, CA On November 9, two individual and two company plaintiffs, including Uber and Postmates, filed a California labor lawsuit against the State of California. Olson v. Becerra challenges the constitutionality of AB 5 and related laws. In December, California filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that the Second Amended Complaint does li... - Plaintiff Asserts Eliquis Side Effects Left her with Permanent Injuries
Mar-27-17 New York, NY: This August we’ll be coming up to the one-year anniversary of an Eliquis lawsuit filed by Rhonda and James Hancock against Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer Inc. The New York couple alleges that apixaban (Eliquis) has been linked to excessive bleeding and other life-threatening conditions, and that the manufacturers failed to disclose... - Bank Overdraft Fees Lawsuit Stresses Lack of Consumer Sophistication, Unfair Process
Jan-6-21 Atlanta, GA On December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard oral arguments in Garcia v. Wachovia Bank , one of the bank overdraft fees lawsuits , consolidated in In Re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation . The checking accountholders are appealing a September 2019 District Court decision that denied them the chance to proceed... - California Nursing Home Overtime Settlement
Jan-5-21 Los Angeles, CA A California labor lawsuit claiming wage and labor violations has finally been agreed upon for $3 million. The Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), originally filed in 2015, sought to represent over 250 former and current nursing home workers employed by Five Star Quality Care Inc. The 2015 lawsuit, filed in San Bernardino County... - Former Death Row Inmate Killed in Texas Car Crash
Nov-14-09 Tarrant County, TX : A recent Texas auto accident killed a man who had just been released from prison, where he was languishing on death row. Michael Toney was convicted in 1999 for a 1985 bombing that killed three people in Lake Worth. The case had gone unresolved for 14 years until a jailhouse snitch testified to authorities that Toney, incarcerate... - Pennsylvania Employment Lawsuits
Oct-22-09 Hanover, PA Pennsylvania employment law protects the rights of Pennsylvania employees. However, there are situations in which employees must turn to Pennsylvania lawyers to defend their rights. This can occur in situations where discrimination or harassment have occurred in the workplace or where employees' benefits programs are not being properly manag... - $2M Settlement Reached in Stericycle Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A preliminary $2m settlement agreement has been reached in a California employment law class action lawsuit pending against Stericycle Inc. The lawsuit was brought against the medical waste company by workers alleging the company denied them breaks, shorted them on overtime and failed to compensate them for time spent changing into t... - Can California Cashiers Sit on the Job?
Dec-17-20 Sacramento, CA The latest ruling over Ralphs Grocery Store seating for cashiers – initially filed in 2016— has reversed a trial court’s decision to link two California labor lawsuits that accuse parent company The Kroger Co. of not providing its employees with seating. On November 20, the California state appeals court found that cases... - Ride-Hailing Companies exempt from classifying drivers as employees, but not exempt from California labor lawsuits
Dec-9-20 San Francisco, CA Despite winning Proposition 22, which means that Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies are exempted from AB5 and drivers are reclassified as independent contractors, the companies are not immune to California labor lawsuits . Proposition 22 Opposition Proposition 22, bankrolled mainly by Uber, goes into effect December 17, bu... - Summer the Season of Reckoning for Cipro
Aug-5-09 Washington, DC This appears to be the summer of anniversaries for Cipro, an antibiotic that has long been a concern for Cipro side effects , including ruptured tendon. Concern over the Cipro antibiotic goes all the way back to 1996 when Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader, first raised a red flag over the Cipro drug. I... - Lawsuit Threatened Against Financial Firm
Jul-23-09 Albany, NY New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has threatened to file a lawsuit against Charles Schwab Corp. in an attempt to force the financial firm to pay off clients who were stuck with auction rate securities (ARS) after the ARS market failed, according to an article at latimes.com (July 20, 2009). For people who have filed stockbroker arbitratio... - Allergan Refuses to Pay for Surgery to Remove Breast Implants Linked to Cancer
Dec-1-20 Hackensack, NJ Jody Craft has now joined the growing number of women who have filed lawsuits seeking compensation for the harm Allegan USA, Inc. allegedly caused by marketing textured breast implants now linked to breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). BIA-ALCL is a rare form of cancer seen almost exclusively in women... - There's the Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Army Way
Jul-2-09 Washington, D.C. If Attorney and former Navy lawyer Dean Swartz gets what he wants for his client Colonel Adele Connell, Swartz will have succeeded in shutting down a 59-year-old law known as the Feres Doctrine that makes it almost impossible for military personnel to sue for medical malpractice . "I never knew just how unfair this law was until I got... - Pier 1 Employees Win $3.5M Settlement in Flex Shift Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: A preliminary $3.5 million settlement has been reached potentially ending a California labor law class action lawsuit pending against Pier 1 Imports. The lawsuit, filed by Lauren Mathein and Christine Sabas, alleged Pier 1 failed to reimburse the class for hours spent working without pay while checking in to find out if they had...