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Some jars of Earth's Best baby food are being recalled due to clostridium botulinum. The affected jars are Organic 2 Apple Peach Barely Wholesome Breakfast baby food, manufactured by Bay Valley Foods. The recalled food is for babies 6 months or older, and is sold in 4.5 ounce glass jars, individually or in variety packs. The affected jars are: ... - Urban Outfitters Faces California Overtime Lawsuit
Nov-12-13 San Diego, CA Urban Outfitters faces a California overtime lawsuit alleging the company failed to properly pay employees for all hours worked, in violation of overtime laws. The Urban Outfitters overtime pay lawsuit is similar to a lawsuit filed against Apple earlier this year. According to the lawsuit (case number 37-2013-00073549-CU-OE-CTL, file... - FRS Energy Drink Versus an Apple
Nov-3-10 New York, NY The makers of FRS healthy energy drinks and other FRS energy brand of products advertise that they contain quercetin, a plant-based chemical found mainly in apples. But health experts and savvy consumers know that old adage—an apple a day keeps the doctor away—rings true, but not for an FRS energy drink. An energy drink, alt... - IT Personnel (National) Confusion Over Overtime
Feb-11-09 Washington, DC Most attorneys agree that most of the time, it is an 'open and shut' case whether employees are exempt from the federal requirements of overtime law. But about 30 percent of cases are not so easy to determine, and IT personnel overtime (National) often fall into these 'gray areas'. Typically, IT personnel perform multiple functions,... - Amazon Unpaid Wages During COVID Screenings Settled
Sep-29-23 Santa Clara, CA An unpaid wages lawsuit filed by former Amazon warehouse employees in a California federal court has reached a settlement. The lawsuit, filed in February 2021, accused Amazon of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code when they were forced to undergo unpaid COVID-19 screenings before clocking in. They spent at... - Nike to Settle Bag Check Lawsuit for $8.25 Million
Jun-16-21 San Francisco, CA Sneaker giant Nike seems poised to settle a long-running California labor lawsuit for $8.25 million. Rodriguez v. Nike Retail Services Inc. has a history that reflects one of the more significant developments in California labor law since 2018. But settlements do little to predict the future for California workers who continue to h... - Rite-Aid not doing it Right
Jul-3-20 Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge says Rite Aid violated California labor law by not reimbursing its employees for their uniforms. And one month previously, in May, Rite-Aid was hit with another lawsuit. Along with Thrifty PayLess Inc., about 10,000 employees may be owed wages for time spent undergoing off-the-clock security checks. Uniforms... - Temp Worker Seeks Class Action Status for California Labor Lawsuit
May-3-18 Fremont, CA: Since the California Supreme Court issued its precedential California labor law decision in Brinker v. Superior Court of San Diego County , there have been a number of lawsuits alleging violations of California state labor laws for meal and rest break violations. Now, a woman who was hired by Tesla to work in its Fremont, California f... - Silicon Valley Settles Tech Engineer Salary Fixing Class Action for $324M
San Francisco, CA: Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Inc and Adobe Systems Inc have reached a pre-trial settlement of $324 million, potentially ending an antitrust and unfair business practices class action lawsuit that brought by Silicon Valley tech engineers. The lawsuit alleged that the four tech giants conspired to hold down salaries in Silicon Va... - Amazon Unpaid Wages Lawsuit
An unpaid wages lawsuit class action lawsuit has been filed against Amazon alleging the company violated Pennsylvania employment laws by failing to pay employees for all time worked for the company. The unpaid wages claim alleges employees were not properly paid for time spent waiting for a screening process at the end of their shift or prior to meal... - $20M Settlement Reached in MacMillan eBook Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $20 million settlement has been agreed in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH' MacMillan unit, which alleged the publisher conspired with Apple Inc, and other US publishers to fix prices of electronic books, or ebooks. The settlement resolves the allegations brought in t... - Publishers Reach Settlement Agreement over eBook Pricing Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $69 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by US states and territories against Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster over ebook pricing. According to Publishers Weekly, if the agreement receives court approval, Hachette will pay $31,711,425, HarperCollins will pay $19,575,246, and Simon & Schuster will pa... - Nevada Employment Plaintiff Wins Appeal, Lawsuit Can Continue
Jun-12-15 Henderson, NV A former employee of an Applebee’s restaurant in Nevada who had her Nevada employment sexual harassment lawsuit tossed due to problems with the timing involved with the filing of her complaint will have her day in court after all, following the decision of an appellate panel. Last week the Ninth Circuit ruled that Maria Escobedo had... - Baugher's Cider Linked to outbreak of E. coli infections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) join Baugher Enterprise in warning consumers to not consume Baugher's Apple Cider, as this cider may be associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. The cider was available for sale in Maryland and Pennsylvania. As of Thursday, Nov. 4... - Study Examines Link between Statins and Microvascular Disease
Sep-16-14 Copenhagen, Denmark Studies into Crestor side effects and the side effects of other statin medications have resulted in concerns that statin medications may be linked to an increased risk of diabetes. Two recently published studies seem to confirm a potential link between the use of statins and the development of diabetes. One study, however, suggests... - Staples Subsidiary Hit with Off-the-Clock Work Lawsuit
May-9-14 Los Angeles, CA An oft-cited lawsuit in the world of egress/regress and off the clock work is the Amazon action that saw a vast collection of employees working at Amazon’s sprawling sort facilities crying foul over having to line up for bag checks and other forms of security, allegedly on their own time. However, Amazon is not the only alleged of... - HappyTot and HappyBaby Pouch Meals Recalled
New York, NY: Nurture, Inc, is voluntarily recalling selected varieties and date codes of HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and HAPPYBABY Stage 1 and Stage 2 pouch meals with date codes expiring between November 2010 and January 2011. These products are being recalled due to a packaging defect that potentially could cause the pouches to swell or leak. Swollen or leaking po... - McDonald’s the Latest Corporation to Face California Overtime Lawsuit
Mar-21-14 Los Angeles, CA McDonald’s is the latest large corporation to face a California unpaid overtime lawsuit. Although lawsuits against some corporations allege employees are denied overtime pay due to security measures, in the case of McDonald’s, the lawsuits allege among other things that employees are not properly paid for work done during ov... - Study Suggests Link between Statins and Diabetes
Jan-28-14 Boston, MA Another statin study has suggested a link between the use of statins such as Lipitor and an increased risk of diabetes. Although the study notes that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes while undergoing statin therapy is small, there is a risk nonetheless. Meanwhile, a different statin study suggests that eating healthy might be just as e... - Unpaid Wages Lawsuits
Dec-20-13 Denver, CO These days, unpaid wages lawsuits run the gamut from unpaid overtime wages to not paying minimum wage to not actually paying employees for all the work they do. In some cases, that means employees are doing off-the-clock work for their employers. Some situations of unpaid wages are clear-cut, such as when an employee is actually carrying out...