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Jun-9-16 San Francisco, CA: Coach has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle allegations it did not pay employees proper overtime compensation , including not compensating employees for time they spent waiting for bag checks after their shifts were over. Additionally, Coach was accused of not providing adequate meal and rest breaks. The lawsuit was initially file... - DePuy Pinnacle $502 Million Second-Largest Jury Award in US History
May-29-16 Dallas, TX: With two down and some 8,000 trials left to litigate, the massive $500 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy over its failed metal-on-metal Pinnacle hips is not just a huge win for plaintiffs, but a hint of deep financial hits to come for the pharmaceutical giant over its defective hip implants . The scoreboard, for... - Yasmin Death and “Lucky to Be Alive”
Feb-5-16 Hong Kong : While the FDA has been criticized for its lack of warning and other issues regarding Yasmin and Yaz, the agency is commendable compared to the Hong Kong Health Department. A Hong Kong man recently filed a lawsuit against Bayer claiming the oral contraceptive caused the death of his wife. You don’t even need a prescription for birth... - Automatic Renewals Are a Runaway Freight Train, but Lawsuits Are Fighting Back
Jan-30-16 Sacramento, CA: The passage of California’s automatic-renewal law in 2010 and the rise in class-action lawsuits that have resulted is indicative of a transition by an increasing number of retailers and service providers to a model that was once the bastion of the magazine industry. And while service providers appear to finally be getting the message... - eBay Faces Federal Racketeering (RICO) Lawsuit For Trafficking In Fake Products
Aug-20-15 Los Angeles, CA (August 20, 2015) (Press Release) The R. Rex Parris Law Firm has filed claims against eBay® and PayPal® and various eBay Sellers in Federal Court under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Lanham Act claiming the defendants knowingly and deliberately facilitate, proliferate and profit from the ongoing sale... - Penguin to Pay $75M in eBook Pricing Class Action Settlement
Seattle, WA: Book publisher Penguin has agreed to pay $75 million to settle an ebook pricing class action lawsuit, making it the last of the major publishers to settle. HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Macmillan have all settled with both the states and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Penguin settled with the DOJ several months ago. App... - Unpaid Wages Lawsuit Being Watched Very Carefully
Oct-7-14 Washington, DC Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over an off-the-clock work lawsuit involving the giant online retailer Amazon Inc. What the top court decides will determine whether or not the unpaid wages lawsuit will get to federal trial court. If it gets that far, Amazon may find itself on a track that could eventually re... - Plaintiff Alleges Johnson’s Baby Powder Potentially Lethal
May-26-14 Sacramento, CA Yet another body powder lawsuit has been launched by a plaintiff who claims she used Johnson & Johnson (J&J) talcum powder daily since 1950, without realizing she could be putting herself at risk for ovarian cancer. Mona Estrada notes in her legal action that the only proviso on the part of the manufacturer was that the talcum po... - New California Overtime Laws Set to Take Effect in 2014
Dec-28-13 Anaheim, CA New California overtime laws are set to take effect as of January 1, 2014. Those laws will make a new category of worker eligible for overtime pay in California. Specifically, domestic workers in California will now be covered by overtime pay laws. Under the law (found online at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), which was approved by the gove... - Lead-Tainted Toxic Waste Brand Nuclear Sludge Candy Recalled
Washington, DC: Circle City Marketing and Distributing, doing business as Candy Dynamics, Indianapolis, IN, is issuing a recall of all Toxic Waste® brand Nuclear Sludge® products, all flavors, 0.3 oz (8 g) size pieces. The product is imported from Pakistan. Testing by the company indicates that some products contain elevated levels of lead... - One Little Girl's Nightmare With Food Poisoning
Sep-22-12 Turlock, CA Anyone having any doubt as to the seriousness and severity of foodborne illness and food poisoning , need only look to the Crutcher family of Turlock, California. Cindy and Les Crutcher's daughter, Isabella, required a kidney transplant after being hit with an E. coli bacterial infection, presumably from bad food. It is not known if the f... - Dangerous Amounts of Arsenic Found in Rice-based Food Products
Sep-19-12 Washington, DC Many popular rice products including organic rice baby cereal, rice breakfast cereals, brown rice, and white rice contain varying levels of carcinogenic arsenic , according to the results of tests to be announced Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Reports. The tests were done by Consumer Reports on more... - Ayuda Legal Para Victimas del Fraude al Consumidor o Fraude Financiero
Los derechos financieros de los ciudadanos y los residentes pueden ser violados y dañados por la promoción por las empresas de servicios, productos, inversiones, y oportunidades fraudulentos. Estas actividades ilegales pueden ser clasificadas como fraude de consumido y el fraude financiero. La protección de usted y sus vecinos cont... - Health Valley Granola Bars Recalled due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
Washington, DC: Lovin Oven, LLC of Irwindale, CA, is recalling certain Health Valley Organic Peanut Crunch, Dutch Apple and Wildberry Chewy Granola Bars because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The bars contain organic toasted soy grits supplied by Thumb Oilseed Producers Cooperative of Ubly, MI. No illnesses have been reporte... - Possible Listeria Contamination Prompts Recall of Parker Farms Products
Washington, DC: Parkers Farm of Coon Rapids, Minnesota is recalling products because they have the potential to cause food poisoning due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infection in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although h... - Plum Organics Issues Recall of Baby Food
The Associated Press is reporting a national recall of Plum Organics apple and carrot portable pouch baby food, due to the possibility that it may be contaminated with botulism. The baby food was sold exclusively at Toys-R-Us and Babies-R-Us stores across the US. The recalled product is sold in 4.22-ounce pouches, with a "best by" date of May 21,... - Fentanyl Patches Targeted in Several Drug-Related Deaths
Oct-20-11 Galena, MO A Reeds Spring, Missouri man was arrested and has been charged with distributing Fentanyl patches that were allegedly involved in the deaths of two local men, according to the Springfield News-Leader . The Stone County Sheriff's Department brought Dennis Horn into custody and charged the individual with two counts of felony distribution... - LCD Manufacturers to Pay $585 Million in Price-Fixing Fines
LG Display Co. Ltd, Sharp Corp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd have agreed to pay $585 million in fines after submitting a plea Wednesday in an antitrust investigation into an alleged price-fixing conspiracy of liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Scott D. Hammond said earlier that price fixing conspiracy affected... - $10,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
Maricopa County, AZ: (Dec-08-07) Cyndi Greening, longtime Mesa Community College media-arts director, brought charges against the Maricopa County Community College District, alleging that she had been wrongfully terminated. The suit stated that Greening received a termination letter in May 2007, in which the district accused her of double-enrolling stude... - Risk Management Plans, Twenty-six Californian facilities pay $18,800 EPA fine for violating the Clean Air Act
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-13-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against 26 central California facilities, including facilities located in Fresno, Kings, Kern, Madera, and Tulare counties, alleging that they failed to resubmit risk management plans, a violation of the Clean Air Act. EPA officials claimed that when properly implemen...