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Sort by relevance 122 pages found matching apple- $2M Verdict Against Apple in Unpaid Overtime and Rest Break Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: An unpaid wages and overtime lawsuit brought against Apple has resulted in a $2 million jury verdict against the tech giant, which is accused of violating meal period law for its retail employees. The long-running suit alleges the company cheated its workers out of break time and final paychecks. According to the original compl... - Apple Lawsuit Alleging California Labor Violations Gets Underway
Oct-25-16 San Diego, CA: A lawsuit filed by Apple employees alleging the company violated California labor law by not providing employees with proper meal and rest breaks is underway in San Diego. As many as 18,000 employees could be affected by the lawsuit. Apple has also recently faced allegations it denied employees overtime pay by not properly compensating w... - Will California Labor Lawsuit Bite Apple Profits?
Oct-21-16 San Diego, CA: A California labor class action lawsuit involving current and former Apple employees over nine years just commenced in California. The Apple California Labor Code Class Action Suit, filed October 16, 2016, includes over 20,000 class members. The case was first filed back in 2011, when four employees (the Plaintiffs) claimed that Appl... - Gynecologist No Longer Implanting Essure
Jul-3-16 Baltimore, MD: Leslie welcomes this opportunity to warn women that Essure side effects can mimic menopause. And after she had a total hysterectomy, her gynecologist believes that the permanent birth control device is not safe. Leslie’s gynecologist recommended Essure as a safe alternative to getting her tubes tied. In her late 40s, she is a fo... - Body Powder and Cancer: When an Old Friend Turns on You…
Jun-20-16 Washington, DC: One can imagine the shock and dismay at the realization that a heritage product held for generations as a safe and effective strategy for hygiene, and trusted akin to Mom’s apple pie, carries a dark health risk. And yet, as many a body powder lawsuit asserts, talcum powder is alleged to cause ovarian cancer, a risk that has been k... - Coach to Pay $1.75 Million to Settle Overtime Lawsuit
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... - Tyson Foods Donning and Doffing Case Heard by Supreme Court
Nov-25-15 Washington, DC: The US Supreme Court has heard the Tyson Foods unpaid wages lawsuit, according to reports. The donning and doffing lawsuit was filed by Tyson employees who argued that they should be paid for time spent putting on and taking off mandatory protective work gear and should have a judgment in their favor based on averages instead of time re... - One California Overtime Lawsuit Dismissed As Another Takes Off
Nov-24-15 San Francisco, CA: A judge in a California overtime lawsuit has dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims against Apple Inc. The lawsuit alleged workers at Apple stores were denied overtime pay for time spent waiting in line for bag checks, and the ruling could have implications for other overtime lawsuits involving claims about security checks. Meanwhile... - Apple California Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-23-15 San Francisco, CA: A California labor lawsuit filed against Apple Inc., has been dismissed, with the judge ruling Apple did not violate employees’ rights to be paid for time spent during bag checks. The class-action California lawsuit was filed by employees at California Apple stores, who alleged they were owed pay for time spent in security chec... - 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... - Judge Grants Class-Action Status to California Labor Lawsuit against Apple
Aug-10-15 San Francisco, CA A 2013 California labor lawsuit against Apple alleging employees should be compensated for time taken to search their bags has been granted class-action status. The lawsuit alleged that up to 12,000 current and former employees at 52 stores in California should have been paid for security checks before they left their worksite. Acc... - Unsealed E-mails to Apple CEO Allege Off-the-Clock Work through Bag Checks
Jun-17-15 Los Angeles, CA As successor to Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, Tim Cook may be the face presented to the world when new products such as the Apple watch are released. But he’s also an employer too, and a number of employees have taken Cook and Apple Inc. to task over unpaid wages claims and off the clock work . The latter, according to an e-... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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...