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Sort by relevance 1,812 pages found matching bank of america- New Balance Hit with California Class Action
Feb-6-17 Los Angeles, CA: The day before the Trump Administration initiated its contentious travel ban against individuals hailing from seven predominantly-Muslim countries, a move in part in support of the Administration’s mandate to safeguard and promote America and American workers, New Balance Athletics Inc. (New Balance) was hit with a putative Califor... - J&J Talcum Powder Lawsuit Claims Ovarian Cancer Risk Was Known
Feb-3-17 Santa Clara, CA: The fourth ovarian cancer trial brought against Talc maker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Imerys Talc America is set to go to court next week. It follows three previous trials, all of which saw multi-million dollar awards for plaintiffs who alleged they developed ovarian cancer from using J&J Talc-containing products. In 2... - Despite $1B Penalty by the Feds, It’s Not Over Yet for Takata: Airbag Injuries
Feb-1-17 Washington, DC: The massive $1 Billion criminal penalty announced by the US Department of Justice earlier this month surrounding defective Takata airbags is not, in reality, an end to the troubles for the beleaguered Japanese manufacturer. Just one day after the Christmas holiday this past December, German automotive manufacturer BMW announced a recall of... - Asbestosis Risk has been known since Roman Times
Jan-11-17 Edmonton, AB: While a class action lawsuit waged against Halliburton Co. has gone on for some 14 years, it’s been more than 114 years that knowledge about the dangers of asbestos and asbestosis lung disease has been known. Only in the last few decades has the industrialized world taken the risks of asbestos seriously by phasing asbestos out in ce... - TD Bank Facing Excessive Overdraft Charges Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: TD Bank is facing a potential class action lawsuit alleging it “unlawfully” applies overdraft fees that penalize customers who don’t replenish their overdrawn bank accounts within 10 days. Filed on behalf of Shaina Dorsey and all those similarly situated, the lawsuit contends that the sustained overdraft charge... - Stockert 3T Infections Widespread
Jan-10-17 Nashville, TN: Last October the CDC reported that M. chimaera contamination of heater/cooler devices, of which 60 to 70 percent stem from the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system had been found in Iowa and Pennsylvania. Just one month later, a global outbreak linking the devices was reported. M. chimaera is a rare bacteria, a species of nontuberculous... - Unfair Car Title Loans a Growing Trend
Jan-8-17 Washington, DC: As consumers enter into loan agreements with the best of intentions, loan providers often don’t come to the party with equal good faith. To that end, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in June of last year included car title loans in new proposals aimed at tightening regulations, and preventing loan providers from fle... - J&J’s Cost of Defending its Talcum Powder is Rising
Jan-6-17 St. Louis, MO: Johnson & Johnson last year was hit with three talcum powder cancer lawsuits, making the jury verdicts in St. Louis a combined $197 million. Judging from the drug company’s continued legal woes, it appears that these settlements may simply be the cost of doing business. Last February the family of Jackie Fox , who... - $53M Settlement Reached In Milk Products Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $52 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit pending against several milk producers alleging they conspired to fix milk prices. According to the complaint, the defendants, namely National Milk Producers Federation aka Cooperatives Working Together (CWT), Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Land O’Lake... - Story of Failed DePuy Hip Replacement Devices “Shocking” says Lawyer
Jan-4-17 New York, NY Truth remains supreme in the courtrooms of America and the facts revealed in the recent litigation against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. tell a “shocking” story of “fraud and conspiracy”, says attorney Jayne Conroy from the firm of Simmons Hanly Conroy of New York. Conroy is part of... - “I Could Be a Ticking Time Bomb,” says IVC Filter Patient
Dec-31-16 Nashville, TN: When Sara had an IVC Filter implanted 20 years ago, nobody told her that it would eventually need to be removed. “Now that I’m aware of so many IVC filter lawsuits I don’t know if this filter is supposed to be permanent or not, but it has got me worried,” says Sara. In 1996 Sara had a Greenfield IVC Filter impla... - Disability Lawsuit filed, Others say ‘Bah Humbug’ to Unum
Dec-30-16 Chattanooga, TN: While Unum Insurance has been working to shore up both its reputation and its business strategy from its headquarters in Chattanooga, Unum disability claims are still coming. The latest is an Unum lawsuit filed earlier this month in the State of Florida. According to the Florida Record (12/28/16), the plaintiff is Vera Viamontes,... - DMV Record Privacy Violations
Santa Clara, CA: Complaints have been made that personal information is obtained by companies from motor vehicle records for the purposes of selling and marketing that information. This is allegedly done without customers’ consent or knowledge, in violation of federal laws, specifically, the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA). A lawsuit was re... - Stockert 3T System “No Easy Fix” and the FDA’s Catch-22
Dec-27-16 Washington, DC: Reports from both the US and Germany have identified the M chimaera contamination of heater/cooler devices, of which 60 to 70 percent stem from the Stockert 3T heater-cooler system . But controlling the infection is challenging—to say the least. A field investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the CD... - Citibank Telemarketing Lawsuit News & Legal Information
In August 2016 Citibank NA agreed to settle allegations the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending repeated unsolicited text messages to an individual, despite his requests the bank stop contacting him. The terms of the Citibank TCPA settlement are confidential, but Citibank faces other allegations of TCPA violations... - Olympus America Attempts a Power Morcellation Comeback
Dec-19-16 Orlando, FL: In spite of a position taken by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Laparoscopic Uterine Surgery for women Involving power morcellators only be used in relatively rare cases, Olympus America Inc. has released a new power morcellator equipped with a containment bag. Power morcellation had been widely employed in recent years f... - Goldman Sachs Reaches $56.5M Settlement in ISDAfix Antitrust Suit
Santa Clara, CA: A $56.5 million agreement has been reached potentially enabling Goldman Sachs to exit an antitrust class action in which it is accused of participating in price-fixing the ISDAfix benchmark rate, along with several other banks. The rate is used to set terms for interest rate derivative products. The total settlement amount agreed... - $60M Settlement Approved in Deutsche Bank Gold Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $60 million settlement has been granted preliminary approval, potentially ending an antitrust class action lawsuit against Deutsche Bank AG which claims the bank engaged in illegal price-fixing of the gold market. The suit was brought by investors and traders in March 2014, alleging UBS Deutsche, HSBC, Societe Generale SA, The Ba... - Abilify Coast to Coast: “Off-Label” Lawsuit Settles in California, MDL Pending in Florida
Dec-9-16 San Diego, CA: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., the Abilify distributor, will pay $19.5 million to settle a business code violations lawsuit. The multi-state Abilify lawsuit stems from the marketing the anti-psychotic drug off-label. Abilify is approved to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and Tourette's disorder in adults an... - Salvage Owner Jailed for Asbestos Violations
Dec-6-16 Owensboro, KY: It’s a situation that is the closest one might come to a crystal ball: the sentencing of a salvage company owner who allowed the demolition of an asbestos-laden tire plant without protecting his workers from asbestos fibers. As it takes asbestos mesothelioma some 30 years to emerge in most cases, it is not beyond the realm of possi...