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Sep-7-07 Chattanooga, TN A judge has granted class action status in a lawsuit alleging Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident) purposely denied or terminated claims of disabled policyholders. The suit alleges Unum created documents in which target dates for cutting off future payments were set. According to the lawsuit, Unum violated the 1974 Employee Retirement Inco... - Credit Card Rate Hikes Not Always Obvious to Consumers
Sep-3-07 Washington, DC People like to think they know all the 'ins and outs' of the contracts they sign, but credit card contracts are often written in language that confuses consumers. Many of the clauses in the contracts give credit card companies the ability to suddenly raise credit cards rates with little or no notice to the customer. Lawsuits against some c... - Oxycontin More Popular than Heroin on Canada's Streets: Lawsuits on the Rise
Aug-13-07 Victoria, BC A University of Victoria study, encompassing seven Canadian cities, has revealed that Oxycontin and other prescription opioids are more popular than heroin among drug abusers in Canada. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, echoes the belief of many Canadians that not enough is being done to stop the abuse of... - Occam Networks Reaches $12.66 Million Settlement in Securities Class Action
Occam Networks announced that it has agreed to settle and resolve a stockholder class action lawsuit initially filed on April 26, 2007 against Occam, certain of its current and former officers and directors, Occam`s current and former outside auditors, and the lead underwriter of Occam`s November 2006 secondary public offering. The litigation is pendin... - The Shelhigh Story: Lawsuits, Infections and Spin-Doctoring Part II
Aug-9-07 Union, NJ Shelhigh Medical Devices , the Union, NJ, manufacturer of tissue-based medical devices, virtually shut down by court order in a lawsuit started by the Food and Drug Administration in April, wants to keep you in the dark. Shelhigh wants you to believe that its products won't cause infection in surgery patients, and that it has been framed by the... - Zyprexa Lawsuits Involve Eight States
Aug-8-07 Indianapolis, IN Eli Lilly may have breathed a sigh of relief when it settled 900 Zyprexa last month, but that feeling probably will not last long. More states appear likely to file lawsuits against Eli Lilly, alleging that the company marketed Zyprexa for off-label uses. Furthermore, lawsuits are now being filed internationally, claiming that Eli Lill... - California Call Center, Call Center Overtime, Call Center Employees
A number of California overtime class action lawsuits have been filed against California call centers , claiming that call center employees are not paid for the time spent logging into their computer systems and other required programs before and after their shift. The wage and hour class action against call centers alleges that call center overtime... - Settlement in eBay and PayPal Inc lawsuit Preliminarily Approved
A settlement has been given preliminary approval in a class-action lawsuit against eBay Inc. and PayPal, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"). The Settlement will resolve a lawsuit against Defendants involving claims arising out of representations in the PayPal User Agreement regarding PayPal's policies and practices for responding to refund requests from those... - $10.5 Million Settlement Reached in Aon Insurance Services Employment Lawsuit
Irvine, CA: Los Angeles Superior Court judge has given final approval to an overtime class action settlement involving Aon Insurance Services, Inc. (now known as Aon Private Risk Management of California Insurance Agency, Inc.), Aon Risk Services Companies, Inc. and Aon Corporation, which calls for a guaranteed payment of $10.5 million by the defendant... - Unum's Health Insurance Policy Worthless
Jul-24-07 Lake County, CA Tom's employment benefits at a tax software company came with a policy from Unum Insurers , including Long Term Disability. For Tom, the policy wasn't worth the paper it was written on. "I had a breakdown in August 2001; there was a lot of tension and stress at work and I was incapable of working anymore," says Tom. "Everything went out... - $2M Settlement Reached In Ritz Carlton Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel has agreed to pay $2 million in settlement of an overtime class action lawsuit filed by 1,500 current and former employees in California who allege they were not paid overtime wages. The plaintiffs in the employment class action who work or worked at Ritz-Carlton hotels in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay and... - AT&T Settles Collect Calls Class Action for $45M
Seattle, WA: A $45 million settlement has been agreed, ending a consumer fraud class action lawsuit brought against AT&T over allegations the company made families pay for collect calls placed from Washington State prisons. It is estimated that between 70,000 and 172,000 people could eligible for refund from the settlement fund. The lawsuit was... - Diet & Health Supplements
Dietary supplements and health supplements are classified under foods rather than drugs. Dietary supplement law mainly deals with dangerous side effects, marketing problems and false advertising. Congress defined a dietary supplement as a product taken by mouth that contains a "dietary ingredient" intended to supplement the diet. ... - Medtronic Reducing Staff, Preparing for Defibrillator Lawsuits
Jul-13-07 Fridley, MN Quality control seems to have gone the way of the dinosaur, while the word 'recall' has become part of our everyday vocabulary. How did we get here? And whatever happened to reliability? Especially when it comes to medical products? Take for example, Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators . In yet another example of implantable d... - Overtime Stress Takes Toll on IT Workers: Lawsuits in California
Jul-12-07 San Jose, CA: According to findings presented before a conference of computer programmers, IT workers have high divorce rates, routinely work overtime and are routinely given deadlines that can lead to pressure-cooker situations. Furthermore, many IT workers do not realize that their rights are being violated when they are denied overtime pay by their... - Veteran Medical Malpractice: Navigating a Complicated System Part II
Jul-12-07 Washington, DC: Not all errors in hospitals are the result of medical malpractice. In order for medical malpractice to occur a physician or other health care professional has to have treated a patient in a manner that deviates from a reasonable standard of care. An injury or death that results from substandard care is generally considered medical malpracti... - Monsanto Will Pay $93M in Agent Orange Class Action Settlement
Winfield, WV: A proposed $93 million settlement pending in the class action lawsuit filed over a chemical used in Agent Orange and resulting neighborhood contamination surrounding the Monsanto plant that produced the chemical, has finally been approved. The settlement was preliminarily approved 11 months ago. The lawsuit, brought against Monsan... - Hotels Face Lawsuits over Safe Warranty Fees and Other Surcharges
Jul-6-07 " Los Angeles, CA: In addition to the "safe warranty fee," there are a number of other fees that hotels sometimes charge without their customers' knowledge: Reservation processing fee -- At least one hotel charged a consumer $4.91 cents for making a reservation and did not tell the customer until she checked out. Resort fee/Convenience Charge -- Cha... - California Labor Law: Not All Computer Programmers Exempt from Overtime
Jul-6-07 San Francisco, CA: As the technology industry grows and changes, employers are increasingly called on to classify employees as either exempt or nonexempt from overtime pay according to California labor laws . Although there are guidelines regarding which employees can be considered exempt from overtime pay, employers still misclassify employees, denying s... - Factory Farms: What Can Be Done?
Jul-5-07 Chilton, WI Once upon a time, Mrs. Edwards and her neighbors were close, attending the same church and even vacationing together. But now, they are no longer on speaking terms; in large part because of the 16 giant chicken houses the neighbors built, containing nearly half a million birds. Community activists like Midkiff of the Sierra Club have been tr...