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New York, NY: MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC has agreed to pay $1.2 million in settlement of an employment class action lawsuit . The former employees brought the class action against the meat processing plants owned by the private equity firm alleging that they were not properly notified of the plants' closings and were misled about thei... - Bad Faith Insurance: Policy Holders Fight Back, Win Big
May-17-07 West Palm Beach, FL Welcome to the new world of bad faith insurance , where you can pretty much expect your insurance companies to nickel-and-dime your claim, try to get out of paying less and in many cases, denying your claim altogether. And don't even talk about rates. No, don't go there. But also a part of the new world of bad faith insurance, ar... - OxyContin: Purdue Pharma Pays Millions
May-16-07 Stamford, CT You know it's bad when the executives take a personal hit. In the third-largest award of its' kind in the nation's history, Purdue Pharma was slammed with a U.S. $600 million penalty over allegations of misbranding pertaining to its' popular painkiller, OxyContin. Even more telling are the U.S. $34.5 million in fines levied against three... - Consumer and Financial Fraud: If it seems Too Good to be True...
May-16-07 Camden, NJ We've all seen them - the pitches on TV for free seminars. However, rather than a sweet deal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns that this kind of in-your-face allure has all the makings of consumer and financial fraud . From these pitches, attendees will acquire valuable information that will earn them real money from the comfort of t... - The Hartford Reaches Preliminary $72M Settlement in Fraud Class Action
New Haven CT: A preliminary settlement has been approved by a federal judge in a class action lawsuit brought by more than 21,000 plaintiffs alleging fraud against Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. The suit alleged that Hartford defrauded people who made claims by deducting up to 15 percent of the value of a claim settlement through undiscl... - Discrimination: You Don't Have to Take It
May-15-07 Savannah, MO He stood at the dais and said those magic words: "I Have a Dream..." The late Martin Luther King Jr, felled in a hail of gunfire almost forty years ago, was setting the stage for his vision of equality amongst all races and all peoples: whites, African-American, Hispanic. Age. Gender. An end to discrimination. King was robbed of his visi... - Medical Malpractice: Fear has its Price
May-14-07 Miami, FL They're only human, after all. And like us, medical practitioners can have a bad day. A sleepless night, trouble with the kids, a bitter divorce. However, when someone in the medical community has a bad day, for whatever reason, it's often the patient that pays for it, in what is sometimes a lifelong struggle. And that could mean medical malprac... - $325M Neurontin Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A $325 million preliminary settlement has been reached by Pfizer Inc and Warner-Lambert Co. LLC and plaintiffs who filed a consumer fraud class action lawsuit over the marketing of the pharmaceutical companies' drug Neurontin (gabapentin). Brought by a class of third-party payers, the lawsuit alleges Pfizer and Warner-Lambert... - California Real Estate Transaction Fees
In all California real estate transactions —including buying a home, selling a home and refinancing a mortgage—there are a variety of fees involved. Unfortunately for California homeowners, some companies slip in excessive, unnecessary or illegal real estate fees , often called junk fees. In some cases, the fees cannot be charged at all; in other cases... - Unum Group Unfair and Unjust
May-9-07 Chattanooga, TN Unum Group CEO Tom Watjen knew he had his work cut out for him in 2003, when he took over a company that came with a fair amount of baggage. Over the years, the enterprise known as Unum Provident had lost marks for being arrogant, given to undisciplined pricing, and a not-so-great reputation for delivering on benefits. Part of the fix... - Cadbury, Hershey, Mars and Nestle to Pay $23.2M in Price Fixing Class Action
Toronto, ON: Cadbury, Hershey, Mars and Nestle have agreed a $23.2 million settlement in an antitrust class action lawsuit alleging the confectionary companies colluded on price-fixing of their chocolate bars in Canadian markets. The defendants — Cadbury Adams Canada Inc., Hershey Canada Inc. Nestle Canada Inc and March Canada Inc., as well as distr... - $2.7M Settlement Proposed in BJs Unpaid Wages and Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Boston, MA: A $2.7 million settlement has been reached in the unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against BJ' Wholesale Club Inc. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, BJ', one of the largest food retailers in the US, will compensate its employees who allege they weren't fully paid for overtime. The lawsuit, entitled,... - I.T. Overtime: California Dreamin'
May-7-07 Milpitas, CA If you're a computer geek, this is for you. We know you can read this, because you spend practically every waking moment of every day in the dim glow of your computer screen - problem-solving, beta-testing, working out the bugs. Maybe you're at your cubicle right now, or maybe you're at home on your own system. No matter. The point is, you'... - Settlement Proposed in Automotive Refinishing Paint Products Class Action
A settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit against BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF Coatings AG, and BASF Corporation; Sherwin-Williams Company and Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes; PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG"); Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes B.V. and Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. (collectively "Akzo"); and E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, and Du... - Apple iPhone 4 Antenna Lawsuit Reaches Preliminary Settlement
New York, NY: A preliminary settlement has been reached in a defective products class-action lawsuit against Apple that alleges underperformance of its iPhone 4 resulting from antenna problems. The class for the lawsuit is comprised of 25 million US residents who could receive a $15 in cash or a bumper case provided by Apple under the terms of the s... - Supreme Court Hands Down Ruling in California Overtime Lawsuit
Apr-18-07 Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Times (April 17, 2007) reports that the California Supreme Court handed down a ruling that triples the amount of back pay that employees can seek if they were forced to work through their breaks . The decision affects many people who are considered managers or assistant managers but generally spend less than half their tim... - $1.1M Toys R Us Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Approved
Los Angeles, CA: A $1.1 million settlement has been approved by a California judge in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Toys "R"Us. The lawsuit alleged that the toy retailer falsely advertised that consumers would receive full refunds on returned items purchased with promotional gift cards and discounts. The lawsuit was filed... - J&J Concealed Dangers of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch
Apr-16-07 Washington, DC: Tens of millions of prescriptions have been written for Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch since it arrived on the market in 2002, and medical experts say the patch has harmed thousands of young women of childbearing age. In September 2006, the FDA warned that use of the patch, made by the Ortho-McNeil division of J&J,... - April 2007 Big Pharma Litigation Update - Drugs (Part II)
Apr-12-07 Washington, DC: The anti-epileptic drug, Depakote (valproate), marketed by Abbott Laboratories, is one of the most heavily prescribed medications for off-label use. Experts say the evidence of harm caused by Depakote is just beginning to emerge. According to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania psychiatrist, Dr Stefan Kruszewski, a recognized expert on psychotropic... - State Farm And Other Companies Charged Accident Surcharge
Apr-9-07 Los Angeles, CA: Residents of California who purchased their auto insurance from State Farm between 1997 and 2002 may have unknowingly paid an illegal accident surcharge on their policies. The surcharge is also known as a "Non-Verifiable Accident Record Surcharge" or a "persistency discount." The surcharge was tacked on to policies for people who w...