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Oct-30-23 Santa Clara, CA To help hundreds and thousands of Camp LeJeune plaintiffs claiming contaminated water caused serious health issues, lawyers have filed a Master Complaint outlining and defining all their common allegations and claims. And to streamline litigation for bringing new Camp LeJeune lawsuits , plaintiffs can take some of these allegations and cla... - Pot Shop Employees High-Five Union for Back Pay
Jan-14-21 Oakland, CA It doesn’t matter how many times a California business changes its name or sells to another company—a union contract stays put. Case in point: the United Food and Commercial Workers, (UFCW) pressured two pot shops on behalf of their weed workers, despite the dispensaries changing hands a few times, and they came to a $75,000 settl... - Abbott Settles Depakote Lawsuits for $1.6 Billion
May-11-12 Washington, DC Abbott Laboratories has agreed to settle a Depakote lawsuit alleging the company illegally marketed its drug for off-label use. The Depakote settlement will see Abbott pay approximately $1.6 billion, including a $500 million criminal fine, according to The Washington Post (5/7/12). An investigation into Abbott's marketing of Depakot... - Bank of America to Settle Excessive Fees Class Action for $66.6 Million
Nov-10-17 Los Angeles, CA: Yet another major bank has bowed to litigants enraged over excessive bank overdraft fees , following the announcement of a settlement worth $66.6 million. The bank overdraft fees settlement, designed to end a lawsuit against Bank of America, still requires court approval. According to Reuters (11/02/17) plaintiffs asserted that som... - Exposure to PFAS Doubles Cancer Risk in Women
Oct-18-23 Ann Arbor, MI A study, published on September 18 in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology suggests that exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS and PFOA) compounds greatly increases the risk of melanoma, ovarian and uterine cancers in women. The precise mechanism is unknown, but PFAS exposure appears to... - $10 Million Asbestos Settlement Considered Largest in Missouri History
Dec-19-11 Kansas City, MO A $10 million settlement in an Asbestos lawsuit is bittersweet for the family of the primary plaintiff. Nancy Lopez originally filed suit in March of last year, alleging asbestos exposure in her work area. But she never lived to see the settlement, after succumbing to asbestos cancer eight months later, on October 9, 2010, at the age of... - California Employment Labor Law Class Action Gets Nod for $1.35 Million Settlement
Aug-10-17 San Francisco, CA: A California employee labor law class action is one step closer to resolution after a San Francisco judge signaled he would grant final approval of a settlement worth $1.35 million. The lawsuit, which has been ongoing for about 18 months, pits a beer distributor from the Bay Area against a class of hourly employees who claimed violat... - Deadline Set in $300 Million Settlement in Benicar Lawsuit – Short Window!
Aug-10-17 Houston, TX Users of the blood pressure medication Benicar will receive an estimated average payout of $100,000 each in a settlement deal reached with Diiachi Sankyo and Forest Laboratories. The company admits no liability but agreed to pay compensation plaintiffs to some individuals who experienced gastrointestinal problems after using the medication... - Los Angeles Times Employees Settle ERISA Benefits Lawsuit
Sep-5-11 Los Angeles, CA The employees of the Los Angeles Times who filed an ERISA benefits lawsuit following the takeover of the company by Sam Zell in 2007 have reportedly received a settlement worth $32 million. According to Reuters , the settlement is the resolution to a plan spearheaded by Zell that put the pension plan for employees at risk through... - IBM to Settle Sales Reps Claims for $4.75M
Sep-6-22 Santa Clara, CA IBM will pay $4.75 million to settle claims that it shortchanged about 1,500 sales representatives out of their rightful commissions, and that Big Blue had violated California Labor Code, according to a preliminary approval motion filed August 23rd in federal court. Plaintiffs also claim the global technology company--which sells... - Amazon Unpaid Wages During COVID Screenings Settled
Sep-29-23 Santa Clara, CA An unpaid wages lawsuit filed by former Amazon warehouse employees in a California federal court has reached a settlement. The lawsuit, filed in February 2021, accused Amazon of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the California Labor Code when they were forced to undergo unpaid COVID-19 screenings before clocking in. They spent at... - OSF Church Plan Participants Settle for “ERISA Lite”
Oct-11-20 Benton, IL Participants in the OSF Plans have agreed to settle an ERISA lawsuit , against OSF Healthcare System and related parties, which challenged the plan’s status a church plan. The settlement will require OSF to contribute $25 million over 5 years to the plans, and to provide participants with documents disclosing plan provisions and changes... - BOK Financial $7.8 Million Class Action Settlement Headed For Final Approval
May-11-17 Tulsa, OK: An upcoming approval hearing will determine whether BOK Financial (BOKF) will pay $7.8 million in a class action settlement with former bank customers who claim they were charged excessive overdraft fees . The hearing is scheduled for May 15, 2017 for final approval of an Oct. 2016 order granting preliminary approval of the $7.8 million set... - Workplace Sexual Harassment and Retaliation – Attorney Weighs In
Sep-17-20 Manhattan, NY A sexual harassment and retaliation settlement was in the spotlight, this past July. It involved more than 25 construction workers who were subjected to physical assaults and other types of harassment , and some workers were retaliated against after complaining to supervisors. “It’s so important that these women supported and cor... - Bayer to Settle Essure Birth Control Lawsuits for $1.6 Billion
Sep-11-20 Santa Clara, CA Almost two years after Bayer stopped selling Essure in the U.S., and four years after the FDA told Bayer its birth control device needed a black box warning regarding potential serious side effects, the pharma giant will pay $1.6 billion to settle Essure lawsuits brought by nearly 39,000 women in the U.S... - SEC Enforcement Boosts Settlement Value: Study
Mar-16-11 New York, NY One small, but persistent ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak oversight culture in this country is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which continues to watch over the investment and financial traffic in the US as resources will allow. A sign that the SEC is effective, according to a yearly study undertaken by Cornerstone Research... - And If You Lose, You Keep the Advance, Says Oasis
Mar-15-11 Chicago, IL As a former trial attorney and for the last eight years the executive director of the most active lawsuit funding company in the US, Elizabeth Pekin genuinely believes in what Oasis Legal Finance (OLF) does. "As a trial attorney in Chicago, I used to meet face-to-face with people who were often at the lowest point in their lives," she says. "Al... - Attorney: Fosamax Patients Must Protect Their Rights
Jan-17-11 Boston, MA With another Fosamax bellwether case set to be heard by the courts, it is vital that patients who suffered Fosamax side effects, including Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw, contact an attorney so their claim is counted. Failure to do so could mean that not enough settlement funds are set aside to cover all claimants, according to J. Benton S... - GlaxoSmithKline to Pay $750 Million to Settle Paxil Allegations
Oct-31-10 Washington, D.C. GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $750 million and will plead guilty to a criminal charge, putting an end to an investigation into the company's Paxil manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico. Although Paxil side effects including Paxil birth defects have been in the news, the charges in this lawsuit involved claims that Paxil tablets manufa... - California Overtime Lawsuits against Employers Big and Small
Jan-2-17 San Francisco, CA: An overtime pay lawsuit in California that seeks class action status was filed just before Christmas by a plaintiff who alleges his employer stiffed him on wages as well as tips. According to The San Francisco Chronicle (12/20/16), plaintiff Jose Martinez is a former kitchen worker at the Gordo Taqueria chain, a Mexican fast foo...