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Feb-21-16 Washington, DC: From 2011, the FDA has warned health professionals and the public that transvaginal mesh was associated with serious complications that were not rare, and recommended the mesh be bumped up from moderate to high risk. Almost five years later, the agency has reclassified mesh products designed and marketed for transvaginal treatment o... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Settlement Money “Chump Change”
Feb-14-16 Tacoma, WA: Andrea recently received a transvaginal mesh settlement offer from American Medical Systems (AMS), but she says it’s little more than “chump change” given the four-year nightmare she has gone through since the device was implanted, and it ain’t over yet... For most women who have suffered adverse events from the... - PNC Bank NA Settles Forced-Place Insurance Lawsuit for $32.3 Million
Feb-7-16 Miami, FL: Plaintiffs embroiled in a Lender insurance lawsuit against PNC Bank NA will have the opportunity to avoid the rigors of a trial and still receive what has been described as an excellent compensatory agreement following final approval of a settlement worth $32.3 million. The settlement will benefit some 130,000 plaintiffs who allege they w... - Investors Balk at Bayer with Roundup and Monsanto Class Action Lawsuit
Mar-25-22 Santa Clara, CA A group of investors has balked at Bayer with a class action lawsuit claiming they were deceived about the link between Roundup and cancer and the Monsanto purchase that includes over 125,000 Roundup lawsuits. Investors are demanding about $2.5 billion from Bayer, reported Reuters in January. That amount covered lawsuits from ab... - Coca-Cola Bottler to Settle ERISA lawsuit for $3.5 Million
Mar-21-22 Charlotte, NC Large independent bottler, Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc., has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a class-action breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit that could have involved thousands of plan participants. The ERISA lawsuit was originally brought in 2020 by two participants in the Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401k Plan. Cheyenne Jones v. Coc... - Data Breach Settlements Announced
Dec-16-15 Washington, DC: Two large-scale data breach settlements have been announced, one involving Home Depot lawsuits and the other involving claims made by the Federal Trade Commission against Wyndham Hotels. Both involved situations in which hackers illegally obtained the payment information of customers, with plaintiffs alleging serious failures on the par... - Disney’s Overtime Deal
Nov-25-19 Santa Clara, CA Disneyland workers on November 4 got the green light to settle their California overtime class action lawsuit, but a federal judge needs “further convincing” before approving one-third of the $2 million settlement for attorney fees. Judge James Selna said that upwards of $660,000 in legal fees is higher than the Ninth Circu... - Anthem Blue Cross to Pay $8.3 Million to Settle Lawsuits
Nov-4-15 Los Angeles, CA: Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to pay $8.3 million to settle insurance lawsuits that alleged the company breached its contracts and engaged in unfair business practices. The settlement affects up to 50,000 Anthem Blue Cross customers who live in California and were affected by the company changing costs associated with individual policie... - Auction Rate Securities: Arbitration is Quicker than Settlement
Sep-8-08 Kansas City, MO The big news in Auction Rate Securities (ARS) is that some of the financial firms, such as Citibank, Bank of America and UBS are in negotiations with regulators about payoff programs for clients who purchased auction rate securities. However, according to Diane Nygaard, founder of the Nygaard Law Firm, nothing has been finalized and no one... - Companies Announce Auction Rate Securities Settlement
Aug-26-08 New York, NY Multiple companies have announced deals with regulators involving auction rate securities lawsuits. Some of the announcements involved the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) while others involved various state regulators. In one settlement, Merrill Lynch & Co. agreed to a preliminary settlement in principle with the SEC. The settlem... - California Overtime Pay Plaintiffs Seek Final Approval of $4.25 Million Settlement
Oct-11-15 Los Angeles, CA A supplier of services to the retail giant Costco could face a monetary settlement worth $4.25 million if a federal judge in California grants approval of the tentative settlement in the wake of a California overtime pay lawsuit. The class action could benefit some 8,000 individuals who demonstrate products at Costco Warehouses. Cost... - Bayer Done with Roundup Settlements
Feb-25-22 Santa Clara, CA It all boils down to federal regulators. Bayer has asked for a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General to weigh in. A favorable decision for Bayer means it could be exempt from Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuits based on federal regulators' approval of its glyp... - Telecom Companies Adept at Smoke and Mirrors
Jul-27-08 Seattle, WA You must forgive people for getting steamed at telecom companies and letting that steam go in the courts of law. But honestly, just how does a service provider who attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of well-meaning consumers, expect those consumers to react once they realize they've been had? Swindled, might be the better word. Th... - Lawyer Scott Summy and Landmark Water Contamination Case
Jul-22-08 Dallas, TX: One Saturday morning, back in the 1990s, attorney Scott Summy found himself standing in front of a crowd of hundreds of people at a trailer park in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their drinking water had been contaminated with a chemical called Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, or MTBE. Their water smelled and tasted like turpentine, they told Summy, a... - Transvaginal Mesh Financial Repercussions and Recent Settlement
Sep-13-15 Spokane, WA Not only does transvaginal mesh cause financial hardship for many women who had no choice but to take time off work due to severe mesh side effects; some women are collecting disability benefits, and rightly so. “I think that the mesh manufacturers should pay our disability benefits and not insurance companies,” says Jackie. &l... - ERISA Lawsuit Nets Nearly $9.4 Million for Plan Participants
Feb-10-22 St. Paul, MN The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an agreement to settle Walsh v. Reliance Trust Co. that will restore nearly $9.4 million to participants in the Kurt Manufacturing Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The ERISA lawsuit alleged that plan fiduciaries caused the ESOP to buy all the outstanding company stock for nearly $10... - Attorney Maurice B. Graham on Equitable Recovery
Mar-29-08 St. Louis, MO: Attorney Maurice B. Graham is a partner in Gray, Ritter and Graham, PC, a personal injury and complex business and commercial litigation firm. A 1962 JD graduate of the University of Missouri, Graham is former president of the Missouri Bar Association (1988-1989) and has served as a member and chairman of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee... - Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui tam is a law passed by Congress that allows a private individual with knowledge of fraud committed against the federal government to act as a government whistleblower and bring about a qui tam lawsuit on behalf of the US. Any situation where a company or individual has defrauded the government comes under the False Claims Act, including Medicare... - Qui Tam FAQ
Qui Tam FAQ... - Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit Settled for $17 Million
Jul-1-15 Miami, FL A healthcare fraud lawsuit has been settled for $17 million, reportedly the largest settlement of a case involving skilled nursing facility kickbacks in the US. The lawsuit initially began as a whistleblower claim, and the settlement will see the whistleblower receive $4.25 million. According to South Florida Business Journal (6/16/15),...