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Aug-8-12 Washington, DC One of the country's largest pharmaceutical companies has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement on charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its overseas subsidiaries engaged in the bribing of doctors and other health officials to increase sales of their products. The New York Times (8/7/12) reported yesterday t... - Phoenix Life Insurance Reaches $42.5M Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $42.5 million settlement has been agreed by Phoenix Life Insurance Co. ending a bad faith insurance class action lawsuit alleging the insurer unfairly raised rates on premium-adjustable universal life insurance policies. Additionally, the company has also agreed to freeze its rates for five years. The settlement also prevent... - Fifth Third Bank Class Action Settlement Involving Overdraft Fees
Chicago, IL: A notification program begun, as ordered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the "Court"), to alert people who have or had a bank account with Fifth Third Bank ("Fifth Third") about a proposed class action settlement. The lawsuit alleges that Fifth Third improperly assessed overdraft fees for in... - $61M Settlement Reached in Sanofi Vaccine Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $61.5 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit pending against Sanofi Pasteur Inc., alleging the pharmaceutical company violated antitrust laws with contracts for its pediatric vaccines. The lawsuit, which has been going on for five years, was filed by a group of health care providers who alleged... - Film Interns Win Employment Class Action Lawsuit against 21st Century Fox
Santa Clara, CA: An employment class action lawsuit filed by interns who worked at 21st Century Fox Inc, has reached a preliminary settlement. The interns alleged they should have been paid for their work at the company, but where not. According to court papers, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Entertainment Group will pay $495 to each claimant who... - $9.8M Awarded in Defective Wheelchair Injury Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $9.8 million settlement has been awarded to a 35-year old plaintiff who suffered injuries resulting from defects in his wheelchair. The defective wheelchair personal injury lawsuit, filed in San Diego, alleged plaintiff Toby Morin suffered life altering injuries as a result of defective design, manufacture, warnings and repair. Fur... - Settlement Reached in Magic City Dancers FLSA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A settlement has been reached in an employment lawsuit brought by exotic dancers who worked at the Atlanta strip club Magic City, claiming the club owners violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit was scheduled to go to trial on January 17th. The lawsuit was first brought in 2013, alleging M-Entertainment Properties L... - $5M Settlement reached in J&J Bed and Bath Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is seeking final approval of a $5 million settlement of a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against it for alleged false advertising of certain bed and bath products. If approved, the settlement would end nearly five years of litigation. The original lawsuit was filed by a mother in Illinois in Jul... - $2.5M Settlement Reached in REI Unpaid Overtime Class Action
Los Angeles, CA: Preliminary approval of a $2.5 million settlement in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit pending against Recreational Equipment Inc. has been granted. The lawsuit, brought by former employees in California, alleged the sporting goods retailer did not pay overtime or minimum wage. Named plaintiffs Alison Macias and Justin Quan... - Oil Field Workers Reach $2.1 Unpaid Overtime Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.1 million settlement has been reached between workers of an oil field services company and their employer, potentially ending an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit that alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). . The class of “frac supervisor I’s” alleged Keane Frac GP LLC, Keane Frac LP and Kean... - Volkswagen to Pay $14.7B to Settle US Emissions Allegations
Washington, DC: In two related settlements, one with the United States and the State of California, and one with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), German automaker Volkswagen AG and related entities have agreed to spend up to $14.7 billion to settle consumer fraud allegations of VW emissions and deceiving customers. The settlements do not... - $1.8M Preliminary Settlement in Burlington's Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.8 million proposed settlement received preliminary approval this week, potentially ending an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit filed against Burlington Coat Factory. Filed by plaintiff Armida Rodriguez, the suit claims the company deprived tens of thousands of current and former employees of rest breaks and subject... - Multi-Million Dollar Overtime Laws Class Action Has July Court Date
Jun-22-12 Fresno, CA A massive class action lawsuit soon to go to trial in Fresno, California will pit defendant North American Title Co. against hundreds of escrow and title officers who claim they were not paid overtime in accordance with overtime pay laws . As reported this week by the Fresno Bee (6/17/12), the lawsuit is based on a belief by the plaintif... - $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... - Bashas' Grocery Settles Hispanic Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit for $6.5M
New York, NY: A $6.5 million settlement has been reached in a discrimination class action lawsuit filed against Arizona-based Bashas' Inc, alleging the grocery chain discriminated against its Hispanic workers for nearly a decade, by paying them less than Caucasian employees. Filed in 2002, the class action alleged Bashas' paid its employees at it... - Trial or Settlement? 11,500 Yasmin and Yaz Lawsuits Hang in the Balance
Jun-12-12 Washington, DC It remains unclear if lawsuits over Yaz side effects—and issues relating to its' close contraceptive cousin Yasmin birth control —will ever make it to trial, or if Yasmin / Yaz manufacturer Bayer Pharmaceuticals will be successful in negotiating settlements that will satisfy plaintiffs involved in more than 11,000 lawsuits. ... - Did Patients Receive Defective Bjork Shiley Heart Valves?
Jun-10-12 Seattle, WA It seems only natural that a patient assumes when a device is implanted in him—especially when that device is intended to be life-saving—that the device itself is free from defects. But according to a decades-old report by The New York Times (3/21/92), some Bjork Shiley heart valves may have been cracked and improperly sealed... - Asbestos Memories = Asbestosis Today?
Jun-8-12 Lakeland, FL Ken hasn’t been diagnosed with asbestosis ...yet. “My asbestosis lawyer (through LawyersandSettlements.com) recently sent my x-rays to environmental disease specialists,” says Ken. “He told me that I have to be diagnosed with asbestosis to file a claim but there are also other illnesses that come with it, which I mig... - $1.9M Settlement Reached in Pharmavite California Donning and Doffing Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $1.9 million settlement has received preliminary approval in a California donning and doffing class action lawsuit that alleges state and federal labor violations by supplement maker Pharmavite LLC. The putative class members number approximately 1,000 California workers. They allege they were required to wear full uniforms whi... - Asbestos Lawsuits On The Rise, Awards Increase in Value
Jun-1-12 St. Paul, MN There is a new term floating around courtrooms, and articulated in many an asbestos lawsuit : 'asbestos wives and daughters.' The phenomenon denotes family members of asbestos workers who unknowingly brought asbestos fibers into their homes from the workplace, only to 'infect' a beloved family member. Heather Von St. James of St. Paul, M...