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Aug-28-17 Atlanta, GA: The Medical Center, Navicent Health (“Navicent”) has agreed to pay $2,549,742 to the United States and the State of Georgia to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act by submitting inflated bills for ambulance transportation. The qui tam whistleblower lawsu... - Navy Federal to Settle Overdraft Fees Lawsuit for $16 Million
Nov-17-20 Alexandria, VA The Eastern District of Virginia appears poised to approve a proposed settlement in a class action bank overdraft fees lawsuit originally filed against Navy Federal Credit Union in 2019. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, checking account customers at Navy Federal who were overcharged will have a common fund of $16 mill... - $6.5 Million Settlement for Déjà Vu Dancers Approved, But Delayed on Appeal
Aug-8-17 Detroit, MI: A settlement deal worth $6.5 million that was given preliminary approval in February of this year was granted final approval in June, ending about a decade of legal wrangling involving a gentlemen’s club franchise and the dancers who toiled within. The Déjà Vu lawsuit combined a somewhat unique sector with an old proble... - Converse Inc. Settles $450K Wage-and-Hour Lawsuit Settlement
Sep-13-22 Santa Clara, CA Converse Inc. has reached a settlement for $450,000. The California wage-and-hour class action lawsuit brought by Andres Campos claiming the largest manufacturer of athletic footwear in the U.S. didn’t pay its workers at two of their California warehouse facilities for all of the hours that they worked. Campos, a non-exempt... - Farmers Insurance Overtime Pay Settlement – Over and Over Again
Sep-23-20 Los Angeles, CA Farmers Insurance has agreed to settle a California wage and hour lawsuit brought by Famers special investigators alleging failure to pay overtime, including meal breaks and rest periods. The settlement includes anyone who worked in California for Farmers as a special investigator between 2013 and 2018. And this is not the first time Fame... - Nurse Files Same California Labor Class Action – Twice
Jul-31-22 Riverside, CA The California Supreme Court has given the green light to a nurse who brought a second class action lawsuit, alleging the same California wage and hour violations, but against two entities not directly connected. The First Lawsuit Lynn Grande was employed at Eisenhower Medical Center, which was arranged by a staffing agency called Fle... - $15.3 Million Settlement over Predatory Lending
Feb-10-17 Richmond, VA: An alleged purveyor of predatory lending is facing a settlement in excess of $15 million following protracted litigation lasting years and involving various interpretations pertaining to whether, or not the defendant(s) claims to immunity from state laws were legal, or justified. Most states have laws governing the amount of interest a... - Successful 9/11 First Responders Settlement Reached
Nov-19-10 New York, NY Attorneys representing the plaintiffs who were injured while working in the rescue, recovery and debris removal activities at the site of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent collapse of the twin towers have confirmed today that they have surpassed the requisite ninety-five percent (95%) opt-in threshold r... - How to Negotiate Negligence After Suffering a Personal Injury
Aug-17-23 Islip, NY Living on Long Island in New York, your everyday actions are backed by the lapping surf of the Atlantic and iconic landmarks such as Jones Beach or Montauk Lighthouse. But you may have to defend your rights when a personal injury casts a shadow over this idyllic setting. These injuries often result from someone else's negligence , like an ir... - Uber Fallout - A Change in the Law?
Sep-5-16 San Francisco, CA: The continuing saga between Uber and California labor law regarding misclassification may take years to resolve. “Even if both parties reached an agreement, there needs to be a change in the law,” says employment attorney Todd Scherwin. In yet another strike against a potential resolution against Uber, Judge Edward Chen... - Uber California Labor Lawsuit Could Still Go On
Jun-13-16 Sacramento, CA: A California labor lawsuit filed by drivers for Uber - a ride-sharing service - could continue on, even though a $100 million settlement has been proposed to end the labor lawsuit. Drivers who filed the lawsuit are reportedly not pleased that one of the main issues in the California labor claim - that of them being employees and not ind... - Total Call Called Out on Undisclosed Fees, Lawsuit Settled
Sep-27-09 Los Angeles, CA There's nothing like the telecom industry to get one's blood boiling when it comes to undisclosed rates and fees . Especially when said rates and fees are not disclosed. Late last month a nationwide class action lawsuit was settled by Total Call International Inc. with various plaintiffs in regards to prepaid calling cards. The settlemen... - Two Brooklyn Health Care Agencies Settle Fraud Lawsuits
Apr-28-22 Brooklyn, NY Two Brooklyn Home Care Service agencies failed to cheat both the federal government and their health care aids and now they have to pay nearly $7 million in back wages and Medicaid payments following two settlement agreements with New York Attorney General Letitia James. In its news release (March 25, 2022), the Justice Department s... - Canadian Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Apr-29-16 Toronto, ON: Five years ago, attorney Paul Miller told LawyersandSettlements that he had 18 transvaginal mesh cases across Canada. In those five years, more Canadian women - and their doctors - realized the mesh is the cause of their pain and internal damage. “As of today, we have settled 220 transvaginal mesh cases and about 50 more individuals... - Verizon Overtime Lawsuit, Over and Over Again
Jul-6-23 Los Angeles, CA Verizon Connect Inc. and over 500 employees who claimed they were denied overtime, meal and rest breaks and expense reimbursements – violations of California and federal wage laws – have received preliminary approval in a $1.6 million settlement to their California labor wage and hour class action lawsuit. Santillan v. Veri... - California Overtime $1.5 Million Settlement Up for Final Approval in April
Feb-8-16 Los Angeles, CA: It was in December of last year that an overtime pay laws class action was quietly granted preliminary approval for a $1.5 million settlement. Plaintiffs in the action are looking forward to April 12, the date during which arguments for final approval will be heard. The defendant in the overtime pay lawsuit in California is Restorat... - California Labor Law Class-Action Plaintiffs Pushing Hard for Final Approval
Nov-30-15 Los Angeles, CA: Plaintiffs in a California labor lawsuit have been lobbying the court to approve a settlement in a class action that is without equal in an alleged violation of California labor law . The lawsuit alleged the parent company associated with Tommy Hilfiger loaded workers’ wages onto debit cards, rather than issuing them paychecks or... - Excessive Overdraft Fees: You Can Take That to the Bank
Jul-22-15 Miami, FL If there’s one thing banks are awfully good at, it’s excessive bank overdraft fees . Banking fees tend to be an endless scourge on the consumer to begin with. However, pundits point to the process of incurring an overdraft and the resulting fees as the ultimate irony: an overdraft occurs when a consumer is short on cash or momentar... - Social Network Settles Spam Suit in the Wake of Spokeo’s SCOTUS Appeal
Jul-2-15 Path, a social network service that allows for photo-sharing and messaging, has proposed a settlement with Illinois resident Kevin Sterk, a class action plaintiff who brought suit against the text-spam company in 2013. The details of the settlement, including the financial terms, have yet to be disclosed, but the same day as the resolution of the unwante... - Actos Bladder Cancer Settlement Could Cost Takeda $2.7 Billion
May-3-15 Washington, DC In what has been described as perhaps the largest settlement for a pharmaceutical drug that actively remains on the market, Takeda Pharmaceuticals of Japan will set aside as much as $2.4 billion to settle upwards of 9,000 pending lawsuits alleging Actos bladder cancer . The settlement could actually cost Takeda $2.7 billion, once costs ar...