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Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary $2.4 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wage and overtime class action lawsuit pending against Sushi Samba restaurants. The lawsuit was brought by workers in who claim the restaurant chain failed to pay them minimum wage, tips and overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York... - 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... - Zara Reaches Settlement in Fair Credit Reporting Act Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed class action settlement has been reached concerning Zara USA, claiming that Zara printed more than the last four digits of credit card account numbers on in-store receipts, which is a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. To get a payment you must submit a claim form by January 22, 2015. Class members who make a ti... - Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update: Good News for Victims
Nov-23-15 Houston, TX: In the first Avaulta transvaginal mesh to go to trial, the plaintiff has been awarded damages of $3.6 million rather than a settlement - another first. The jury’s first verdict against C.R. Bard, the manufacturer of Avaulta TVM, awarded the plaintiffs $5.5 million but later found the doctor who implanted the mesh to be 40 perc... - Western Union Reaches $8.5M TCPA Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: An $8.5 million settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), class action pending against Western Union Co, alleging the company sent unsolicited text messages to peoples' or entities' wireless telephones. The lawsuit was filed in 2014. The settlement agreement, filed in the U.S. District Court for t... - Passengers Injured aboard Cruise Ships Have Limited Time to Sue
Nov-19-15 Miami, FL: Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world travel the globe aboard cruise ships. Every year, a handful of travelers suffer some kind of personal injury aboard those floating cities. Attorney Spencer Aronfeld, from Aronfeld Trial Lawyers in Miami, has been litigating against cruise ships on behalf of injured passengers for 25... - 1,077 Mass Tort Cases Filed Over Hypertension Drug Benicar
Nov-19-15 As of mid-October, there were 1,077 mass tort cases filed over hypertension drug Benicar within a Benicar MDL 2606 docket in New Jersey, where discovery has begun. The medication causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms among consumers. The litigation not only involves Benicar, but also Benicar HCT, Azor, and Tribenzor, which have severe side effects... - Mediation Offers an Option to Court
Nov-17-15 Long Beach, CA: Going to court to get to the bottom of legal issues can be frustrating and expensive. Lawyer and mediator Paul Carter says that parties in legal dispute should always at least consider what Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), better known as mediation, can do for them. “There are two reasons to opt for mediation,” says Cart... - California Labor Law Class Action Settles for $2.5 Million
Nov-16-15 San Francisco, CA: A California labor lawsuit that reached right across the nation is poised for a fair and reasonable outcome after plaintiffs urged the presiding judge to approve a settlement worth $2.5 million. The California labor lawsuit , which involves former and current security guards employed by Securitas, alleged various violations to Califor... - GSK Had Zofran “In the Bag”
Nov-16-15 Boston, MA: Damning evidence against defendant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is cited in the latest Zofran lawsuit, portraying the drug giant as nothing short of evil. The complaint includes a catchy phrase developed by GSK for its sales staff to pitch to doctors about its premixed Zofran bag: “Profit Maximization - It’s in the Bag.” The... - $5.75M Settlement Reached in Regis Salon Workers Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $5.75 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid wages and overtime class action lawsuit pending against Regis Corp, filed by workers in the company' hair salons who allege they were shorted on overtime and minimum wage pay. The preliminary deal would end claims that Regis violated California labor law and the Fa... - The Home Depot Inc. Seeks to Have Data Breach Lawsuit Dismissed
Nov-13-15 Atlanta, GA: As data breaches prove a continuing threat in an increasingly fluid online world where everyone has a presence, previous data breaches having resulted in lawsuits are duking it out in the nation’s courts. To that end, a sizable putative class of banks currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Home Depot over a massive data breach from 2014 i... - $2.5M Settlement Agreed in Securitas Guard Vacation Pay Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $2.5 million settlement agreement has been reached in an unpaid vacation pay class action lawsuit filed by former and current security guards who allege Securitas Security Services USA Inc, violated federal and California labor law regarding its vacation pay policy. The terms of the proposed agreement, if approved, would cover... - Spam Fax Class Action Lawsuit Reaches Tentative $15M Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary $15 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Brought by a class of nursing homes, the lawsuit asserts that PharMerica, a pharmacy serving long-term care facilities, hounded the nursing homes with unsolicited fax advertisements, in d... - Earth Friendly Products Agrees $925,000 Settlement in Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A preliminary $925,000 settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against a cleaning products manufacturer. The lawsuit alleged that the company fraudulently advertised its products as being "natural". Under the terms of the proposed agreement, the defendant, Earth Friendly Products Inc (EFP), wil... - The Class-Action Ban-Wagon and What It Means to Consumer Protection Laws
Nov-8-15 Rohnert Park, CA: Consumers are becoming increasingly affected by a massive change in the options people have to fight unfair practices like consumer fraud undertaken by corporations and service providers, without even realizing it. What’s more, the legal pathway that provides corporations with what many pundits call a “get-out-of-jail-card” begi... - HSBC Overdraft Lawsuit Nets $30 Million Settlement
Nov-6-15 New York, NY: An excessive overdraft fees lawsuit filed against HSBC Bank USA has reportedly resulted in a preliminary settlement worth about $30 million. The $30 million settlement has been given preliminary approval by the judge, although the settlement is not without controversy. Other lawsuits have been filed against HSBC alleging the bank reordere... - 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... - Optical Drive Makers Agree $37M Settlement in Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed $37 million settlement has been filed in an antitrust class action alleging multiple electronics makers, colluded to fix prices of optical disc drives, which read or write data on CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays and are found in computers, video game consoles and other devices. The settlement, if approved, would end the claims o... - Noodle Soup Maker Settles MSG Consumer Fraud Lawsuit for $1.5M
Santa Clara, CA: A proposed $1.5 millions settlement has been reached in a consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against CJ America Inc, the maker of Annie Chun' noodle and soup bowls and Ramen House products. The lawsuit, filed by lead plaintiff Dennis Petersen, claims that the company lied to customers about the amount of flavor-enhancing m...