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• Supreme Court Ruling May Impact California Overtime Lawsuits
  Feb-25-10 Washington, DC On February 23 the Supreme Court ruled that Hertz Corp. should face its California overtime lawsuit in federal court rather than in state court in California. The ruling could have a big impact on future lawsuits regarding California overtime and overtime in other states. The Supreme Court ruling overturned a previous lower court ruli...
• Former and Current Workers Launch Unpaid Wages Class Action against Hertz Corp.
  Aug-19-15 Los Angeles, CA Sometimes it’s unpaid wages: other times it’s a donning and doffing lawsuit, where plaintiffs allege they were not paid for time spent suiting up in uniforms or protective gear, a process mandated by the employer but often not included in the employee’s wage compensation. In this case, one former and two current (as of Jul...
• Hertz Corp. Commercial Fraud Settlement
  Tucson, AZ: (Mar-12-07) The Tucson Airport Authority filed charges against car rental company Hertz Corp over money not paid for fees due to Tucson International Airport following an audit by the authority that showed that Hertz had under-reported revenue from Aug. 1, 2002 to Dec. 31, 2005. The amount owed by Hertz was recorded as more than $593,000, but a...
• Court Rejects $1.75 Million Hertz Wage Lawsuit Settlement for the Third Time
  Oct-11-19 Los Angeles, CA The Central District of California has refused to approve a $1.75 million settlement designed to end a class action California labor lawsuit brought by more than 2,000 Hertz Transportation Inc. workers. The workers claim that their paystubs were inaccurate, in violation of California labor employment law . Hertz Transportation has o...
• Car Rental Companies Settle California Airports Price Fixing Class Action
  Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit filed against nine major rental car companies over allegations they improperly charged certain fees to consumers who picked up their rental cars at a California airport in 2007. The lawsuit, entitled Shames v. The Hertz Corporation, alleges the Defendants violated a...
• Use of SSRIs During Pregnancy Linked to Autism and Developmental Delay
  Apr-17-14 San Francisco, CA: According to results just published in the online edition of Pediatrics, prenatal use of the class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can cause autism. In a study of nearly 1,000 mother-child pairs, researchers from the Bloomberg School of Public health found that prenata...
• FDA Warns About Link between SJS and Acetaminophen
  Sep-1-13 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about the risk of Stevens Johnson syndrome linked to acetaminophen. The concern is serious enough that the FDA has requested the makers of acetaminophen products strengthen their warnings about Stevens Johnson syndrome skin disease. The agency has also issued a warning about...
• FDA Issues Warning About Acetaminophen for Side Effect Linked to Zithromax
  Aug-14-13 Washington, DC It is one of the more rare of the Zithromax side effects , but Stevens Johnson syndrome has been linked to Zithromax and other antibiotics and pain relievers. Now, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about the risk of Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) in certain pain relievers. The warning does not mention Zithroma...
• Commercial Contract Whistleblower Gets $19 Million
  May-10-09 Washington, DC A commercial contract sets out definitive parameters governing the relationship and actions of two parties. An agreement. And commercial contracts are designed to be observed and followed, not cast aside. When one of the parties decides not to play by the rules, commercial contract law comes into play to fix it. Last month a commercial...