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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Tyson Donning and Doffing Petition Sent to Supreme Court
May-26-15 Washington, DC Petitions to the Supreme Court have been filed in the Tyson Foods unpaid wages lawsuit , in which employees claimed they were improperly not paid for time spent donning and doffing protective gear for work. Both sides have submitted arguments to the Supreme Court related to the unpaid wages claim, which employees had previously won. Ac... - Defense by Testosterone Manufacturer Cold Comfort for Plaintiff
Jun-2-15 New York, NY One of the latest litigation cases in the testosterone lawsuit file reads like a classic case of a manufacturer making various promises in advertisements and an unsuspecting plaintiff having taken those claims at face value. That plaintiff, according to a testosterone side effects lawsuit, claims to have been healthy at the time he began t... - Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Tell Teens Full Facts about Mirena
May-20-15 Whippany, NJ Bayer must be thrilled that Planned Parenthood Associations, both in the US and the UK, are endorsing its Mirena IUD for birth control to teens as young as 13. The IUD is promoted as 99 percent effective at preventing pregnancy, but teens are not told that it may prevent pregnancy permanently. Bayer has successfully marketed Mirena to... - “A Truck Crash Is Not a Car Crash,” Says Florida Litigation Lawyer
May-30-15 Jacksonville, FL Attorney Joseph Camerlengo rarely let’s a week go by without tapping into Transport Topics, a website Camerlengo describes as “The Wall Street Journal” of the transportation industry. He’s a fastidious reader of trending transport issues because the entire focus of his practice is on an increasing complex area of... - Indian National Launches Overtime Pay Laws Class Action against Wipro
May-30-15 Los Angeles, CA A former employee of IT juggernaut Wipro is taking his former employer to task for allegedly misclassifying him as exempt from overtime, even though overtime pay laws suggest he should have been paid overtime for additional hours worked, or so it is alleged. Plaintiff Suri Payala’s overtime pay lawsuit is proposed as a class actio... - Stryker Recall Lawsuit Pretrial Order Appears to Void Original Surgery Deadline
May-22-15 Minneapolis, MN Back in April we mused about the various extensions of the deadline issued to prospective plaintiffs for the filing of a Stryker Orthopedics Rejuvenate Modular Hip System Recall lawsuit. Originally, prospective plaintiffs were given little time following the announcement of the ground-breaking settlement last fall to file their clai... - $23 Million Verdict Awarded in First Depakote Birth Defects Lawsuit
May-29-15 St. Louis, MO A $23 million settlement has been awarded to a Minnesota girl ending a lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories in which the girl’s family alleged the epilepsy drug Depakote caused the girl’s birth defects. This is the first verdict against Abbott, the maker of Depakote. The jury hearing the case of Maddison Schmidt handed do... - Circuit Court Rules No Warrant Needed For Police to Get Cell Records
May-29-15 The 11th circuit court of appeals has ruled that cell phone records showing a suspected armed robber’s general location near the time and location of several robberies were admissible in court against him and did not violate his Fourth Amendment rights. “The reach of the majority opinion is breathtaking,” said Davis’s attorney David Markus. ... - Risperdal Litigation Ongoing
May-29-15 Helena, MT Charlie started taking Risperdal soon after it was FDA-approved to treat teens with bipolar disorder. He was 14 years old at the time and starting to get interested in girls. “Nobody ever told me that I would develop breasts after taking this drug. My hormones are so out of whack that I even have female thoughts,” says Charlie... - In Some Asbestosis Lawsuits, It’s Never Too Late
May-28-15 Philadelphia, PA Proof positive that it’s never too late for plaintiffs seeking asbestosis compensation, the Third Circuit earlier this month mandated a district court in Pennsylvania to revisit a ruling in an asbestosis lawsuit that originally went against the plaintiffs in the late 1990s. The thrust of the ruling is that the plaintiffs’ o... - FBI Investigating J&J over Power Morcellator
May-28-15 San Francisco, CA Johnson & Johnson, the maker of a highly controversial surgical instrument known as a power morcellator, is under investigation by the FBI. Specifically, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to determine if J&J kept selling the devices after it was discovered it could spread a type of cancer. The US Food and D... - Caseloads for Xarelto Blood Thinner Getting Fatter
May-28-15 Lafayette, LA There are a plethora of signs and markers that appear to suggest that Xarelto is going to become a caseload juggernaut in the litigation world. First, the cases in multidistrict litigation are growing steadily, from just over 300 in March to more than 400 now. Funding firms are actively promoting case funding options for plaintiffs requiring... - Food Poisoning Lawyer ”Besieged” with Blue Bell Creameries Victims
May-24-15 Houston, TX On April 20, 2015, Blue Bell Creameries voluntarily recalled all of the products made at its three plants in the US because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes , a potentially deadly foodborne pathogen the company detected in samples of its Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream produced between March 17, 2015 and March 2... - Home Depot Data Breach Lawsuit Alleges Complacency to Blame
May-24-15 Atlanta, GA A consolidated Home Depot data breach lawsuit , filed on behalf of consumers who say they were harmed by the data hack, alleges that Home Depot’s management is to blame for the security. The lawsuit alleges that complacency in securing customer data allowed hackers to access private consumer financial and personal information. Accor... - $512M Settlement Reached in Cephalon Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
Pittsburgh, PA: A $512 million settlement agreement has been reached in an antitrust lawsuit pending against Cephalon Pharmaceuticals. The lawsuit alleged the defendant delayed the introduction of a generic version of the drug Provigil into the market. According to court documents, the agreement was reached between the class of direct purchase... - $15M Settlement Reached in Higher One Fees Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $15 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Higher One Holdings, Inc., Higher One, Inc., The Bancorp Bank, Wright Express Financial Services Corporation now known as WEX Bank, and Taylor Capital Group, Inc. ("Defendants") regarding the Fees charged and the marketing of the Higher One OneAccount. A... - Transvaginal Mesh Death: Beyond Statute of Limitations?
May-27-15 Las Vegas, NV “Every time I read about transvaginal mesh it gets me so angry,” says Kay. “Sure, not being able to have sexual intercourse because of this mesh is terrible, but what about death?” Kay is referring to her best friend’s mother. Jessie (not her real name) had a TVM sling implanted about 15 years ago to t... - AT&T Faces California Overtime Lawsuit
May-21-15 Los Angeles, CA AT&T faces a California overtime lawsuit alleging certain employees were misclassified as exempt from overtime pay in violation of state and federal overtime pay laws. The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of similarly situated employees. The lawsuit (case number 2:15-cv-03716) was filed by plaintiff Wendell Walton and... - More to Monster Drink Contents Than Just Caffeine
May-21-15 Alameda County, CA A 19-year-old male is supposed to be, statistically and in the absence of any known cardiovascular issues, as strong as the proverbial ox. Thus the act of sexual intercourse should not, statistically, have any negative bearing on the health and well-being of a healthy 19-year-old without any history of medical concerns. And yet, or so it... - Propecia Decides Hairline or Healthy Sex Life?
May-17-15 New York, NY Chris and his wife have been trying to conceive since they married two years ago, just after he started taking Propecia for hair loss treatment. “I stopped taking the drug but my sexual problems haven’t gone away and now we are concerned that these Propecia side effects might have ruined the chances of having a family,”...