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Sort by date 16,482 pages found matching <a href=""></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... - Plaintiffs Cry Foul over $10.2 Million Morgan Stanley Settlement Offer
Oct-3-19 San Francisco, CA The Northern District of California has preliminarily approved an agreement to settle a California labor lawsuit brought by a group of financial advisors who claim that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney failed to pay business expenses in violation of California labor laws. The $10.2 million settlement covers a class of 2,800 California-based f... - Diamonds and Wage Theft
Sep-25-19 Los Angeles, CA A proposed class of approximately 3,800 workers appears to be on the verge of settling a class action lawsuit against Sterling Jewelers Inc. Hudson v. Sterling Jewelers Inc. alleged that the jewelry giant failed to pay employee overtime pay, wages and meal breaks in violation of the provisions of California labor employment law . If... - Johnson and Johnson Asbestos Talc Trials Not About Attorneys
Sep-26-19 New Jersey Johnson & Johnson struck another loss in its asbestos talc trial September 11, 2019, and the pharma giant has been ordered to pay $37.3 to four plaintiffs – after the defendants’ attorney called the plaintiffs’ attorney “sinister”, according to Courtroom View Network . That seemed to be enough for the judge, the straw that broke the... - USAA Bank Forces Individual Arbitration of Excessive Overdraft Fee Claims
Sep-17-19 San Francisco, CA Elizabeth Eiess overdrew her USAA bank account when she tried to pay her Citibank credit card bill of $358.85.The payment was returned, and USAA bank assessed an overdraft charge of $29.00. USAA then charged her twice more – every time Citibank submitted the payment – ultimately for a total of $87.00. In her class action excessive ov... - What’s Next for Ethicon Hernia Mesh Lawsuits?
Sep-12-19 Atlanta, GA Judge Richard W. Story has now identified ten bellwether Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuits that will likely shape the multidistrict litigation pending in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Trials in these hernia mesh lawsuits are now scheduled to begin in April 2020. But there will be plenty to watch even before opening sta... - Taylor Farm’s Don-Doff Deal is Off
Sep-18-19 Tracy, CA A proposed $5.3 million settlement by Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. to resolve claims that employees were not paid for donning and doffing and other California labor law violations was declined by a California federal judge last month, because the court “cannot simply rubber stamp a class action settlement.” Along with the donning and... - Ford Fuel Economy Lawsuits Ramping Up
Sep-19-19 Detroit, MI: At least ten Ford class action lawsuits against Ford allege its 2019 Ford Ranger and 2018 Ford F-150 trucks underwent inaccurate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) testing that overstated fuel economy. But complaints are pouring in regarding other Ford models with poor fuel economy MPG ratings. Other Ford Models with Alleged Overstate... - California In-Home Supportive Services Workers get New Wage Protections under Federal Law
Sep-9-19 Los Angeles, CA Household workers, including those who care for the elderly or people with disabilities, are among the most vulnerable to wage theft and other forms of employment abuse. They work in isolation, behind closed doors and sometimes in fear of deportation. Ray v. County of Los Angeles cuts through the fog and fear to make clear that privat... - Fiduciaries’ Desperate Drive to Fund Benefits Backfires
Sep-11-19 Santa Ana, CA Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz, who mismanaged the investments of the Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc. (the Pension Plan) have offered to settle an ERISA lawsuit brought by the federal Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for $7.8 million. Following the twists and turns of this lawsuit requires not only some app... - Health Canada in Gadolinium Denial
Sep-13-19 Fort Saskatchewan, AB: How can a heavy metal accumulate in the brain but not be considered harmful? After undergoing seven MRI scans, all with injections of a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), Wanda Milley experienced the same gadolinium contrast dye side effects that many other patients have suffered, and have subsequently filed gadolinium lawsuit... - Another Lawsuit Fired at 3M combat earplug maker.
Sep-16-19 Santa Clara, CA: A former member of the U.S. Navy SEABEES adds one more lawsuit to hundreds of others filed by veterans nationwide against 3M Corporation, claiming that the company falsified testing documents and knowingly manufactured and distributed 3M combat arms defective earplugs to the U.S. Military. In this most recent combat earplug lawsuit, S... - Americans Want Automakers to Improve Fuel Economy
Sep-10-19 Washington, DC: A recent survey by Consumer Reports confirms that most Americans want automakers -- not only Ford -- to improve and increase fuel economy on every type of vehicle. Consumer Reports Survey The August, 2019 Automotive Fuel Economy Survey shows that 88 percent of Americans want automakers to continue to improve fuel economy and... - Safeway’ $1.45 million deal Just One of Many PAGA California Labor Complaints
Sep-4-19 Oakland, CA: If finally approved, a lawsuit brought under PAGA will settle California labor law claims brought on behalf of 35,000 workers in California who allege that Safeway failed to provide accurate pay stubs. The giant supermarket chain’s $1.45 million deal would affect former and current workers. The Altamirano v. Safeway Inc. Settlement... - Farmers Worldwide Filed Monsanto Herbicide Lawsuits
Sep-5-19 Denton, MT: A Montana farmer recently filed a Monsanto glyphosate lawsuit claiming its herbicide Roundup he used since 1982 caused his Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. In a similar case filed in France, a French court found Monsanto guilty of poisoning a farmer and in June the first Australian legal action was filed against Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018. ... - ERISA Lawsuit Charges Plan with Mismanaging Both High and Low Yield Investment Choices
Aug-23-19 Birmingham, AL In an ERISA lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Alabama, participants in the Compass SmartInvestor 401(k) Plan claim that Plan fiduciaries failed in their legal duty to act prudently for the benefit of plan participants and beneficiaries. The Plan offered only one poorly performing short-term bond investment option and failed to moni... - Ford Fuel Mileage Complaints Mounting
Aug-26-19 Santa Clara, CA: Many drivers of America’s top-selling vehicle, the 2018 or 2019 Ford F-150 pickup, could be spending an extra $2,000 in fuel. Now they are accusing Ford Motor Co. of falsifying fuel-economy tests, and looking at a Ford class action lawsuit for anyone who bought or leased a 2019 Ford Ranger--and likely more models and model-year vehicle... - Department of Justice Probe Continues as Ford Fuel Economy Lawsuits Heat Up
Aug-12-19 Washington, DC It was buried on page 70 of Ford Motor Co.’s March 31 SEC Form 10-Q , just before the last of many charts. The bland and reassuring words with which Ford disclosed a Department of Justice criminal investigation into Ford fuel economy representations belies the potential importance of that investigation to Ford class action lawsuits th... - California Labor Lawsuit Targets Meal Break Violations
Aug-21-19 Oakland, CA A former Payless Car Rental Inc. employee has asked a California court to grant class action status to a lawsuit that focuses on meal break waivers that were allegedly illegal under California labor employment law . Judge Michael Markman seemed doubtful, but set the next hearing date for November 5. A denial of class action status would likel... - Former CNN Producer Gets Green Light to Proceed With Discrimination Claim
Aug-20-19 Los Angeles, CA: Former Emmy-winning producer Stanley Wilson filed an employee discrimination lawsuit against CNN, as a violation of California labor law , back in 2014 and the case has wound up in the California Supreme Court, partially overturning a previous court decision allowing CNN to wield California’s anti-SLAPP statute to dismiss Wilson’s la...