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New York, NY: Hospira Inc, has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit alleging the pharmaceutical company violated securities laws by providing misleading positive statements which resulted in artificially inflated share prices. If approved, the settlement will end the lawsuit which was filed in 2011 by a group of pen... - Symbyax PPHN Birth Defects
Symbyax (known generically as fluoxetine or olanzapine) is an antidepressant that is also used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder involving recurring thoughts or actions. It is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI). An FDA Health Advisory, released July 19, 2006, warns that women who take SSRIs like Symbyax during late stages of pre... - Seroquel Lawyer Diabetes Side Effects Lawsuit
Seroquel (quetiapine) is an antipsychotic medication originally used as treatment for schizophrenia and acute manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder. It has allegedly been linked to increased weight gain as well as serious Seroquel side effects including hyperglycemia and diabetes, tardive dyskinesia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome and birth... - Home Health Worker Overtime: Understanding the Laws
Dec-12-12 New York, NY The world of home caregivers and home health workers often involves long hours and low pay. In fact, a recent study conducted by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) found that 23 percent of domestic workers??"including home caregivers??"make less than minimum wage. Although federal law does not protect the rights of all home care... - Avandia - Avandia Lawsuit, Avandia Side Effects - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Avandia (rosiglitazone maleate) is a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) drug developed to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. First approved by the FDA in 1999, the agency reported eight years later a significant increase in the risk of heart attack in those patients to whom Avandia had been prescribed. And many deaths have been linked to Avandia. More recently, two... - Avandia FAQ
What is Avandia? Avandia (known generically as rosiglitazone maleate) is a drug that was developed to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline and was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999. Avandia reduces the patient's insulin resistance and helps the patient's body use the insulin it produce... - Jury Awards $25.6 Million in Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit
Dec-17-18 Oklahoma City, OK In November 2018, a jury awarded nearly $25.6 million to the family of a Oranna Cunningham, a woman who was diagnosed with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer. Her insurer, Aetna, refused to cover the cost of the proton beam therapy recommended by her physician, claiming that it was “experimental or investigational.” After her dea... - Unpaid Overtime Lawyers
Below you will find links to various forms for a free case evaluation for Wage/Hour and Overtime Pay disputes. If you do not work in California or New York, choose one of the National links that best matches your complaint. National Overtime Pay Laws Overtime for Computer Programmers alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees... - Employers can be Liable for California Wage-Hour Violations
Dec-10-18 Sacramento, CA: Can an individual be held liable for alleged California wage law violations? Yes, according to the California Court of Appeal, which holds that they can be held personally liable for civil penalties, regardless of whether they were the employer or if the employer is a limited liability entity. Further, the Court concluded that private... - Unum: the Gift of Giving and Taking Away
Dec-6-18 Chicago, IL: Yet another lawsuit was filed in November against First Unum for allegedly denying long-term disability benefits. In the same month, Unum announced to the media that it had donated $300,000 to a high-school girls’ leadership program. Along with this charitable announcement, policy holders who have been denied disability benefits or wron... - SuperStorm Sandy Home Repair and Car Scams
Nov-7-12 Newark, NJ Consumers and residents affected by Superstorm Sandy are being warned by state attorneys general, business and consumer groups and the Justice Department to be aware of consumer fraud scams. Today, Part 2 of our continuing series on Superstorm Sandy Scams focuses on home repair fraud and flood damaged car repair plans and sales. Ho... - Arizona Payday Loans
Internet payday loans may offer quick cash for consumers, but in some states, such online payday loans are illegal. Arizona payday loans , for example, are not legal. This means that companies offering such loans— which often come with high interest rates and fees—in Arizona, even if they are offered from out-of-state via the internet, are... - JPMorgan Faces Securities Lawsuit
Oct-22-12 New York, NY The New York attorney general has filed a securities lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. alleging securities fraud on the part of Bear Stearns before Bear Stearns was sold to JP Morgan. JPMorgan has said it will fight the securities fraud litigation. According to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman (10/2/12), the lawsuit involves... - $5.7B Settlement Reached in Visa, Mastercard Fee Fixing Class Action Lawsuit
Boston, MA: A settlement has been approved in a credit card fees class action lawsuit, by a United States federal judge. The settlement is for an estimated $5.7B, between Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and MasterCard Inc . The lawsuit was brought by thousands of retailers who alleged the credit card companies fixed fees that are charged to merchants every time th... - Fibromyalgia Sufferer Brings LTD Lawsuit against Life Insurance Co. of North America
Nov-16-18 Los Angeles, CA On September 14, 2018 Marisa Finnerty filed a long term denied disability lawsuit against the Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA), alleging that she had been wrongly denied benefits under her employer, Quest Diagnostics’, long term disability and group life insurance plans. Two things stand out about this lawsuit. It’s... - Sephora Accused of Shorting Workers for Time to Don Makeup
Nov-5-18 San Francisco, CA Cosmetics retailer, Sephora, has recently found itself embroiled in several California unpaid wages lawsuits . The allegations are similar from lawsuit to lawsuit, and so are the plaintiffs’ evidentiary problems. Basically, Sephora is accused of failing to pay workers for time required to go through security, put on makeup before sh... - Johnson & Johnson to Pay Record $2.2B in Risperdal Whistleblower Lawsuit
Washington, DC: Global health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries will pay more than $2.2 billion in a Qui Tam (whistleblower) investigation. The settlement will resolve criminal and civil liability arising from allegations relating to the prescription drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor, including promotion for uses not approved... - Fidelity Faces Self-Dealing Lawsuit over 401(k) Plan Mismanagement
Oct-18-18 Boston, MA On October 10, 2018, participants in the Fidelity Retirement Savings Plan filed a class action ERISA pension plan lawsuit against the Plan’s fiduciaries. The Complaint alleges that the Plan fiduciaries breached their duties under ERISA, thus harming the Plan and its participants and beneficiaries. This is another in a recent spate of... - Motel 6 Settles Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A proposed $890,000 settlement has been reached in a wage and hour class action lawsuit pending against Motel 6 Inc. The lawsuit, entitled Monica Gould et al v. Motel 6 Inc. et al, case No. 2:09-cv-08157 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California Central Division, was brought by past and present Motel 6... - Driving On California Overtime
Jul-12-12 Los Angeles, CA From limousine chauffeurs to tow-trucks operators, drivers have been misclassified as exempt and denied California overtime pay. Bill says that driving for Steve’s Towing was like modern day slavery. “We worked around the clock without breaks and often had to use the side of the road for a restroom or even had to go in my tr...