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Los Angeles, CA: GNC Holdings Inc, the maker of USPLabs OxyELITE Pro has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging persona injury suffered by users of the dietary supplements. The diet supplements under the OxyElite Pro line were recalled last November following a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration... - Train Lawyer Jerome Ringler
Dec-15-08 Los Angeles, CA It happened in just seconds. As hundreds of people aboard an LA commuter train headed home late on the afternoon of September 12th, the engineer at the throttle of a Metrolink commuter train ran a red light. In the blink of an eye, it collided head on with a Union Pacific freight train. Twenty-five people were killed and dozens of others we... - Asbestos Mesothelioma--The Damage Continues
Dec-13-08 Belvidere Mountain, Vermont Asbestos made the news recently—big time—regarding a tentative settlement of $140 million to be paid to by W.R. Grace, the company that mined asbestos and produced Zonolite—a do-it-yourself home insulation. The company faced a class action suit brought by hundreds of people who had used the insulation and deve... - Car Accident: Don't Settle for Less
Dec-13-08 Saint Cloud, FL Sometimes it doesn't pay to accept a car crash settlement right away. Ann and her son were involved in a rear-end collision that didn't seem like a serious car accident at the time, but they are both feeling the repercussions two years later. Now, Ann is thankful to her attorney that she will finally have her day in court. "My 15-year... - Dairy Farmers Reach a Potential $46M Settlement for Price-Fixing
Washington, DC: A potential $46 million settlement has been reached in a price-fixing class action lawsuit pending against the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) over allegations the organization manipulated trading activity on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 2004. The effect of that behaviour was to drive up the value of dairy products sold within the... - Class Action Settlement for Flonase or Generic Flonase
New York, NY: A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit regarding the prescription nasal spray Flonase. The lawsuit claims that the seller of Flonase violated state laws by delaying the availability of generic versions of Flonase. The seller is SmithKline Beecham Corporation doing business as GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"). GSK denies... - Trace Melamine Found in Baby Formula in US
Nov-28-08 Washington, DC They say it isn't a problem—traces of melamine found in baby formula . But skeptics are wary, and their caution is understandable. With so much news about tainted, and contaminated goods originating from China (including tainted baby formula sold in Asian markets), the sudden appearance of melamine in a sample of infant formula made by an... - $5.3M FitFlop Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached
San Francisco, CA: A $5.3 million settlement has been preliminarily approved by a California federal judge in the class action pending against FitFlop USA LLP. The consumer fraud class action alleges FitFlop engages in false advertising by claiming the shoes can tone and strengthen leg muscles. Filed by Charlice Arnold and Arianna Rosales in 2011,... - Antitrust Act Violations Could Cost Rail Operators Billions
Nov-21-08 Chicago, IL Antitrust laws are there to protect the consumer and to ensure the honesty of a service provider, and the antitrust act serves as a governor to business and commerce. Otherwise, quite frankly, all hell can break loose—as has been alleged with a recent accusation that certain rail companies have colluded to fix fuel surcharges. Antitrust pol... - California Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
If you have been sexually harassed or treated unfavorably in the workplace - either as an applicant or an employee - because of your gender or sexual orientation, you may have a sex discrimination claim. Or you may have a sexual harassment claim, which is a form of sexual discrimination. The California labor law forbids sex and gender discrimination w... - Nursing Home Abuse: When Elder Care Isn't There
Nov-15-08 Minneapolis, MN The elder care industry is a growing one, given the advancing age of the baby boomers and the aging of the general population. And elder care will never go out of fashion provided the numbers are there to support it, as they are now and for the foreseeable future. Demand for elder care is high and going higher; witness the number of oper... - Yasmin Side Effects - Yasmin Lawsuit, Yaz Lawsuit, Ocella Lawsuit, Yasmin Attorney
Yasmin birth control pills and Yaz birth control pills have been associated with serious Yaz and Yasmin side effects, including Yasmin blood clots, Yaz blood clots and Yasmin DVT. Ocella side effects have also been reported. Yasmin lawyers are currently negotiating Yaz and Yasmin settlements—namely Yaz and Yasmin DVT and Yasmin pulmonary embolism... - Internet Payday Loans
anks and smaller financial institutions have been accused of becoming involved in Internet payday loans , short-term loans offered over the Internet that carry high interest rates. Although the banks themselves do not offer Internet loans , they may be allowing companies that do offer the loans to engage in predatory online loan activity, possibly in vio... - UBS Puerto Rico Closed-End Fund Securities Lawsuit
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased certain UBS Puerto Rico closed-end funds . The funds were sold by financial advisors in Puerto Rico, especially those at UBS Puerto Rico, who allegedly represented the closed-end funds as safe investments that would pay a steady yield of i... - Yasmin Birth Control FAQ
What are Yasmin and Yaz? Yasmin and Yaz , made and marketed by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, are combination oral contraceptives (COC) to prevent pregnancy. They contain both ethinyl estradiol, an estrogen component, and drospirenone, a progestin. Drospirenone is a fourth-generation progestin. Yasmin was introduced to the market in 2001 whil... - Bike Accident Experts, Part 1: Motorists and Cyclists
Nov-13-08 Los Angeles, CA A lot of cyclists assume they don't have recourse when it comes to bike accidents , but Charles Finkel of Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy has handled--and subsequently won—countless cases in bicyclists' favor. In this three-part series, Finkel and other experts will discuss types of cases that involve cyclists; firstly, automobile and bike... - $3M Settlement Proposed in Ormat Technologies Securities Class Action
Los Angeles, CA: To all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Ormat Technologies Inc securities between May 7 2008 and February 24, 2010, inclusive, who incurred damages (the "class"): You are hereby notified that this Class Action is pending and that a Settlement of it for Three Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,100,000) has been... - $24.4 Million Flag Telecom Settlement Proposed
New York, NY: All persons or entities who purchased the common stock of FLAG Telecom Holdings Limited ("FLAG") between March 6, 2000 and February 13, 2002, or purchased FLAG common stock pursuant to or traceable to FLAG's IPO between February 11, 2000 and May 10, 2000, inclusive, and who were damaged thereby, except for those who sold all their shares... - Attorney Geoffrey Fieger: Why Lawyers are Afraid to Win
Oct-31-08 Southfield, MI:, "Yes Ma'm" says attorney Geoffrey Fieger as he picks up the phone. His voice is definitely in the lower registers, way down at the end of the piano in the bass note section—the little speaker on my tape recorder is vibrating--his voice is that low. Within a few minutes, you feel like you are just having a chat with someone you have known... - Overtime Claim Worth Pursuing
Oct-26-08 Williamville, KT Larry was involved in an overtime class action lawsuit (Price, et al. v. Acosta) that started back in 2004—in 2005 he was one of several hundred people who chose to opt in. However, the original four plaintiffs settled and the opt-in plaintiffs were dismissed without prejudice this past August. But it ain't over yet! "The attorney f...