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New York, NY: A $23 million settlement has been reached in securities class action lawsuit alleging JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) breached its fiduciary duty by investing pension funds in Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. notes. The settlement has been reached between the lead plaintiff, the Board of Trustees of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust, and... - Intellectual Property Law: Nintendo Loses $21 Million Lawsuit
May-22-08 Lufkin, TX Anascape Ltd. has been awarded $21 million in an intellectual property lawsuit against Nintendo. The well-known video game maker has lost the $21 million lawsuit filed by Anascape, Ltd., a small Texas-based company. The lawsuit alleged that Nintendo's designs for certain Wii, WaveBird and GameCube controllers infringed on copyrights held by... - AMD Files Antitrust Suit against Intel
May-15-08 Wilmington, DE Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp., causing stock shares for AMD to soar after news that the company may be close to changing and improving its manufacturing practices. On May 5, 2008, AMD confirmed that they had filed an antitrust suit against Intel Corp. that alleges Intel of using unfair busines... - JP Morgan Chase Agreed $280M Mortgage Backed Securities Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $280 million preliminary settlement has been approved ending a mortgage-backed-securities consolidated class action which alleges JPMorgan Chase & Co. affiliates. misled investors into buying $36.8 billion worth of the investments. The preliminarily certified class could consist of more than 2,850 investors who purchased pass-t... - S.F. Landlord Couple Guilty or Victims of Lawsuit-Happy Tenant?
May-5-08 San Francisco, CA A landlord couple in San Francisco has been accused of reigning terror on tenants at their South of Market apartment building in an effort to drive out the renters. Their lawyers say that they have fallen victim to a lawsuit-happy tenant who had filed a suit against the previous owner of the building for wrongful eviction. The lawyer for... - Jury Selection Begins in Plane Crash Lawsuit
May-5-08 Marshfield, WI Before the jury selection had began in a lawsuit involving a September 2001 plane crash, settlements involving two of the defendants were made public. The first was between the defendants and Aero Aviation, which is a manufacturer of airplane parts. The settlement amount was for $100,000. The second was with Duffy's Aircraft Sales and Leasin... - Doctor Settles Hepatitis Case
May-4-08 Dix Hills, NY: A malpractice lawsuit that accused Dr. Harvey Finkelstein of reusing syringes has been settled by the doctor. The state Department of Health said that Finkelstein put thousands of patients at risk for hepatitis C. The man who filed the lawsuit, 66-year-old Peter Mattmuller, was found to have become infected in Finkelstein's office. An inv... - Attorney Steve Estep On Sports, Entertainment, and Securities Litigation
Apr-23-08 Atlanta, GA: Steve Estep had just finished an unexpected filing when LawyersandSettlements contacted him in his Atlanta office. "Fortunately, we have electronic filing these days," he said. "I don't think I'd be able to keep up without it." From his description of his practice, it's hard to disagree! LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Your biography shows th... - Class-action status awarded in 3M Age Discrimination Suit
Apr-19-08 Maplewood, MN On Tuesday April 15, 2008, a lawsuit against 3M for age discrimination was awarded class-action status in a case that could affect approximately 6,000 employees over the age of 45. The suit was filed by five plaintiffs 3 ½ years ago that alleged the 3M CEO, Jim McNerney, showed favoritism toward younger workers by implementing termination po... - The Reality of Reality TV: Alleged "Sweatshop Conditions"
Apr-17-08 Hollywood, CA: The reality for many workers on US Reality TV shows is long hours, and little or no overtime pay -- a contravention of California overtime statutes. It is for this reason that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is attempting to organize workers, to help them get a better deal from their employers. Last Tuesday, 12 former workers of suc... - Monster Settles Securities Class Action Lawsuit for $16M
Los Angeles, CA: Monster Beverage Corp, has agreed to pay over $16 million in settlement of a securities class action lawsuit it' currently facing. The lawsuit contends that the energy drink manufacturer overstated the benefits of a distribution deal with Anheuser-Busch Co, causing the stock to artificially increase in value. According to documen... - Attorney Terry J. Chapko on the Starbucks Class Action
Apr-16-08 Coronado, CA: During our interviews with Laura Ho and Shannon Liss-Riordan, Terry Chapko's name came up as one of the attorneys who brought the burgeoning Starbucks class action to their attention. LawyersandSettlements caught up with him in his one-person shop in this suburb of San Diego where he's practiced employment law on the plaintiff's side since 20... - Attorney Brian J. Glick on Insurance, Medical Malpractice, and Medical Device Liability
Apr-15-08 Boca Raton, FL: Attorney Brian J. Glick says that "he works for the people, not the powerful." What that involves, and how it can change things for the better, was the subject of our interview. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): How would you describe your practice? Brian J. Glick (BJG): It's all what we call liability work, people injured as a result o... - Carfax Consumer Fraud Class Action Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached the consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Carfax that alleges the company violated consumer protection laws. The lawsuit, entitled Davis, et al. v. Carfax, Inc., alleges Carfax and a related company violated consumer protection laws by not properly disclosing terms and conditions for, and limita... - Attorney Linda M. Dardarian on Structured Negotiation
Apr-12-08 Oakland, CA: Traditional litigation is often an expensive, time-consuming, and adversarial route to resolution. Sometimes it's inevitable, but some areas of law lend themselves to a collaborative approach that yields benefits for both sides. It's called structured negotiation, and Linda M. Dardarian, partner in Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and Dard... - Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan: Challenging Corporate Power and Tips Abuse
Apr-9-08 Boston, Massachusetts: LawyersandSettlements' interview with Shannon Liss-Riordan, a partner in the labor, employment, and class action law firm of Pyle, Rome, Lichten, Ehrenberg & Liss-Riordan, P.C. was delayed a day. That's because Liss-Riordan had to be in court for the verdict in a Massachusetts tips case taken against American Airlines. It was the f... - Judge Stands Firm on Decision to Proceed with Wrongful Termination Suit Against ORU
Apr-6-08 Tulsa, OK: The judge who is presiding over a wrongful termination suit against Oral Roberts University (ORU) by two former professors for the university, has ruled that the lawsuit will continue. The professors Tim and Paulita Brooker allege discovering wrongdoing on the part of the university's prior president. They believe they were forced from their p... - Attorney Scott R. Shepherd on WhistleBlowers, Securities, and Consumer Class Action
Apr-4-08 Philadelphia, PA: Scott R. Shepherd is a founding partner in Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller and Shah, LLC , a national law firm with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. A 1985 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Shepherd founded the firm in 1998. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): What are the main areas of y... - Ohio Crashes to Cost State $2.2 million
Apr-1-08 Columbus, OH In 2006, a fiery collision killed two state troopers and a woman near Gallipolis Ohio and now the state is looking to pay no less than $1 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought against the state. In another case, the state just finished paying out $1.2 million to a Warren, Ohio man's estate for a crash that took his life when a state t... - PPH: Regrets from taking Fen-Phen
Mar-27-08 Walbridge, OH "My weight problem started years ago, in the 1970s," says Leila M. "I was an overweight child and my mother took me to a diet clinic. The doctor put me on a diet drug and I lost 61 lbs; that got me down to 128 lbs. But as time went on, I started gaining it back. Fast forward to the 90s. At that time, another doctor prescribed Fen-Phen and...