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Seattle, WA: Preliminary approval has been granted for a $1.45 million settlement in a class action against Premera Blue Cross. The suit alleged that the company failed to pay overtime to tech workers. The class-action lawsuit was filed in 2010 and alleged that the Mountlake Terrace-based health insurance company and its subsidiaries had misclass... - Overtime Class Action Against Stahlbush Island Farms Reaches Settlement
Portland, OR: Workers who filed an overtime class action against Stahlbush Island Farms have agreed to a settlement. The deal covers more than 100 current and former employees of the Corvallis-area company who work or worked in its food precessing operation. The suit was filed in March 2010 in U.S. District Court in Eugene. The final agreement... - Medifast Weight Loss Programs and Products False Advertising Settlement
New York, NY: A $3.7 million settlement has been agreed between Jason Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Medifast Inc, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), resolving charges that the company made unsupported claims about its weight loss programs and products. Medifast-brand low-calories meal substitutes, including its most popular plan called the... - $600M Countrywide Securities Settlement Approved
Los Angeles, CA: A federal judge has approved a $601.5 million settlement of a class-action suit against Countrywide Financial Corp. The settlement is reportedly one of the largest class-action settlements stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis. Filed in 2007, the suit alleged that Countrywide, now part of Bank of America Corp., misled investor... - Iraq Veterans Awarded $85M in Personal Injury Lawsuit Against KBR, Halliburton
Portland, OR: 12 soldiers who became ill after serving in the Iraq war have been awarded an $85 million settlement in their personal injury lawsuit against American military contractor Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR). In their lawsuit, the first concerning soldiers' exposure to a toxin at a water plant in southern Iraq, the servicemen allege that KBR... - $35M Settlement Approved in Babys R Us Class Action
New York, NY: Final approval has been given to a $35.5 million settlement in an antitrust class action lawsuit brought against Babies "R" Us and several baby product manufacturers. The lawsuit alleged Babies "R" Us conspired with the manufacturers to restrict competition by requiring all retailers to sell their goods at or above a minimum resale... - Hartford Village Could See $1 Million Settlement in Environmental Suit
A preliminary settlement has been reached between Equilon Enterprises, Premcor Refining, and the village of Hartford, in an environmental suit over damages and costs incurred as a result of refinery pollution. Village trustees sued Equilon and Premcor seeking recovery of costs for repairing and replacing sanitary sewers, streets, municipal buildings an... - Satyam To Pay $125M in US Securities Class Action
New York, NY: Satyam Computer Services has agreed a $125 million settlement of a shareholder class actions. Satyam had argued that the US shareholder litigation should be dismissed because the US is not the home country of the company, and therefore the improper venue for the litigation. In a filing to the exchanges, the company said it has ent... - MoneyGram Settles Federal Wire Fraud Case for $100m
New York, NY: The money transfer company MoneyGram has agreed to forfeit $100 million and has admitted to wire fraud, settling one of the biggest money laundering cases ever brought by the Justice Department. According to documents filed on Friday, November 9, 2012, MoneyGram admitted that it failed to maintain an effective anti-money launderi... - Homeopathic Remedies - False Advertising - Fraud - LawyersandSettlements.com
If you have purchased Natural Homeopathic medicines you may have been involved in a homeopathy scam , or homeopathy fraud . Certain homeopathic remedies are alleged to make unsubstantiated or false claims about improving health or 'curing' various ailments. Many homeopathic fraud lawsuits are being filed—and some have settled—by consumers who belie... - WellCare Health Plans Agrees Preliminary $200M Settlement in Securities Fraud Case
Tampa, FL: Preliminary approval has been granted by a federal judge in Tampa for a $200 million settlement between WellCare Health Plans Inc. and plaintiffs who filed a securities class action alleging health care fraud. The settlement calls for WellCare to pay $87.5 million in cash and issue $112.5 million in bonds. A stipulation of the settlemen... - JetDirect Reaches Preliminary Settlement in Benefit and Retirement Class Action
Boston, MA: A tentative $400,000 settlement has been reached between the former owners of JetDirect and a group of ex-employees who claimed some of their benefit and retirement account money was diverted improperly. The plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit in 2010 alleging the Weymouth-based company used employee benefit money to pay for compa... - Samsung, Sharp, Agree to $538M Price-Fixing Settlement
Irvine, CA: A $538.6 million settlement has been agreed between Sharp Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) and five other makers of liquid crystal display panels which, if approved, would close claims that the company fixed prices on the panels used in computers and televisions. The attorney generals of eight states, including California, Florida... - $2M Asbestos Mesothelioma Settlement Awarded
Washington, DC: A $2 million settlement has been awarded in an asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit brought on behalf of the now deceased Mr. Hannibal Saldibar. Saldibar, a tile setter from New Haven, CT, passed away in January 2010. On May 22, 2012, the jury hearing his case found that the Tile Council was aware that their products contained asbest... - Pfizer Settles Celebrex Securities Lawsuit for $164M
New York, NY: Pfizer Inc, has agreed to pay $164 million in settlement of a securities class action lawsuit brought over allegations that it misprespresented results from clinical trials of Pharmacia's arthritis drug Celebrex. Pfizer acquired Pharmacia Corp, the maker of Celebrex, in 2002. In 2003, investors sued Pfizer and some former Pharm... - Staples Agrees $42 Million Preliminary Settlement of Wage and Hour Class Actions
Framingham, MA: Staples, Inc, announced today that it has reached a global settlement in several retail wage and hour class action lawsuits related to the alleged misclassification of its assistant store managers concerning overtime pay. Under the terms of the global settlement, which is subject to court approval, the Company has agreed to pay $42 mi... - Fen-Phen Side Effects - Fen-Phen Lawsuit & Free Case Evaluation
Fen-Phen was withdrawn by the manufacturer, American Home Products (later Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories), in 1997 due to alarming reports of heart valve defects found in approximately 30 percent of the subjects of an obesity study. The two drugs that make up the combination are fenfluramine (Pondimin) and phentermine (Ionamin). In addition, a drug known as R... - Judge Approves $70 Million for Medical Monitoring in DuPont Smelter Lawsuit
Charleston, WV: Harrison County circuit judge Thomas A. Bedell, has approved a $150 million lawsuit settlement that requires DuPont Co. to clean up contamination of the community of Spelter and fund a program to test residents for any illnesses the pollution might have caused. DuPont is alleged to have released cadmium, arsenic and lead from one of its... - Bank of America Settles Securities Class Action for $2.43 Billion
New York, NY: A securities class action against Bank of America Corp (BoFA) has reached a preliminary settlement with the bank agreeing to pay $2.43 billion to end claims it was not forthcoming with financial information about Merrill Lynch & Co to the banks shareholders, prior to BoFA buying the securities house. BoFA agreed to buy Merrill Lynch in... - $1.3 Million Wages and Hours Class Action Settlement with Madison Square Garden Security Officers
New York, NY: More than 300 employees will receive $1.3 million from Madison Square Garden in a settlement agreement filed today in federal court. The settlement will bring to an end a class action lawsuit brought in federal court in Manhattan in 2009 by four security officers claiming that since 2003 Madison Square Garden willfully failed to pay its secu...