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Jul-19-17 Oakland, CA: Thousands of security guards are extremely pleased with the outcome of their lawsuit regarding rest breaks, which dragged through the court system for years. “After 12 years, we just received final court approval of our $110 million settlement,” says attorney Scott Cole, adding that he is co-counsel with Drew Pomerance's office on... - Employers Can’t Eat in to Workers’ Lunch Period says Lawsuit
Jul-2-17 Los Angeles, CA California employers got a big heads up in December 2016 when the highest court in the State came down on the side of workers who either expect to be paid or left in peace during their breaks. Los Angeles employment lawyer, Nicholas De Blouw, from Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik says that Augustus v ABM Security Services decis... - Sony Attempts to Toss Data Breach Lawsuits
Feb-12-15 Los Angeles, CA The massive data breach that brought Sony to a public relations waterloo in the weeks leading up to Christmas last year (and ironically, in its wake, creating an unexpected public awareness coup for its new movie, The Interview ) is already percolating through the courts with a bid to consolidate six federal class actions. A seventh pr... - Oregon Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuits
Oct-23-14 Portland, OR Oregon breach of insurance contract claims are not rare. Policyholders who have had their Oregon long term disability claim denied on unreasonable grounds may be able to file a lawsuit to have their claims reviewed. Insurance policies are essentially a contract between the insurer and the policyholder. The agreement is that the policyhol... - Aon Hewitt Named (again) in Double-Dealing Retirement Plan Lawsuit
Jul-9-18 Charlotte, NC In April 2018, Benjamin Reetz filed a class action ERISA lawsuit on behalf of himself and other participants in the Lowe’s 401(k) Plan. The lawsuit claims that Aon Hewitt, the plan’s investment advisor, lined its pockets by recommending one of its own poorly performing investment funds. Lowe’s then fell down on the job by failing to c... - Federal Agency Looks to Amend ERISA Plan
Oct-3-11 Washington, DC The Employee Benefits Security Administration is reportedly looking to make changes to a portion of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( ERISA ), according to The New York Times . The news source reports that the Labor Department said recently that it will reconsider a proposed new regulation that would require investment prof... - Two Las Vegas Lawsuits Allege Unpaid Overtime
Jun-22-11 Las Vegas, NV A driver and a collection of security personnel employed by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation to provide transportation and security to the Chairman and CEO have filed an overtime pay lawsuit alleging the failure to compensate for overtime, together with an alleged breach of other labor laws. A single lawsuit was filed on behalf of nine pla... - Defective Product Personal Injury Lawsuits - Product Liability & Defective Product Lawyers
Defective product litigation and injury lawsuits involve defective and unreasonably dangerous products that cause personal injuries and even death. Manufacturers of defective products are liable for design defects, improper safety devices and manufacturing defects that cause injury. Product liability lawyers will evaluate cases involving defective consu... - Rawlings Sportings Goods Company and K2 Inc. breach of contract Settlement
Matrix Group Limited, Inc. had an exclusive license with Rawlings since 1994 to manufacture and sell baseball/softball and other sports equipment bags to retailers through the Rawlings sales. In March, 2003 K2 purchased Rawlings and in September, 2003, K2 purchased Worth, Inc., which also sold baseball/softball and other sports equipment bags. Matrix su... - California Rest Break Law – Then and Now
Jul-19-22 Los Angeles, CA While the term “coffee break” didn’t show up until the 1950s, two U.S. companies around the turn of the century offered midmorning and midafternoon breaks but their employees had to provide the coffee and they didn’t get a break time to enjoy it. Fast forward to May 2022: Meal and rest period premiums are now “... - Tyson Foods Donning and Doffing Case Heard by Supreme Court
Nov-25-15 Washington, DC: The US Supreme Court has heard the Tyson Foods unpaid wages lawsuit, according to reports. The donning and doffing lawsuit was filed by Tyson employees who argued that they should be paid for time spent putting on and taking off mandatory protective work gear and should have a judgment in their favor based on averages instead of time re... - Understanding Legal Malpractice
Jan-5-13 Tampa, FL People who have been victims of legal malpractice may be uncomfortable considering a lawsuit against their attorney, but if they have been harmed by a violation of legal malpractice law, a lawsuit may be the only way to compensate them for that harm. Lawyers deal with complex contracts and negotiations constantly and the unfortunate truth... - Judge Grants Class-Action Status to California Labor Lawsuit against Apple
Aug-10-15 San Francisco, CA A 2013 California labor lawsuit against Apple alleging employees should be compensated for time taken to search their bags has been granted class-action status. The lawsuit alleged that up to 12,000 current and former employees at 52 stores in California should have been paid for security checks before they left their worksite. Acc... - Stockbroker Arbitration Leads to $1.3 Million Judgment Against Merrill Lynch
Oct-20-12 Fort Lauderdale, FL Merrill Lynch has been hit with a judgment against it to the tune of more than $1 million in stockbroker arbitration . The judgment, which involved allegations of breach of fiduciary duty rather than allegations of stockbroker fraud, came after former Merrill Lynch clients accused a stockbroker of misleading them about investments. ... - Mark Zuckerberg and wife Granted Arbitration in Unpaid Wages and Discrimination Claims
Apr-20-22 San Francisco, CA Contracts signed by the former security operations assistant and household operations manager of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan contained clear arbitration clauses, according to San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer. The decision involves lawsuits filed by two former household workers who allege sexual... - Shoulder Pain Pump Lawsuit Granted a Second Coming
Sep-8-12 Cincinatti, OH It's been a long road so far for plaintiff Rachael Krumpelbeck, an alleged shoulder pain pump victim who sustained permanent injury to her shoulder, allegedly through the inter-articular use of a pain pump, in 2005. However, following the granting of summary judgment for the defendant and a subsequent appeal by Krumpelbeck, the young wom... - NFL Hit Heavy with Brain Injury Lawsuits—Counters with Breach of Contract Suit
Aug-16-12 Los Angeles, CA On the heels of more than 140 brain injury lawsuits filed against The National Football League (NFL), the league filed a lawsuit of it's own on August 15, 2012 against approximately 36 insurance companies for breach of contract. The complaint, which was filed in California state court in Los Angeles, claims that insurers such as Fire... - California Mushroom Farms Pay Workers $450K
Jun-19-24 Half Moon Bay, CA Two mushroom farm owners must pay 62 workers more than $450,000 in back wages and damages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation discovered unpaid wages and unsafe housing conditions, and other California labor law violations. The investigation was triggered by a massacre in 2023: a farm worker shot eight co-workers, seven fatal... - California Overtime Lawsuit Results in Ruling on Sleep Time
Jan-30-15 Los Angeles, CA Overtime pay laws concerning when employees should be given overtime pay are not nearly as straightforward as they may seem. In addition to exemptions given to certain employees, there are also various situations in which an employee may be deemed to be on duty or not on duty at the same time. While cases where an employee is on a worksi... - A Win for the Plaintiff in Bad Faith Insurance Claim
Feb-7-12 St. Louis, MO A bad faith insurance claim that went through several legal phases was finally settled in the plaintiff's favor with the awarding of attorney's fees. Cindy Tripp's bad faith insurance claim accused her insurer, Western National Mutual (Western), of bad faith and breach of contract. According to Insurance Law & Litigation Week (1/...