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Nov-23-15 San Francisco, CA: A California labor lawsuit filed against Apple Inc., has been dismissed, with the judge ruling Apple did not violate employees’ rights to be paid for time spent during bag checks. The class-action California lawsuit was filed by employees at California Apple stores, who alleged they were owed pay for time spent in security chec... - New Lawsuits Describe Serious Paragard IUD Complications
Aug-14-20 East St. Louis, IL Paragard IUD defective medical device lawsuits are popping up in courts throughout the country. Huitt v. Teva Pharmaceuticals was filed in the Eastern District of California on May 11. Lewis v. Teva Pharmaceuticals was filed in the Southern District of New York on May 26, followed on July 30 by Harnish v. Teva Pharmaceutic... - ERISA Lawsuits Protect Employee Rights
Mar-10-10 Milwaukee, WI Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) can result in lawsuits against a company and its trustees, as plan participants fight to recover money lost due to improper handling of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and other benefits plans. The US Department of Labor recently filed a lawsuit against Steven D. Westra,... - Lawyers Investigate Toyota Employee 401k Concerns
Feb-25-10 Torrance, CA Legal troubles continue to mount for embattled automaker Toyota as a collection of California lawyers begin to investigate potential claims related to the Japanese company's employee 401k defined retirement plans. The claims stem from alleged imprudent investments that the company made in the name of its investors and seeks to determine... - California Excessive Bank Overdraft Fee Lawsuit Gets Second Wind
Jul-29-20 San Diego, CA For months, the law firms that represent banks and other big businesses have worried that the Ninth Circuit’s 2019 decision in Blair v. Rent-A-Center shows plaintiffs how to side-step mandatory arbitration provisions that include class action waivers. Defense counsel’s worst fear is realized in the motion for reconsideration fil... - Health Care Fraud Worsened Last Year
Jan-16-10 Washington, DC Identity theft and health care scams are happening with increasing frequency as more people flaunt moral and medical ethics in the pursuit of personal gain—to the tune of $100 billion a year. According to a recent article on CNNMoney.com, health care identity theft dominated all other crimes in the sector last year. Louis Saccocc... - New Jersey Allergan Biocell Textured Breast Implant Lawsuits Consolidated in New Jersey Superior Court
Jul-10-20 Hackensack, NJ On July 7, the initial case management conference for In Re: Allergan Biocell Textured Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation (the “MCL”) was held before Judge Rachelle Harz in New Jersey Superior Court in Bergen County. The consolidation of state law actions is intended to permit speedy, cost-effective and consistent m... - TD Bank Hit with Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Jul-9-20 Camden, NJ On June 24, Judith Jimenez filed a class action bank overdraft fees lawsuit claiming that TD Bank, NA re-opened her checking account, which the bank had previously closed, for the express purpose of charging her an overdraft fee. Mission accomplished, the bank then closed her account again – all without her authorization. The laws... - Debtor-in-Possession Bankruptcy for MD Helicopters?
May-3-22 Wilmington, DE MD Helicopters Inc. appears to have secured financing that will allow the company to emerge from bankruptcy as an operating business. The company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition was, however, only the latest twist in a case that began as a whistleblower lawsuit in 2013. The revolving door and the fraud that followed Th... - Long Beach City College Allegedly Violated Minimum Wage Laws
Apr-26-22 Long Beach, CA A proposed California labor class action lawsuit filed by part-time instructors at Long Beach City College claims the district violated minimum wage laws by not paying them all hours worked. Part-time instructors are often paid for the hours they spend in front of students and are not compensated for out-of-classroom work such as preparing... - Settlement Gets Preliminary OK in Countrywide Class Action
Louisville, KY: A settlement has been granted preliminary approval by a federal judge in the class action pending against Countrywide Financial - now owned by Bank of America - and millions of customers who suffered a security breach of their detailed personal financial information. According to reports, the terms of the settlement would see Countryw... - Auction Rate Lawsuit Launched Against Charles Schwab & Co.
Aug-21-09 New York, NY The auction rate securities debacle of 2007 has made a return to the public conscience with the recent filing of an auction rate securities market lawsuit against Charles Schwab & Co. (Schwab) by the Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York. In his lawsuit, filed August 17th, New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo al... - Defendant Hit with Yet Another Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuit
Jun-4-15 Philadelphia, PA Less than a month after insurance giant Assurant Inc. and HSBC Bank settled a Lender insurance lawsuit for $1.8 million, a subsidiary of Assurant and PNC Bank were hit with another Force-placed insurance lawsuit alleging inflated premiums and kickbacks in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The plain... - ERISA Laws Help You Protect Your Money
May-15-09 Boston, MA If you were counting on your 401(k) to help you out during these tough economic times, you might have to think again. Workers across the US are discovering that their 401(k)s have diminished greatly in value—with no explanation as to why. Luckily, ERISA laws can help you to protect your money, but you may have to file an ERISA lawsuit to rec... - JPMorgan Chase to Settle 401k Self-Dealing Lawsuit
Apr-22-20 New York, NY JPMorgan Chase has notified the Second Circuit that it will settle a class action ERISA lawsuit affecting as many as a quarter million 401k plan participants. Details of the settlement will be available by May 22, when the motion for preliminary approval is submitted to the court. Thus ends yet another self-dealing lawsuit against JPMor... - Information Disposal, American United Mortgage Company pays $50,000 FTC fine
Washington, DC: (Dec-19-07) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against American United Mortgage Company, based in Northbrook, IL, alleging that the mortgage broker left loan documents, with personal information such as Social Security numbers, in and around an unsecured dumpster. The suit claimed that the company violated the FTC's rules on... - Lumber Liquidators Not Floored?
Mar-31-15 Washington, DC Lumber Liquidators has almost become a household word after the CBS News Program 60 Minutes reported that the discount flooring retailer sold flawed Chinese flooring products. But did 60 Minutes do its homework before accusing the company of selling a defective product? A Lumber Liquidators Defective Flooring class action has b... - Parking Lot Robbery, Man shot in the neck by a robber awarded jury verdict of $102.7 million.
Fort Lauderdale, FL: (Dec-06-07) Sami Barrak brought a lawsuit against Fort Lauderdale-based Report Investment Corp., a property ownership company, claiming that he suffered medical expenses and lost earnings due to their negligence. Report Investment owns the parking lot adjacent to recently sold Tootsie's Cabaret, a strip club that was located in the now... - Three litigation theories of excessive bank overdraft fee lawsuits
Apr-10-20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL When people come to talk to Jonathan Streisfeld, a KO partner, about excessive bank overdraft fees and returned item fees, “they feel frustrated with the number of fees assessed on what should be a small dollar transaction. They are confused about their bank’s practices.” More than anything, they just want their money b... - Forced-Place Insurance Continues to Trigger Lawsuits
Mar-13-15 Sacramento, CA The parade of Lender insurance lawsuits continues unabated in spite of legislators in various states attempting to put checks and balances in place aimed at preventing allegedly unnecessary and unjust placement of expensive lender insurance products. One of the more recent class actions accuses US Bank NA of systematically abusing its ri...