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Apr-27-09 Poplar Bluff, MO Various examples of religious discrimination and the lawsuits that have ensued show the breadth and power of discrimination law. Religion discrimination holds no sway in a contemporary, educated and tolerant society. There are many examples of this, together with the reality that some discrimination takes the form of harassment. B... - Lucite and DuPont Fined for Pollution in Belle
Apr-23-09 Belle, WV Two days before Earth Day this year, two giant corporations agreed to pay a combined $2 million in fines for polluting the air. Such activity is not only an affront to environmental law ; it also appears to be a corporate thumbing-of-the-nose at wise stewardship when it comes to environmental issues. Critics maintain that environment law deserve... - $11.75M Wellbutrin XL Class Action Settlement Reached
New York, NY: An $11.75 million settlement has been tentatively agreed in the Wellbutrin XL antitrust class action filed against Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). If you bought Wellbutrin XL® or its Generic equivalent, the proposed class action settlement could affect you. This matter is a lawsuit against Valean... - South Carolina Tax Firm Taken to Task by Texas
Apr-20-09 North Charleston, SC When it comes to consumer fraud , you don't want to mess with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Little wonder that Americans with issues relating to their taxes enlist the aid of experts to make sure that their numbers add up. The Consumer Fraud Act serves as consumer protection against entities that say one thing and deliver ano... - Stockbroker Arbitration Gives $40 Million Award
Apr-17-09 Utica, NY Who says you cannot recover a lot of money through stockbroker arbitration ? People who think that, may just want to take a look at a recent ruling against Merrill Lynch. Turns out, those who believe their financial advisor is engaged in stock fraud or other evil misdoings with their money might just stand a chance of winning their case at arbit... - LG Display, AUO and Toshiba Settle LCD Price-Fixing Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: AU Optronics Corp, LG Display Co, and Toshiba Corp have agreed to pay $543.5 million in settlement of a price-fixing class action lawsuit. The companies are alleged to have fixed prices for the screens, driving up prices from 1999 to 2006, according to the class-action lawsuit filed in 2007. The lawsuit, In RE TFT-LCD Antitrust... - Thoughts on the Crash of Flight 3407 from Airline Captain Turned Aviation Disaster Attorney John Greaves
Apr-16-09 Clarence Center, NY Ever since the tragic plane crash near Buffalo took 50 lives, there has been much speculation as to what could have caused the plane to fall out of the sky. Much of the focus has been on the role of icing in causing plane crashes. However, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is also examining other possible factors in the... - Citigroup Global Fined Over Auction-Rate Debacle
Apr-15-09 Phoenix, AZ Long after the auction rate securities market dried up practically overnight, the fallout over the products and how they were sold continues. Auction rate securities were sold 'as good as cash,' but many an investor who went the auction rate route soon found out that things were not as they seemed. This week Citigroup Global Markets Inc. w... - IADT Unsolicited Text Message Ads Class Action Settlement
Chicago, IL: A settlement has recently been reached in a unfair business practices class action lawsuit relating to the alleged transmission of unsolicited text message advertisements to consumers nationwide by the International Academy of Design and Technology ("IADT"). Recipients of unsolicited text message ads may be eligible for up to $200 in set... - Three Days on Reglan, A Lifetime of Pain
Apr-13-09 Osceola Mills, PA Patients who have suffered from Reglan side effects know how serious those complications can be. Now that a link has been found between Reglan and Tardive Dyskinesia, a black box warning has been ordered for the drug. However, that warning comes much too late for Tracy S., who says she was only on the drug for a couple of days but has s... - Suave 30-Day Smoothing Kit Class Action Settlement Reached
New York, NY: A settlement has been reached in the defective product causing personal injury class action pending against Unilever United States, Inc. ("Unilever") and two other companies (collectively, "Defendants") arising out of the purchase or use of the Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion 30-Day Smoothing Kit ("Smoothing Kit") in the United State... - Female Farm Worker Harassment a Huge Problem
Apr-10-09 San Francisco, CA Far from an emerging issue, harassment in the workplace has been around since the dawn of the industrialized world. And while the situation is improving, workplace harassment is an issue that just won't go away, even in the face of harassment law and a society that has little tolerance for harassment of any kind. And yet it continue... - First Acceptance Insurance Reaches $3.2M Employment Class Action Settlement
Nashville, TN: A $3.2 million settlement has been reached in two employment class action lawsuits brought against auto insurance company First Acceptance, based in Green Hills, TN. The company was facing allegations of labor law violations, specifically misclassification of its agents as exempt employees, violating the Fair Labor Standards Act... - California IT Overtime: Class Action Lawsuit Gives Employees Hope
Apr-8-09 Santa Clara, CA Employees who are not paid for their California IT overtime may be able to take heart: a California computer professional lawsuit, alleging unpaid overtime, has been granted class action status. Although this is not an indication that California software developers will win their lawsuits, this does give the plaintiffs in the class action... - Old People Deserve Justice Too
Apr-3-09 Chicago, Ill Attorney Matthew Passen knew he had his work cut out for him when he decided to step up to the plate for an elderly couple who had been injured in a car accident . He'd have to get a jury to understand that all his clients' pain and suffering, the torn tissues, all the medical bills, prescription drugs, as well as the visits to doctors and... - $27.5M Settlement Reached in Kinder Morgan Payout Manipulation Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) has agreed to pay $27.5 million as settlement of two consolidated securities lawsuits alleging the oil company intentionally misclassified expenses so as to artificially inflate payouts, of which it allegedly received 50 percent. According to the lawsuits, the plaintiffs alleged that KMI and the partnershi... - SCI Settles Cemetery Class Action Lawsuit for $35.25m
New York, NY: Service Corporation International (SCI) has reached settlement of a consumer fraud class action lawsuit involving allegations its employees desecrated graves at its Eden Memorial Park. Specifically, the class action,brought in 2009 on behalf of 25,000 Jewish families with loved ones buried at Eden Memorial, claimed that for 25 years SC... - $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... - Overtime Pay Losses Add Up to Huge Amounts
Mar-20-09 New York, NY It may not seem like a lot when looked at individually, but overtime pay losses can actually add up to a lot of money over the course of a few weeks, months or even years. That is why some employees are fighting back, trying to make their employers honor overtime laws—because violations of overtime rules mean that hard-working, honest empl... - ETHEX Drug Recall Affects Thousands of Patients
Mar-14-09 Baltimore, MD If you heard about the recent ETHEX recall and breathed a sigh of relief because you thought it did not affect you, you may want to think again. The recall of ETHEX generic drugs has had wide-ranging implications for thousands of patients. Some patients experienced an ETHEX overdose while others are suffering because their medications are n...