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Sep-20-08 Orlando, FL While family law often involves tales of estranged bedfellows, where things get really complicated are the child custody battles. Custody laws usually guide lawyers along the family law custody road, but not in a vacuum. Other factors include things such as pre-nuptial agreements and the circumstances that can serve to make it that much e... - $95m Settlement Reached in Verifone Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
San Jose, CA: A $95 million settlement has been reached in the Verifone securities class action lawsuit. If approved, the settlement will resolve claims concerning a 45 percent drop in Verifone share prices in one day in December 2007. The drop in share price, the lawsuit claimed, resulted from the San Jose-based maker of electronic-payment system... - $7.8 Billion Settlement Approved In BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Class Action Lawsuit
New Orleans, LA: A $7.8 billion settlement against BP PLC has been approved by a federal judge, resolving economic and medical claims brought by more than 100,000 businesses and individuals who suffered from the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April, 2010. According to the terms of the settlement, approved by US District Judge Carl Ba... - AT&T to Pay $25M to Settle Massive Data Breach Lawsuit
New York, NY: AT&T will pay $25 million to resolve claims the phone carrier failed to adequately safeguard personal data of approximately 300,000 customers. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the settlement of its data breach lawsuit this week. The data was stolen from call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines. ... - Cipro: Antibiotic, and Anti-Tendon
Aug-19-08 Los Angeles, CA An antibiotic produced by Bayer AG is plagued with a reputation for attacking tendons, and nobody knows why. The fact remains, however, that the tendency for Cipro to evoke tendonitis and tendon ruptures has earned the drug a black box warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The irony is that it appears to have taken... - Investors Use Stockbroker Arbitration to Regain Lost Money
Aug-14-08 Miami, FL Financial turmoil is in the news again, with many investors turning to stockbroker arbitration to try to get back some of the money they have lost due to unethical financial advisors and unscrupulous companies. Recently, Citigroup has been under attack for its MAT Five Fund and other funds that suffered massive losses. Investors allege that... - Plane Crash: Lawsuits Hold Government Accountable
Aug-12-08 Lexington, KY It may seem impossible: holding the government responsible for a plane crash. After all, what does the government have to do with the day-to-day operations of a plane or an airline? However, recently filed lawsuits blame the government for plane crashes, arguing that the crashes were the result of either negligence on the part of an air tra... - $4.5M Preliminary Settlement Reached in Living Social Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A preliminary $4.5 million settlement has been reached in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit filed against Living Social. Eligible class members include anyone living in the US, who purchased or received a Living Social deal voucher before October 1, 2012. The Living Social class action lawsuit, entitled In Re: Living Soci... - Syngenta GMO Corn Seed Lawsuit Legal News and Information
Hundreds of Syngenta Genetically Modified Corn Seed Sales lawsuits have been filed nationwide, claiming Syngenta knew, or should have known, that its genetically modified Viptera corn seed (Agrisure Viptera or MIR 162) and Duracade corn seed would contaminate US corn shipments and prevent the corn from being sold to export markets, particularly Ch... - Citibank Reaches Preliminary HELOC Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
New York, NY: A settlement in the Citibank home equity lines of credit (HELOC) class action lawsuit has received tentative approval from a federal judge, potentially resolving claims Citibank committed unlawful home equity lending practices by cutting or suspending homeowners' lines of credit during the mortgage crisis. The lawsuit was filed again... - PPH Denial
Jul-31-08 Youngsville, NC Aletha doesn't want to know if she has developed PPH , even though her symptoms and history indicate that she probably has. Aletha took Fen-phen to lose weight and soon after was diagnosed with mild mitral valve regurgitation. One year later it moved up to the "moderate" category. Aletha is concerned that her condition changed from mild... - Truck Accidents: Big Trucks Moving at Fast Speeds
Jul-30-08 Hammond, IN A judge has recently approved a $2.8 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit, filed after a 22-year-old woman was killed in an accident with a semi truck . The accident occurred when the woman stopped behind a concrete truck but the tractor-trailer behind her failed to stop. The truck collided with the car, pushing the car into the conc... - Steven M. Levin: Nursing Homes Try to 'Lawsuit Proof' Themselves.
Jul-23-08 Chicago, IL Twenty years ago, there were almost no rules in place to protect people in nursing homes. "Litigation has improved the situation," says attorney Steven Levin, "but the type of care nursing home residents receive is at best staying the same, and at worst, continuing to decline." And he also sees an alarming trend on the horizon. Although ther... - ASL Reaches $12M Securities Class Action Settlement
New York, NY: A $12 million preliminary settlement has been reached in the securities class action lawsuit pending against Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. and its former CEO. The ALS securities class action was filed by ALC shareholders in August 2012, alleging ALC issued false and misleading statements regarding the company' financials and its complia... - David Drexler: Clients for Life–Big City Lawyer with a Small Town Approach
Jul-10-08 Los Angeles, CA David Drexler has won tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for clients over the last 30 years or so, but that is not the most fascinating part of his law practice. It's the way he runs his law firm that sets Drexler apart from everyone else. He refers to it as his 'client for life' philosophy. "I have clients, Rosa... - California Overtime: Company Didn't Do Lunch
Jul-7-08 Sacramento, CA: Diane had been working 10 years for an inventory company when she received a memo about mandatory lunch breaks. "Every employee was told that anytime we were going over 5.5 hours, we were required to have lunch," she says. According to California overtime laws, Diane and her co-workers are entitled to overtime compensation—a lot. Di... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: All in the Wash?
Jul-7-08 Washington, NC Evie's husband was first diagnosed with bronchitis in 1986: he died four years later from mesothelioma . They received a small settlement but Evie and her son both have lung-related illnesses and they are worried—were they exposed to asbestos fibers from her husband's clothing? "My husband Bart worked in the shipyards as a sheet me... - $6M Settlement Reached in New United Motors Manufacturing Employment Class Action Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: A $6 million settlement was reached in California labor law class action lawsuit alleging discrimination and unfair dismissal. Brought by former employees of Freemont-based New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), California' last auto plant, the lawsuit, alleged that employees who were on disability at the time of the plant... - Domestic Abuse Charges: "Make Sure Your Name is Cleared"
Jun-29-08 Sacramento, CA People who have been wrongly charged with domestic abuse often feel humiliated. Although they know the truth, domestic violence charges are embarrassing and can carry serious penalties. However, people who have been falsely accused of domestic abuse can, and should, fight to clear their name. According to Vince Imhoff, managing partner... - Merck ERISA Lawsuit Filed
Jun-24-08 Hartford, CT A lawsuit has been filed against Merck alleging the company violated Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) laws in its managing of employee investments in Merck Plans. The lawsuit was filed June 20, 2008, in New Jersey. According Nancy Kulesa, an associate with Schatz Nobel Izard PC, the complaint against Merck relates to its...