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Washington, DC: Native American farmers and ranchers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an historic agreement to settle a nationwide class action lawsuit (Keepseagle v. Vilsack) that alleged discrimination in USDA's farm loan program dating back to 1981. The agreement brings to an end 11 years of litigation, and marks the be... - Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan: Challenging Corporate Power and Tips Abuse
Apr-9-08 Boston, Massachusetts: LawyersandSettlements' interview with Shannon Liss-Riordan, a partner in the labor, employment, and class action law firm of Pyle, Rome, Lichten, Ehrenberg & Liss-Riordan, P.C. was delayed a day. That's because Liss-Riordan had to be in court for the verdict in a Massachusetts tips case taken against American Airlines. It was the f... - Monster Settles Securities Class Action Lawsuit for $16M
Los Angeles, CA: Monster Beverage Corp, has agreed to pay over $16 million in settlement of a securities class action lawsuit it' currently facing. The lawsuit contends that the energy drink manufacturer overstated the benefits of a distribution deal with Anheuser-Busch Co, causing the stock to artificially increase in value. According to documen... - Judge Stands Firm on Decision to Proceed with Wrongful Termination Suit Against ORU
Apr-6-08 Tulsa, OK: The judge who is presiding over a wrongful termination suit against Oral Roberts University (ORU) by two former professors for the university, has ruled that the lawsuit will continue. The professors Tim and Paulita Brooker allege discovering wrongdoing on the part of the university's prior president. They believe they were forced from their p... - Attorney Scott R. Shepherd on WhistleBlowers, Securities, and Consumer Class Action
Apr-4-08 Philadelphia, PA: Scott R. Shepherd is a founding partner in Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller and Shah, LLC , a national law firm with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, and Wisconsin. A 1985 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Shepherd founded the firm in 1998. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): What are the main areas of y... - Ohio Crashes to Cost State $2.2 million
Apr-1-08 Columbus, OH In 2006, a fiery collision killed two state troopers and a woman near Gallipolis Ohio and now the state is looking to pay no less than $1 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought against the state. In another case, the state just finished paying out $1.2 million to a Warren, Ohio man's estate for a crash that took his life when a state t... - Cadbury Settles Candy Price Fixing Class Action
Washington, DC: A class action settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit against Cadbury Holdings Ltd., Cadbury plc, and Cadbury Adams Canada, Inc. ("Cadbury"or "Defendant") pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (styled In Re: Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation, Class Act... - PPH: Regrets from taking Fen-Phen
Mar-27-08 Walbridge, OH "My weight problem started years ago, in the 1970s," says Leila M. "I was an overweight child and my mother took me to a diet clinic. The doctor put me on a diet drug and I lost 61 lbs; that got me down to 128 lbs. But as time went on, I started gaining it back. Fast forward to the 90s. At that time, another doctor prescribed Fen-Phen and... - Gynecologist Face Malpractice Lawsuit, Possible Indictment
Mar-27-08 Barnstable, MA: A gynecologist is now facing a wrongful death suit after he performed an abortion on a patient at his Hyannis clinic in 2007, allegedly resulting in her death. The doctor is also facing a possible grand jury indictment. On March 10, 2008 Eileen Smith sued Dr. Rapin Osathanondh in Barnstable Superior Court for the wrongful death of her... - Zurich Insurance Agrees $455M Settlement in Farmers Class Action
London, UK: Zurich Financial Services Group and its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc, have settled a nationwide class action lawsuit that is pending in Superior Court in Los Angeles. Under the terms of the settlement, $455 million will be made available to up to 13 million policyholders. The suit alleged that the class, consisting of policyholders who he... - Asbestos: One Man's Story
Mar-26-08 Stainforth, UK He may live half a world away, but Dennis Beddoes is a classic example of not only the health hazards of asbestos , but also of the typical delay governing the onset of asbestos-related diseases such as cancer, asbestosis and asbestos mesothelioma. The 70-year-old retired shipbuilder from Stainforth, England suddenly developed a persiste... - Attorney Charles W. Shipley Speaks on Messing with Farmers and the Environment
Mar-25-08 Tulsa, OK LawyersandSettlements heard from Tulsa attorney Chuck Shipley recently when he alerted us to a recent $21 million class action verdict against OK Foods of Fort Smith, Arkansas on behalf of 300 chicken farmers. When we spoke to him, he was just back from a week off. We didn't need to ask many questions! LawyersandSettlements (LAS): Where have... - $43 Million Settlement Approved for Libby Asbestos Victims
Libby, MT: Residents of Libby, Montana, suffering from asbestos-related illnesses including asbestosis and mesothelioma have been awarded a $43 million settlement by a judge in that state. The people were made ill as a result of their exposure to asbestos from the infamous W.R. Grace asbestos mine in Libby, Montana. Reports indicate that a large part... - Employment Class Action Against AutoZone Reaches Tentative Settlement
San Francisco, CA: A settlement has been reached in a California employment law class action lawsuit against AutoZone, Inc. ("AutoZone"or "Defendant") pending in Orange County Superior Court. The suit alleges, among other things, that the Class of plaintiffs who worked for AutoZone were not properly paid all regular and overtime wages owed to them, wer... - GSK to Pay $185M in Flonase Antitrust Class Action Settlements
New York, NY: Two settlements have been approved in the antitrust class action lawsuits pending against GlaxoSmithKline PLC, (GSK). The lawsuits allege that GSK deliberately prevented generic versions of Flonase nasal spray from going to market. The settlements total $185 million, with $150 million designated for reimbursement to people and entit... - Force Protection Reaches $24M Preliminary Settlement in Shareholder Class Action
Ladson, SC: Force Protection Inc has announced that it has reached an agreement to settle the consolidated shareholder securities class action entitled In re Force Protection, Inc. Securities Litigation, Consolidated Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-845-CWH, pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against the Company and a number... - Our Daily Meds: This New Book is an Eye-Opener
Mar-18-08 New York, NY A new book about the pharmaceutical industry slams drug makers, and makes the case for a nation hooked on prescription drugs—which is exactly what Big Pharma wants. Our Daily Meds' - How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs by Melody Petersen is a... - Celebrex Has the Scientists Talking
Mar-17-08 Buffalo, NY In what could hardly be thought of as a celebration, labeling revisions to Celebrex approved by the US Food and Drug Administration this past fall warning of adverse renal function with long-term use , has been augmented by a report coming out of the University of Buffalo (UB) that Celebrex has been shown in laboratory studies to induce irr... - Bextra, Bextra! Read All About It! First trial to be heard in May
Mar-17-08 San Francisco, CA Nearly four years after Bextra was taken off the market for cardiovascular risk , the first Bextra trial is scheduled to be heard May 5th. On the heels of the mammoth $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement, the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Court for the Bextra/Celebrex litigation is finally ramping up in California. Bextra was only on th... - Hyundai Airbag Settlement Announced
A settlement in the Hyundai airbag lawsuit has been announced. The settlement will allow owners of 2007-2009 Hyundai Santa Fe crossovers to return their defective vehicles if the company cannot repair the airbag problems through an upgrade of the vehicle's software. Approximately 200,000 Hyundai Santa Fe vehicles have been recalled for faulty airbags since t...