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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... - $100M Preliminary Settlement in Chase Credit Card Class Action
New York, NY: JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a $100 million settlement of a credit card rate class action lawsuit in which is was accused of improperly increasing its credit card minimum payments as a means to generate higher fees. Filed in 2009, the Chase credit card lawsuit ( re: Chase Bank USA NA "Check Loan"Contract Litigation, Case No... - Rochester Meat Recall: Why the Secrecy?
Mar-12-08 Washington, DC It seems that at least a few facts are finally on the table about January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated ground beef that was sold to restaurant chains and institutional food services. By "a few facts," we mean very few. We knew from the beginning that the recall was triggered by six cases of e. coli... - Whistleblower Was Asked 10,579 Questions in Court
Mar-11-08 Toronto, ON: Joanna Gualtieri claimed that the Department of Foreign Affairs wasted money by not spending it properly in the 1990s and now the lawyers for the federal government are trying to prove that she was not a victim of harassment when she made the whistleblower claims years ago. In court, lawyers have already asked her 10,579 questions in which s... - Car Rental Companies Settle California Airports Price Fixing Class Action
Los Angeles, CA: A settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit filed against nine major rental car companies over allegations they improperly charged certain fees to consumers who picked up their rental cars at a California airport in 2007. The lawsuit, entitled Shames v. The Hertz Corporation, alleges the Defendants violated a... - Homeowners Have Added Protection Against Mortgage Fraud
Mar-6-08 Albany, NY: The Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, is an advocate of homeowners throughout his state. He has just revealed a comprehensive proposal to assist homeowners throughout New York who have been hard hit by predatory loans and astronomical subprime rates on loans. The nation's Feds have failed to properly address the loan issue, so New York a... - Inadvertently Exposed to Asbestos
Mar-6-08 Lewisville, TX Nate's dad worked at General Motors (GM) for 42 years; he is now on disability and has been diagnosed with asbesteosis . Nate's mother died from lung cancer two years ago. "Is it possible that the whole family could have been exposed to asbestos , just from my dad's clothing, from doing the laundry together?" he asks. "Spots showed up... - Penguin to Pay $75M in eBook Pricing Class Action Settlement
Seattle, WA: Book publisher Penguin has agreed to pay $75 million to settle an ebook pricing class action lawsuit, making it the last of the major publishers to settle. HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Macmillan have all settled with both the states and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Penguin settled with the DOJ several months ago. App... - $6.6M Discrimination Judgment for Ex-Fresno Basketball Coach
Feb-15-08 Fresno, CA In a high-profile gender discrimination case against Fresno state, the former women's basketball coach has said that she will accept the $6.62 million awarded to her so that she could put an end to her case against the college. Stacy Johnson-Klein was originally awarded $19.1 by the jury who heard her case, but a new trial was ordered last we... - $1 Million Settlement Awarded to Home Care Workers
New York, NY: As many as 1,000 women who care for New York City's elderly and infirm will share a $1,090,000 settlement in a groundbreaking employment class action lawsuit against McMillan's Home Care Agency. Originally filed in April 2010, the suit charged that the for-profit company consistently underpaid its workers and never paid overti... - PPH: When Losing Weight Can Kill
Feb-13-08 Washington, DC If you found yourself in the middle of any February prior to 1997 and packing a few extra pounds, you might have been one of the millions of Americans turning to Fen Phen , the magic diet pill that was all the rage until it was revealed that Fen Phen was a suspected link to PPH , an often fatal lung disease. Today, you may be turning to a... - $19.5M Settlement Reached in Wells Fargo and QBE Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Miami, FL: A $19.5 million settlement has been reached in a force-placed insurance class action pending against Wells Fargo Bank and QBE Insurance. The lawsuit alleged that Florida homeowners were overcharged for the insurance, and that Wells Fargo unfairly took commission on the insurance, which it assigned to the homeowners through QBE. Force-pl... - $25M Settlement Proposed In Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund Securities Lawsuit
Philadelphia, PA: Five institutional investors, including two union benefit funds from Philadelphia, the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 of PA/DE Health and Welfare Fund and the Bricklayers Local 54 of Pennsylvania Supplemental Welfare Fund, have announced that they have sought preliminary court approval of a $25 million settlement of a secur... - Long-Acting Zyprexa Gets Limited Ok by FDA
Feb-8-08 Washington, DC: The FDA decided Wednesday that the injectable form of Zyprexa , a drug manufactured by Eli Lilly & Co. was safe to use for some patients with Schizophrenia. This decision was made by the panel, which is comprised of outside medical experts, states that there are restrictions that come along with this approval by the FDA regarding the use... - State Farm Auto: Like a Good Neighbor?
Feb-6-08 Sun City, CA Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Or maybe not, if the experiences of some California residents, are any indication. It is alleged that State Farm Insurance might be in contravention of California statutes by low-balling customers with regard to the value of vehicles totaled for insurance purposes. This was the experience of... - Kardashian QuickTrim Class Action Settlement Reached
Los Angeles, CA: A proposed settlement has been preliminarily approved in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against the Kardashian sisters, their product QuickTrim, and several retailers. The settlement resolves allegations that improper statements were made on the labels and in advertisements for the Quicktrim Weight Loss System® an... - RBS Agrees $275M Settlement in Consumer Financial Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A consumer financial fraud class action lawsuit pending against Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC has reached preliminary settlement, with the bank agreeing to pay $275 million. The lawsuit was brought by New Jersey Carpenters Vacation Fund et al. against the financial institution alleging it misled investors regarding mortgage-backed... - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Settles Shareholder Class Action for $139M
New York, NY: A $139 million settlement has been reached in the securities class action lawsuit brought by shareholders of Rupert Murdoch' News Corp over allegations the board failed to do due diligence in investigating the News Corp phone hacking scandal. The plaintiffs that filed the original lawsuit, which include the labor union-owned Amalgamat... - Settlement Proposed in Automotive Refinishing Paint Products Class Action
A settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit against BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF Coatings AG, and BASF Corporation; Sherwin-Williams Company and Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes; PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG"); Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes B.V. and Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. (collectively "Akzo"); and E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, and Du...