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Investors who lose money as the result of careless mistakes or intentional fraud by their stock brokers or financial advisers may be eligible to recover their losses through a process known as stockbroker arbitration . Stock broker fraud and other unethical acts on the part of a stockbroker are a violation of the stockbroker's duties to his clients. ... - Stock Broker FAQ
What is stock broker arbitration? Stock broker arbitration is a private way for investors to settle their disputes with their stock broker or financial firm without having to go through the court system. Investors who believe they are the victims of stock broker fraud must file a stock fraud arbitration to recover their money. How is stock broker a... - Bank of Hawaii Reaches Tentative $9M Settlement in Overdraft Fees Class Action
Honolulu, HW: A tentative settlement has been reached in an overdraft fees class action lawsuit brought against the Bank of Hawaii by account holders who allege the bank engaged in a systematic policy of re-ordering debit card transactions from highest dollar amount to lowest dollar amount. The suit said this practice allowed the bank to deplete the cu... - $40 Million Settlement Approved in Lehman Brothers Class Action
Washington, DC: A federal judge has approved a $40 million settlement in a mortgage-backed securities class action lawsuit against individuals previously affiliated with Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (Lehman Brothers"), which in September 2008 filed the largest bankruptcy in US history. The lawsuit is led by Locals 302 and 612 of the International Uni... - AIG Agrees $725 Million Settlement in Pension Funds Class Action
Washington, DC: A $725 million settlement has been agreed by American International Group, and the states of Florida and Ohio, in what is reportedly the tenth-largest securities class-action settlement in United States history. The settlement brings the total recovery for public pension funds to over $1 billion. The Attorney General for Ohio said this... - Working 9 to 5 and Then Some...
Oct-24-06 Long Pond, PA Working Off the Clock simply means not getting paid for the time worked. And this is illegal. Increasingly, employees are faced with a choice in the workplace: either work "off the clock", quit or get fired. They are often promised advancement by showing up early and staying late. Or being on call like Dan McGuinness, and threatened with... - Birth Control Patch Lawsuits against J&J Piling Up
Oct-23-06 Princeton, NJ: On October 17, 2006, News Inferno announced that another lawsuit had been filed against Ortho-McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, on behalf of a young Idaho women who was 17 when she was prescribed the Ortho Evra birth control patch , and in less than a month, she developed deep vein thrombosis, a potentially fatal blood clot condition... - $20M Settlement Reached in MacMillan eBook Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: A $20 million settlement has been agreed in the consumer fraud class action lawsuit pending against Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH' MacMillan unit, which alleged the publisher conspired with Apple Inc, and other US publishers to fix prices of electronic books, or ebooks. The settlement resolves the allegations brought in t... - Settlement Approved in Ferrellgas Consumer Fraud Class Action
Seattle, WA: United States District Judge Gary A. Fenner has granted preliminary approval to a settlement in a consumer fraud class-action lawsuit against Ferrellgas, which sells propane under the Blue Rhino label, alleging that the company reduced the amount of propane in tanks when energy prices rose and failed to inform customers. Propane cyli... - Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch - Statistics do not Lie
Oct-13-06 Dallas, TX During one 17-month period between April 2002 and September 2003, the FDA received 9,116 adverse reaction reports on the Ortho Evra birth control patch . In stark contrast, during a 6 year period between 1997 and September 2003, the Ortho birth control pill only generated 1,237 adverse event reports and 6 time more women were using the pill... - Bristol-Myers Slaps Black Box Warning On Coumadin
Oct-11-06 Los Angeles, CA After a request by the FDA, Bristol-Myers Squibb slapped a black box warning on the label of the blood thinning drug Coumadin (generic warfarin), to alert the public about a potentially fatal risk of bleeding . The drug's previous prescribing information noted the risk, but the warning was not highlighted by a black box. Without... - Merck to Settle NuvaRing Lawsuits for $100M
New York, NY: Hundreds of NuvaRing lawsuits are about to be settled by Merck & Co. The New Jersey based pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $100 million to settle the lawsuits, and end allegations it downplayed serious health risks associated with the contraceptive device. The agreement will settle cases in both federal and state courts,... - More Asbestos Workers with Lung Cancer
Sep-30-06 Birmingham, AL Barry Parr (not his real name) didn't know the dangers of asbestos when he started working with it. In fact, for a long time most people didn't know that asbestos could lead to cancer. Unfortunately, a lot of products in the past century were made or packaged with asbestos. Barry worked with some of those products and now he has lung canc... - Termination for Disability Illegal
Sep-25-06 Sacramento, CA "Millions of people that innocently buy long term disability insurance through their workplace need to know how insurance companies profit from the misery of others," says Lana Milligan, "and at the same time, have it sanctioned by acts of Congress and our courts." "My insurance company, Aetna, refused to pay me long term disability. I... - FDA Needs To Ban Accutane
Sep-20-06 Austin, TX: Unfortunately hundreds of parents already know that Accutane can cause some teenagers to commit suicide. But new evidence of a link between the acne drug and depression in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology , will hopefully put an end to the years of claims by Hoffman-LaRoche that its drug is not responsible for the suicides. Scien... - $55M Settlement Reached in Online Hotel Booking Sites Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A $55 million settlement has been reached in the unfair business practices practices class action pending against Hotels.com LP, Expedia Inc., Hotwire Inc. and eight other online travel companies. District Judge Orlando Garcia ordered the defendants to pay the settlement, effectively ending allegations the companies failed to... - Zyprexa: Another Link to Diabetes
Sep-19-06 Truro, NS In September 2005, Mary Allen was hospitalized and treated for manic depression. She was given Zyprexa . "I was never told about any side effects," she says. "My doctor nor I knew at the time of any correlation between Zyprexa and diabetes. "At the hospital, I was a subject of a clinical study to determine whether Zyprexa was more effecti... - Merck Vioxx Litigation Score Card
Sep-14-06 New Orleans, LA In the homestretch leading up to the latest trial in New Orleans, the score in the Vioxx litigation was 5 to 4 in favor of Merck. However, in mid-August, 2006, a New Jersey victory for Merck was thrown out reversing the score to 5 to 4 in favor of plaintiffs. But none of the winning plaintiffs should count their chickens before they... - Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Rampant in Nursing Home Industry
Sep-12-06 Little Rock, AR In 1987, Congress passed landmark legislation aimed at improving nursing home care for the nation's vulnerable elderly population. However, a recent investigation by Consumer Reports found poor care in nursing homes is still extremely common, especially in the for-profit chains that have become the dominant force in the industry. The... - Class Action Against The Hartford Negotiates $72.5M Settlement
Preliminary approval has been granted by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut of a $72.5 million dollar settlement between The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. and a class of more that 21,000 members who had previously settled personal injury and workers' compensation claims with The Hartford's property and casualty company. Th...