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Mar-20-23 New York, NY In late January, Thinx, Inc. announced that it had reached a $5 million settlement agreement to end Dickens v. Thinx, Inc ., a class action perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS/PFOA) lawsuit. Thinx will provide up to $5 million to reimburse consumers who bought the company’s signature period underwear between November 12, 2016 and... - Abbott Settles Depakote Lawsuits for $1.6 Billion
May-11-12 Washington, DC Abbott Laboratories has agreed to settle a Depakote lawsuit alleging the company illegally marketed its drug for off-label use. The Depakote settlement will see Abbott pay approximately $1.6 billion, including a $500 million criminal fine, according to The Washington Post (5/7/12). An investigation into Abbott's marketing of Depakot... - Tesla Racism Lawsuit Settles for $3.2 million
Apr-12-24 San Francisco, CA Tesla and former Black sub-contractor Owen Diaz have finally settled a California labor racial harassment lawsuit. The settlement ends a long-running battle over how much Tesla would pay Diaz after getting one of the largest awards in a U.S. employment discrimination case overturned. On March 15, Owen Diaz and Tesla Inc. told the dis... - Hair Relaxer Cancer Litigation Ongoing and Advocates Fight for Change
Nov-19-24 Santa Clara, CA As advocates and watchdogs with organizations like the NAACP and the Environmental Working Group, and at least one politician, create more awareness amongst Black women about serious health risks of hair straightener products, more hair relaxer lawsuits are filed. And they are insisting that the regulatory framework needs to change. ... - Bank of America to Settle Excessive Fees Class Action for $66.6 Million
Nov-10-17 Los Angeles, CA: Yet another major bank has bowed to litigants enraged over excessive bank overdraft fees , following the announcement of a settlement worth $66.6 million. The bank overdraft fees settlement, designed to end a lawsuit against Bank of America, still requires court approval. According to Reuters (11/02/17) plaintiffs asserted that som... - $10 Million Asbestos Settlement Considered Largest in Missouri History
Dec-19-11 Kansas City, MO A $10 million settlement in an Asbestos lawsuit is bittersweet for the family of the primary plaintiff. Nancy Lopez originally filed suit in March of last year, alleging asbestos exposure in her work area. But she never lived to see the settlement, after succumbing to asbestos cancer eight months later, on October 9, 2010, at the age of... - Exactech Defective Hip Implant MDL Takes Shape
Mar-25-24 Brooklyn, NY As of March 2024, 1,244 defective, ankle, knee and hip implant lawsuits were pending in multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of New York. Although no trials or settlements have yet occurred, some speculate that individual hip plaintiffs may ultimately expect to recover as much as $300,000. None of this is imminent, however, be... - Firefighting Foam $17.5M Settlement a “Huge Milestone”
Feb-16-21 Peshtigo, WI Peshtigo residents have reached a $17.5 M settlement in a firefighting foam lawsuit filed against Tyco Fire Products and two other companies over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. Plaintiffs claimed their drinking water from private wells was contaminated with “forever chemicals” from the use of firefighti... - Los Angeles Times Employees Settle ERISA Benefits Lawsuit
Sep-5-11 Los Angeles, CA The employees of the Los Angeles Times who filed an ERISA benefits lawsuit following the takeover of the company by Sam Zell in 2007 have reportedly received a settlement worth $32 million. According to Reuters , the settlement is the resolution to a plan spearheaded by Zell that put the pension plan for employees at risk through... - California Employment Labor Law Class Action Gets Nod for $1.35 Million Settlement
Aug-10-17 San Francisco, CA: A California employee labor law class action is one step closer to resolution after a San Francisco judge signaled he would grant final approval of a settlement worth $1.35 million. The lawsuit, which has been ongoing for about 18 months, pits a beer distributor from the Bay Area against a class of hourly employees who claimed violat... - Deadline Set in $300 Million Settlement in Benicar Lawsuit – Short Window!
Aug-10-17 Houston, TX Users of the blood pressure medication Benicar will receive an estimated average payout of $100,000 each in a settlement deal reached with Diiachi Sankyo and Forest Laboratories. The company admits no liability but agreed to pay compensation plaintiffs to some individuals who experienced gastrointestinal problems after using the medication... - Pot Shop Employees High-Five Union for Back Pay
Jan-14-21 Oakland, CA It doesn’t matter how many times a California business changes its name or sells to another company—a union contract stays put. Case in point: the United Food and Commercial Workers, (UFCW) pressured two pot shops on behalf of their weed workers, despite the dispensaries changing hands a few times, and they came to a $75,000 settl... - More Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Filed, Still Contain Formaldehyde
Oct-31-24 Santa Clara, CA Just five months after a study published in 2021 showed a link between the use of hair straightener, women—and mostly Black women—diagnosed with uterine and ovarian cancers began filing hair relaxer lawsuits . By 2023, the FDA proposed a ban on formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in the hair products, with an Apri... - California FedEx Driver’s Misclassification Lawsuit Settles
Jan-6-23 Santa Clara, CA A former linehaul driver for FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. brought a California misclassification lawsuit against FedEx – the poster child for independent contractor misclassification claims. A California federal judge last November agreed to end the lawsuit just days after the driver's proposed class action was denied. A... - California Drywall Company Slapped with Wage & Hour Lawsuit – Again.
Mar-3-24 Riverside County, CA West Coast Drywall & Co is doing it again: underpaying its piece-rate field employees and instructing them to underreport their hours. The California drywall company settled a lawsuit for the same allegations in 2017, but just two years after the settlement, the company repeated the same California labor law violations. According... - Mortgage Loan Officers Entitled to Rest Periods
Jan-3-23 San Francisco, CA A California federal judge ruled that PNC Bank violated the California labor code by failing to pay mortgage loan officers for rest breaks. The complaint stems from an unpaid rest break lawsuit that was filed back in 2018. PNC Lawsuit Time Frame Aug 2018: Two months after plaintiff Tanseer Kazi filed the lawsuit, P... - SEC Enforcement Boosts Settlement Value: Study
Mar-16-11 New York, NY One small, but persistent ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak oversight culture in this country is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which continues to watch over the investment and financial traffic in the US as resources will allow. A sign that the SEC is effective, according to a yearly study undertaken by Cornerstone Research... - And If You Lose, You Keep the Advance, Says Oasis
Mar-15-11 Chicago, IL As a former trial attorney and for the last eight years the executive director of the most active lawsuit funding company in the US, Elizabeth Pekin genuinely believes in what Oasis Legal Finance (OLF) does. "As a trial attorney in Chicago, I used to meet face-to-face with people who were often at the lowest point in their lives," she says. "Al... - BOK Financial $7.8 Million Class Action Settlement Headed For Final Approval
May-11-17 Tulsa, OK: An upcoming approval hearing will determine whether BOK Financial (BOKF) will pay $7.8 million in a class action settlement with former bank customers who claim they were charged excessive overdraft fees . The hearing is scheduled for May 15, 2017 for final approval of an Oct. 2016 order granting preliminary approval of the $7.8 million set... - Attorney: Fosamax Patients Must Protect Their Rights
Jan-17-11 Boston, MA With another Fosamax bellwether case set to be heard by the courts, it is vital that patients who suffered Fosamax side effects, including Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw, contact an attorney so their claim is counted. Failure to do so could mean that not enough settlement funds are set aside to cover all claimants, according to J. Benton S...