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Apr-8-15 Former interns and Viacom Inc. reached a $7.2 million settlement to resolve a labor and wage class action suit involving more than 1,000 interns. Viacom failed to pay wages during their employment. The motion for preliminary approval of the settlement was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The suit was i... - Safeway’ $1.45 million deal Just One of Many PAGA California Labor Complaints
Sep-4-19 Oakland, CA: If finally approved, a lawsuit brought under PAGA will settle California labor law claims brought on behalf of 35,000 workers in California who allege that Safeway failed to provide accurate pay stubs. The giant supermarket chain’s $1.45 million deal would affect former and current workers. The Altamirano v. Safeway Inc. Settlement... - Settlement Reached In Fen-Phen PPH Suit
May-3-07 Beaumont, TX A settlement has been reached in a ground-breaking lawsuit that saw the family of woman who died from Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) after taking Fen-phen receive an award of over one billion dollars. The award would have tested the statutory cap that limits punitive damages in Texas; punitive damages in this lawsuit were awarded at... - Good on Judge Goodwin and AMS Transvaginal Mesh
Mar-6-15 Bakersfield, CA: While Judge Joseph Goodwin has praised American Medical Systems, the maker of AMS transvaginal mesh , for settling its transvaginal mesh lawsuits, other TVM manufacturers have infuriated him. But it appears that AMS and Judge Goodwin have finally paved the way for others to finally settle, just as transvaginal mesh lawyers predicted. ... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuits Forcing Industry to Rethink Practices
Feb-26-15 New York, NY As some force-placed insurance lawsuits move closer to resolution, more companies are announcing that they are stopping force-placed insurance practices. Meanwhile, federal regulators have also considered implementing new rulings to curb unethical practices used by some companies in the industry. Force-placed insurance, sometimes called... - Maytag's All Washed Up
Mar-23-07 Almont, MI Maytag already settled one class action lawsuit with its front-loading washers a few years back, but its problems are far from over - it just got slapped with another recall, leaving many consumers even more frustrated - both with their washers and how Maytag handled the first recall. "I bought my front-loading Maytag washer several years... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing.
Feb-7-15 Pittsburgh, PA And women say it again: AMS transvaginal mesh is good for absolutely nothing. At one time it reaped a nice profit for Endo International Plc, owner of American Medical Systems (AMS). But the recent $1.3 billion settlement by Endo clearly has eaten into the drug company’s bottom line. Endo has agreed to pay nearly $1.3 billion to... - Bayer Done with Roundup Settlements
Feb-25-22 Santa Clara, CA It all boils down to federal regulators. Bayer has asked for a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has asked the Solicitor General to weigh in. A favorable decision for Bayer means it could be exempt from Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuits based on federal regulators' approval of its glyp... - America Online services: Still Difficult to Cancel
Feb-4-07 Orlando, FL If you have ever found yourself frustrated by trying to cancel your online services, you are not alone. A recent report in PC World magazine listed the 13 worst companies for online cancellation procedures. Among those on the list were AOL (America Online), Classmates.com, NetZero, and Napster.com. Reports at Consumer Affairs.com say that... - Forced-Placed Insurance Lawsuits Close to Settling
Jan-9-15 New York, NY Two major players in the mortgage and insurance business are close to settling a putative Force-placed insurance lawsuit , after documents related to the class action and details of an ongoing settlement were filed with the courts this week. There are actually two Forced-Placed Insurance Lawsuits at play - one in New York and another bas... - LawyersandSettlements.com Releases Its Top 10 Legal News Topics For 2014
Dec-30-14 Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) (December 29, 2014) Pharmaceutical drugs and devices continued to be some of the most popular legal news topics at LawyersandSettlements.com during 2014. This year, anti-coagulants, testosterone, the GM ignition switch recall (airbags) and recalled hip replacements top the list of popular legal topics and lawsuit news at the legal ne... - ICM Settlement with Interns Has California Labor Law Underpinnings
Dec-29-14 New York, NY There were a number of stories that dominated the California labor law portfolio over the course of this past year, not the least of which was the implementation of new laws supporting overtime and other labor statutes heretofore not available to in-home and personal service workers. Other laws inject a level of liability for primary contr... - Settlement Reached in Amusement Park Lawsuit
Dec-20-14 Arlington, TX The family of a woman who died in a tragic amusement park accident has reportedly settled its lawsuit against Six Flags Over Texas, the site of the horrific theme park accident. The accident resulted in the death of 52-year-old Rosa Esparza, who fell from the Texas Giant roller coaster, resulting in lawsuits being filed against both the t... - Comcast and O.C. Communications California Wage and Hour Settlement Finally Reached
Jul-8-19 San Francisco, CA: After two years of litigation, a California labor lawsuit involving about 4,500 technicians has finally settled for $7.5 million, after legal fees. The federal class action alleged that O.C. Communications Inc., a tech talent supplier, and Comcast Corp. violated state and federal laws, including not paying the workers for all the hours... - ERISA Lawsuit Nets Nearly $9.4 Million for Plan Participants
Feb-10-22 St. Paul, MN The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an agreement to settle Walsh v. Reliance Trust Co. that will restore nearly $9.4 million to participants in the Kurt Manufacturing Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The ERISA lawsuit alleged that plan fiduciaries caused the ESOP to buy all the outstanding company stock for nearly $10... - WellPoint Subsidiary Settles but no Responsibility Taken
Nov-12-06 Los Angeles, CA: Blue Cross of California, a subsidiary of WellPoint insurance , has agreed to settle over 70 lawsuits filed after the insurance company illegally cancelled patients' coverage when they got sick. Although the amount of the settlement is confidential, much of the money patients receive will likely go to pay their medical bills, some of w... - Unpaid Overtime Compensation: Can a Domestic Employer Afford to Pay?
Nov-20-14 Sacramento, CA The overtime pay laws that changed for domestic and home care workers in the state of California in January 2014 are about to be bolstered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). A year after California moved to guarantee home care and domestic workers the same rights as other employees when it comes to overtime pay and working hours, th... - 2005 Profitable Year for Whistleblowers
Oct-1-06 Washington, DC The year 2005 was a very good year for Whistleblowers . According to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services, a grand total of $136,756,946 was awarded to Whistleblowers who filed q The Act requires that recoveries from health care investigations, including criminal fines, forfeitures, civil settlements and judgments, and... - Following Suit: Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Updates
Nov-4-14 The FDA in April 2014 proposed to reclassify transvaginal mesh implant for urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse to “high risk” from moderate risk. With over 60,000 mesh claims filed in the court system and another 50,000 claims expected to be filed, transvaginal mesh litigation is one of the biggest product liability litigations eve... - Provost Umphrey Attorneys Obtain Dangerous Toy Recall and Significant Settlement for Victim
Oct-26-14 BEAUMONT, TX (October 23, 2014) (Press Release) Provost Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P. attorneys Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson and Ryan Schaper have reached a confidential settlement in a lawsuit against the Los Angeles importer, OKK Trading, Inc. The lawsuit alleged that a China-made toy dart gun was unreasonably dangerous and claimed the life of 8-year-old Keith Ma...