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Sort by date 7,446 pages found matching settlement- $12M Victoria's Secret Unpaid Overtime Class Action Settlement Reached
Santa Clara, CA: A $12 million settlement deal has received preliminary approval potentially ending an employment class action lawsuit pending against Victoria’s Secret Stores. About 40,000 Victoria's Secret employees are represented in the lawsuit. They allege the lingerie retailer shortchanged its clerks’ pay by scheduling "call-in" shifts, and... - Off-the-Clock Work Alleged at Waste Management Inc.
May-5-13 Houston, TX On the surface, an unpaid wages lawsuit would suggest that work is performed without receiving compensation. But there is a grey area. Were an employee be required to don and then doff cumbersome uniforms or protective gear prior to starting work, one would assume the donning of protective gear required by the employer would be met with com... - Assurant Inc. Faces $14 Million in Penalties Over Forced-Place Insurance
May-4-13 New York, NY It’s not clear if mortgage holders requiring homeowners insurance to protect their collateral are actually happy when a struggling homeowner feels the need to drop their insurance. You wonder. Because in such an instance, homeowners can be forced to accept insurance, known as Force-Place Insurance , at rates much higher than is the no... - Canadian Class-Action Yasmin Lawsuit Given Go-Ahead
Apr-30-13 Toronto, ON It is not just in the United States that Bayer faces lawsuits regarding Yasmin side effects and Yaz side effects. A Canadian judge has now given the go-ahead to form a class-action Yasmin lawsuit against the maker of the birth control pills. According to Global News (4/18/13), a judge has approved the motion to have lawsuits against Ba... - $1M Settlement Reached in Compass Health Employment Class Action Lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: A proposed $1 million settlement has been reached in a class action accusing Compass Health Inc. of California labor law violations, specifically of underpayment of overtime. The plaintiffs have requested that the California federal judge grant final approval of a $1.1 million settlement. Under the terms of the settlement, Compass... - Halliburton Reaches $100M Securities Class Action Settlement
Santa Clara, CA: A $100 million settlement has been reached between Halliburton Co. and its investors in a securities class action lawsuit that alleged the company’s accounting of asbestos liability on construction projects was false. Further, the plaintiffs, who were Halliburton shareholders, claim that between 1999 and 2001 the company falsi... - A Tale of Two Home Warranty Insurance Claims
Apr-9-13 Vancouver, BC Given the pace and variety of construction when it comes to new homes, home warranty insurance is a must. But just as a contractor can often be taken to task for shoddy workmanship, so too can an insurance company when they drop the ball, or at the very least keep the homeowner in limbo. As reported by North Shore News (3/15/13), a c... - Citibank Telemarketing Lawsuit News & Legal Information
In August 2016 Citibank NA agreed to settle allegations the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending repeated unsolicited text messages to an individual, despite his requests the bank stop contacting him. The terms of the Citibank TCPA settlement are confidential, but Citibank faces other allegations of TCPA violations... - $100M Fraud Settlement Agreed Between DeVry University and the Federal Trade Commission
Santa Clara, CA: A $100 million settlement has been reached between DeVry University and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations of for-profit education fraud, specifically, that the for-profit university used false statistics about its graduates’ job placement rates in order to lure students and increase enrollment. Accordi... - $5.5M Settlement Reached in Rite Aid Unpaid Overtime Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $5.5 million settlement has been reached in an unpaid overtime class action lawsuit brought against Rite Aid by its store managers. If approved, the settlement would pay damages to two groups of managers, one involving a group of all current and former salaried store managers who worked at Rite Aid between March 2007 and the present,... - Attorney Ben Stewart: Vytorin “Controversial”
Mar-7-13 Whitehouse Station, NJ With a study about Vytorin expected in the next month or two, patients deciding whether or not to use the medication must rely on previous studies regarding Vytorin side effects. Those studies suggest that Vytorin can cause serious adverse reactions, according to Ben Stewart, attorney at Stewart Law, PLLC. Although there are no p... - Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Update: J&J Pays Punitive Damages
Feb-28-13 Dallas, TX Doctor Shezad Malik, an attorney specializing in transvaginal mesh product liability cases and a practicing cardiologist, says that the month-long jury trial against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary and its Prolift vaginal mesh implant came out with a $3.35 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and today Johnson & Jo... - SeaWorld Alleged to Be Fishing for Zip Code Info
Feb-28-13 San Diego, CA Your zip code is private information and savvy marketers in the digital age can use that information to generate a detailed profile of your shopping habits, the kind of car you drive, provide information about how much you earn and a lot more. There’s even a black market out there where professional data thieves sell new identities... - 47-Year Old Nurse Awarded $3.35M in Prolift Mesh Injury Lawsuit
Feb-26-13 Newark, NJ A $3.35 million settlement has been awarded in a Prolift pelvic mesh personal injury case (Gross v. Gynecare, Inc., ATL - L - 6966-10) brought by a 47-year old nurse against Johnson & Johnson (J&J). During the six-week long trial the jury heard testimony from Mrs. Linda Gross that she sustained serious injuries from the Prolift me... - Illegal California Real Estate Fees Costing Consumers
Feb-25-13 San Diego, CA Anyone who has ever gone through the process of buying or selling a house knows that the real estate fees and other costs associated with the process can add up quickly. California real estate transactions can involve a variety of costs and fees associated with the sale or purchase of a home, including title insurance, mortgage insurance,... - Fosamax Maker Loses Bellwether Trial
Feb-15-13 New York, NY Merck, maker of Fosamax , lost only its second bellwether Fosamax side effects lawsuit earlier this month. The drugmaker faces thousands of lawsuits in state and federal court alleging a link between Fosamax and osteonecrosis of the jaw. There are another 800 lawsuits alleging a link between Fosamax and femur fractures. According to Reu... - Washington Supreme Court Issues Far-Reaching Unanimous Opinion Protecting Consumers’ Right to Sue in Court
Feb-10-13 Spokane, WA - On February 7, 2013, the Washington Supreme Court issued an important decision holding that companies cannot strip away consumers’ ability to sue them through the use of grossly one-sided arbitration clauses. In the matter of Gandee v. LDL Freedom Enterprises, Inc., et al., No. 07674-6, the Washington Supreme Court affirmed the Pierce Co... - Attorney says There’s Light at the End of the Hip and Knee Lawsuit Tunnel
Feb-10-13 Los Angeles, CA The first DePuy ASR trial is now underway in Los Angeles. Dr Shezad Malik, hip and knee attorney says that “plaintiffs are quietly confident they will prevail at trial based on the Johnson & Johnson smoking gun internal documents and based on the testimony of the plaintiffs’ experts.” Dr Malik explains that ri... - $8.5M Settlement Reached in Cariboo Coffee TCPA Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: An $8.5 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), by Cariboo Coffee. According to the terms of the deal, Cariboo Coffee will terminate it’s message marketing program in addition to monetary compensation to class members. Filed by lead pl... - Eli Lilly Reaches Deal in Testosterone Replacement Therapy Multi-district Litigation
Chicago, IL: A global settlement deal has been reached by Eli Lilly and plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation alleging the company’s testosterone replacement therapy is associated with cardiovascular adverse health events. The deal comes about one month before the first bellwether trial was set to go to court. The judge cancelled two upcomi...