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Los Angeles, CA: A $21 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit pending against Hitachi, Epson, LG, Sharp, Samsung, AU Optronics, Toshiba among others. The lawsuit, brought by the state of Oregon in 2006, claimed that the defendants engaged in price-fixing of liquid crystal display products. The settlement motion wou... - GlaxoSmithKline Pediatric Paxil Class Action Settlement
Madison County, IL: (Apr-26-07) Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn approved and amended the national pediatric Paxil class settlement which will provide more payment to people who paid for Paxil to use by a minor. Since GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) original $63.8 million settlement with Korein Tillery and Swedlow and Associates on October 6,... - Pregnant Women Weigh Risks and Benefits of Celexa
Jun-13-11 Dallas, TX When it comes to weighing the risk of Celexa side effects against the risk of untreated depression during pregnancy, women could be forgiven for finding the information confusing. Although there is reportedly a risk of Celexa birth defects, including a link between Celexa and PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn), there are... - $2.4B Settlement to Proceed in Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits
Santa Clara, CA: A previously announced $2.4 billion settlement has been approved by enough plaintiffs in a mass torte against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, to enable the deal to proceed. The plaintiffs had filed Actos bladder cancer lawsuits, across the country, totalling over 8,000 product liability complaints. They alleged that Takeda withheld informa... - Stock Broker Arbitration: Brokers Accused of Misconduct
Jun-12-11 Boise, ID For investors who lose money, there might be nothing worse than finding out they have been the victims of stock broker fraud . After all, they recognize they could lose some money to the ups and downs of the market, but losing to stock fraud—when a stock broker or financial advisor has used the money for personal gain—is unimaginab... - Depakote Birth Defects May Depend on Dose
Jun-12-11 Stockholm, Sweden A recent study found that Depakote birth defects and such risks associated with other epilepsy medications may depend on the dose with which they are administered. According to HealthDay , the study, which was conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, reportedly found that four of the five most typ... - DuPont to Pay $2M In Teflon Testicular Cancer Trial
Santa Clara, CA: A jury in Ohio has awarded $2 million in compensation against DuPont in the first of some 40 environmental toxin cases pending against the chemical company over allegations it dumped toxins into the air and drinking water of the Ohio River, causing illness to people in the surrounding area. This settlement resolves allegations br... - Preliminary $60M Settlement Reached in Hospira Securities Class Action Lawsuit
New York, NY: Hospira Inc, has agreed to pay $60 million to settle a securities class action lawsuit alleging the pharmaceutical company violated securities laws by providing misleading positive statements which resulted in artificially inflated share prices. If approved, the settlement will end the lawsuit which was filed in 2011 by a group of pen... - Wells Fargo Reaches $14.5M Debt Collection TCPA Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $14.5 million preliminary settlement has been reached in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit brought on behalf of millions of customers who alleged Wells Fargo Bank NA called them on their cellphones to collect credit card debt. Brought by lead plaintiff Lillian Franklin, the settlement motion, if appr... - Depakote Birth Defects Can Occur in First Trimester—Complaints Increasing
Jun-4-11 Washington, DC In 2006, the FDA asked Abbott Laboratories, the manufacturer of Depakote, to add a black box warning to its epilepsy drug after a study found that 20 percent of pregnant mothers taking the drug gave birth to a child with depakote birth defects. A year ago, researchers found that depakote malformations could occur as early as the first trimes... - Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit Against Beazer Homes
Atlanta, GA: A settlement has been preliminarily approved by a federal court in Atlanta in a consolidated class action lawsuit against Beazer Homes USA, Inc. ("Beazer Homes") and certain of its current and former directors and officers (collectively, "Defendants"), alleging breaches of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1... - New Jersey Man Awarded $10 Million in Car Accident Compensation
May-30-11 Middlesex County, NJ A Middlesex County, New Jersey jury recently awarded $10 million to a construction worker and his wife after the man was allegedly injured in a 2008 car accident , reports MyCentralJersey.com . According to the news source, 52-year-old Jerome Dean claimed he lost motion in his neck, suffers from neck pain and experiences headach... - $60M Settlement Approved in Deutsche Bank Gold Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $60 million settlement has been granted preliminary approval, potentially ending an antitrust class action lawsuit against Deutsche Bank AG which claims the bank engaged in illegal price-fixing of the gold market. The suit was brought by investors and traders in March 2014, alleging UBS Deutsche, HSBC, Societe Generale SA, The Ba... - "Boomeritis" Buying into Hip and Knee Implants—but at What Cost?
May-25-11 New York, NY: Hip and knee replacements are one of the biggest moneymakers for medical device manufacturers, but at what price to hip and knee implant recipients? Judging from the recent metal-on-metal knee and hip recalls and mass tort litigation against device manufacturers including Stryker, Smith & Nephew, Howmedica and more, countless patients... - California Truckers Win $28M in Employment Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A $28 million settlement has been reached in an employment class action lawsuit pending against Schneider National Carriers Inc. The lawsuit was brought by more than 6,000 California truck drivers who alleged the company had violated state wage-and-hour laws and failed to provide meal and rest breaks. The plaintiffs are California-... - Gildan Activewear Reaches $22.5M Securities Settlement
Montreal, PQ: Gildan Activewear Inc has announced that it has entered into an agreement to settle all proposed securities class action proceedings filed in 2008 before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Quebec Superior Court and the United States District for the Southern District of New York (the 'Courts'). The proposed litigation related to,... - Labor Attorney Q&A: Impact of Class Action vs Arbitration Decision for California Employees
May-17-11 San Diego, CA California employees take note: California labor law and Wage and Hour Attorney Derek Emge discusses how the recent Supreme Court ruling (Apr 27, 2011)—where companies and/or employers can require employees to arbitrate disputes individually rather than joining forces in a class action—can impact you. Q: LawyersandSettlem... - Preliminary Settlement Reached in Checkers and Rally's Wage and Hour Class Action Lawsuit
Cincinnati, OH: A preliminary settlement has been reached in the wage and hour class action lawsuit brought on behalf of crew members and shift managers employed by Rally's and Checkers restaurants. The case was filed in federal court in the Southern District of Ohio in 2012 and alleges that managers at Rally's and Checkers restaurants in Michigan,... - Fracturing Contamination Found in Landmark Study
May-12-11 Durham, NC Critics of the mining process for natural gas known as "fracking" (fracturing) received a boost with the publication of a landmark study that suggests a definitive link between the process of fracking and contamination found in area groundwater. Even with the study, the debate over hydraulic fracturing water contamination is expected to cont... - Asbestos Lawsuit Results in $1.7 Million Settlement
May-9-11 Buffalo, NY An asbestos lawsuit, filed by a former police officer who reportedly developed mesothelioma after exposure to the carcinogen could be settled for approximately $1.7 million. Like many others who alleged they suffered an asbestos injury, the police officer said he was exposed to asbestos in his line of work, which resulted in his asbestos me...