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Jane Mundy

Jane MundyJane Mundy As the senior legal correspondent for Online Legal Media since 2004, Jane has interviewed over a thousand people—including plaintiffs and attorneys— about many issues for the company, from bad pharmaceuticals to labor law. She is also an award-winning freelance writer for a variety of international and national magazines and newspapers, including Scientific American, Readers Digest, the Globe & Mail and the National Post.

Jane has also written two Ocean Wise Cookbooks about sustainable seafood, the second having won Taste Canada's Gold Award. When Jane isn't at her computer or in the kitchen, she is hiking with her border collie Lizzy or traveling with her laptop. You can read some of Jane's travel and food articles at janemundy.com.

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Exactech Bankruptcy Stay

December 19, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA Although a court order has announced a stay on proceedings in the wake of Exactech’s bankruptcy announcement, the court said it will continue to accept new Exactech hip lawsuits into the MDL. U.S. District Judge Nicolas G. Garaufis, in the Eastern District of New York, has placed a stay on all litigation involving Exactech’s defective knee, hip and ankle replacement components.
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Just Say NOzempic

December 19, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA As the list of side effects from Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs lengthens, celebrities are quitting the GLP-1 drugs. It's a no-brainer: would you risk blindness, stomach paralysis, suicidal thoughts and more serious health issues to lose 20 pounds? And gain the weight back once you stop taking the drug? And lose your good looks? 
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Apple Faces Unequal Pay Lawsuit

December 12, 2024.
Los Angeles, CA A former Apple executive has filed a California labor complaint against Apple and Jay Blahnik, the company's vice president of fitness technologies. Mandana Mofidi accuses Apple of retaliation after she reported sexual harassment and raised concerns about receiving less pay than her male colleagues.
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California Basketball Officials Association Sued for Misclassification

November 29, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA A basketball instructor has filed a Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuit accusing the California Basketball Officials Association of misclassifying its instructors as independent contractors rather than employees. The lawsuit claims that the instructors have been cheated out of wages and other California labor law violations.
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UPS Bathroom Break Lawsuit

November 27, 2024.
Los Angeles, CA A UPS employee has sued the global shipping company for failing to provide suitable bathroom facilities to employees--primarily its drivers. The Private Attorneys General Act suit claims that UPS has violated other California Labor laws, including failure to provide a place of employment that is safe and healthful.
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New Research Links PFAS to Kidney Damage & Poor Sleep

November 25, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA Researchers have published new studies linking PFAS to kidney damage and poor sleep. These “forever chemicals” are already known to increase a host of health problems, but now researchers are connecting the dots between problems and potential solutions. And another study has found that over 20 percent of people in the U.S. rely on water sources containing detectable amounts of PFAS.
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Exactech Files Bankruptcy

November 24, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA Exactech has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The medical device manufacturer will sell its assets to investors due to "unsustainable liabilities associated with knee and hip litigation related to the packaging recalls we voluntarily initiated between 2021 and 2022.” However, lawyers advise plaintiffs who have filed defective Exactech knee and hip implants not to panic because insurance and assets are available to victims in bankruptcy.
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NCAA Volunteer Coaches Seek Class Certification in Anti-trust Complaints

November 22, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA Volunteer coaches for Divison 1 baseball have requested a California federal judge to certify their proposed antitrust class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They argue that the  NCAA's "uniform wage fix" bylaw (now repealed) paid volunteer coaches nothing, which prevented them from getting compensated market value for their services. 
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Santa Cruz Seaside Co. Pays $6M in Unpaid Wages

November 21, 2024.
Santa Cruz, CA The Santa Cruz Seaside Co., which runs the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, has settled a California labor lawsuit filed by current and former employees for close to $6 million. The class action lawsuit filed in July 2023, accuses the company of eight labor law violations.
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Former Twitter CMO Suing Elon Musk $20M in Unpaid Severance

November 20, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA Elon Musk is facing yet another legal battle. A former Twitter chief marketing officer has filed a California labor lawsuit against Elon Musk, claiming she is owed more than $20 million in unpaid severance. Leslie Berland was CMO for the social media platform for seven years before she was fired, just five days after Musk acquired Twitter, now known as X, in November 2022.
Read [ Former Twitter CMO Suing Elon Musk $20M in Unpaid Severance ]

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