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Jane Mundy
Jane 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.
Zantac Maker Agrees to $2.2 Billion Settlement
October 24, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA The drug maker GSK agreed a few weeks ago to pay up to $2.2 billion to resolve Zantac lawsuits. The blockbuster heartburn drug, which was sold over-the-counter, was removed from the market in 2020 after the FDA ordered all ranitidine (the generic name) products withdrawn, citing unacceptable levels of the chemical N-nitroso dimethylamine (NDMA), a probable human carcinogen.
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Agreement to Settle nearly 38,000 Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
October 18, 2024.
Columbus, OH Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), the parent company of BARD, has agreed to settle about 38,000 hernia mesh lawsuits. Reports indicate that the total payouts could exceed $1 Billion. The mesh lawsuits, some of which go back almost 20 years, allege that Bard designed defective mesh products, failed to adequately test them, and didn’t properly warn users about potential risks.
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AA Pilot Not Guilty of Assaulting Flight Attendants
October 17, 2024.
Los Angeles, CA An American Airlines pilot has been vindicated of sexual assault and harassment. Two former flight attendants did not convince the eight-person Los Angeles jury, which delivered the unanimous California labor verdict to U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald on September 25.
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Monsanto Wins in Philadelphia's Roundup Mass Tort
October 11, 2024.
Philadelphia, PA Bayer’s Monsanto had a good September. A Philadelphia jury found that, although Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller was defective, it did not cause plaintiff Ryan Young's non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It determined that Young did not provide sufficient evidence to prove that Roundup was the cause of his cancer. This is the fifth Monsanto Roundup lawsuit verdict in Philadelphia and the second win for the agrochemical company since trials began here about a year ago.
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Former UPS Worker Claiming Racial Discrimination Awarded $237 million
October 9, 2024.
Spokane, WA A jury has awarded a former United Parcel Service (UPS) worker over $237 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit last month in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington at Yakima. One attorney for the plaintiff said it is likely the biggest of its kind and the biggest ever in the state.
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Certification Granted in Southwest Airlines FMLA lawsuit
October 7, 2024.
Oakland, CA A California federal judge certified a Southwest Airlines class action lawsuit filed by flight attendants accusing the airline of systemic interference with employees’ federally protected family and medical leave rights. The California labor complaint accuses Southwest Airlines of penalizing employees who took legally entitled leave, leading to denied disciplinary point reductions, and in some cases, wrongful terminations.
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PFAS Banned in Two States, Firefighters Still Wearing Carcinogenic Gear
October 2, 2024.
Washington, DC When firefighters wear their personal protective equipment made with known PFAS chemicals, they are going beyond the call of duty. Firefighters signed up to fight fires, but they didn’t sign up to die from the carcinogenic gear they wear. PFAS health risks have been known for decades, so why can’t the federal government ban PFAS firefighting gear?
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Amazon Studios Unpaid Wages Class Action Greenlighted
September 30, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA A California federal judge has given the greenlight to a background actor’s class action lawsuit against Amazon Studios for wage law violations. U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall determined that federal labor law doesn't preempt the claims, which involved hourly rate payments that didn't fall under collective bargaining agreements with the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
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Exactech Knee Lawsuit Trial Update
September 26, 2024.
Santa Clara, CA The first Exactech knee bellwether trials in multi-district litigation are slated for July and September 2025. At least 1,670 Exactech lawsuits are involved, blaming a packaging problem that caused hip, knee, shoulder and ankle implants to degrade and fail long before their time. Some patients required replacement surgery within a few years of receiving the implant.
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UFC and Martial Arts Fighters Battle at Trial
September 18, 2024.
Las Vegas, NV Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and parent company TKO Group Holdings Inc. will duke it out during a trial with mixed martial arts fighters who accused the promoter of supressing their wages. Nevada federal Judge B Richard F. Boulware II rejected a $335 settlement because he wanted to see “life-changing” money for the fighters who filed multiple lawsuits a decade ago.
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- Tesla Discrimination Class Action to Trial (Sep-12-24)
- Lawmakers Pressure FDA to Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Relaxers (Sep-10-24)
- Over $1Billion added to J&J Talc Settlement Proposal (Sep-9-24)
- NEC Infant Formula Update (Sep-6-24)
- X, formerly Twitter, Get Green Light in Age Bias Lawsuit (Sep-5-24)
- Wells Fargo Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for 22.1 million (Aug-28-24)
- California Truck Drivers Misclassification Settlement (Aug-26-24)
- Phasing Out PFAS in Firefighter Gear (Aug-23-24)
- Hair Relaxers Containing Formaldehyde and other Carcinogenic Chemicals Still on U.S. Shelves (Aug-22-24)
- Red Lobster Workers Seeing Red (Aug-20-24)
- SpaceX v NLRB Lawsuit Currently Stays in Texas (Aug-16-24)
- Bayer Hopeful Farm Bill will End Roundup Lawsuits (Aug-14-24)
- Baby Formula Lawsuits Rising (Aug-12-24)
- Disney Lawsuit Alleges Employees Forced to Relocate (Aug-9-24)
- Suboxone Lawsuit Update (Aug-8-24)
- Exactech Recalls Shoulder Devices (Aug-5-24)
- Cathay Pacific Pilots Flying High in California with $16.65M Settlement (Jul-31-24)
- Reasons to Quit Ozempic (Jul-25-24)
- Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Racism Rampant in California Factories (Jul-23-24)
- Microsoft Discrimination Lawsuit Settles for $14.4 million (Jul-19-24)
- L’Oreal Hair Relaxer Lawsuit Proceeds (Jul-18-24)
- New Study Indicates Monsanto’s Roundup Linked to Infertility (Jul-17-24)
- Apple Hit with Sex Bias Lawsuit (Jul-16-24)
- Lawyers Predict Unprecedented Amount of PFAS Lawsuits (Jul-15-24)
- Dunkin Donuts Stiffs Managers’ Overtime (Jul-10-24)
- U.S. Department of Defense Bid to Toss LGBTQ Veterans Discrimination Suit Denied (Jul-9-24)
- TJ Maxx Violates California Labor Laws – Again (Jul-3-24)
- Thousands More Suboxone Lawsuits (Jun-30-24)
- FDA Stalls Formaldehyde Hair Relaxer Ban (Jun-28-24)
- CVS Pharmacy Faces California Labor Lawsuit (Jun-26-24)
- O’Reilly Auto Settlement Over California Wage Lawsuit (Jun-24-24)
- Bayer’s Monsanto Roundup Update (Jun-20-24)
- California Mushroom Farms Pay Workers $450K (Jun-19-24)
- Quarterback Jaden Rashada Sues Coach for False Promises (Jun-18-24)
- More Ozempic Side Effects—from Sagging Breasts to Compulsive Behavior (Jun-14-24)
- Lawyers Predict Unprecedented Amount of PFAS Lawsuits (Jun-10-24)
- Delta Airlines Settles with Flight Attendants for $16M (Jun-7-24)
- California Judge Refuses $2.25 Walmart Unpaid Overtime Deal (Jun-4-24)
- Paramount Not Properly Paying Workers, Alleges California Labor Lawsuit (Jun-3-24)
- CA Supreme Court Considers whether Prop 22 is Constitutional (May-29-24)