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The California court granted final approval to the settlement on March 11, 2008 and subsequently granted plaintiffs» counsel's fee application and dismissed the action.

Bullard added that «the [fiduciary] issue is national; DOL in is DC, the real plaintiffs are based in DC, the faux Texas plaintiffs have no special Texas - interest.»

In its 22 - page brief, the Coalition argues that plaintiffs» claim that DOL's fiduciary rule «will force financial professionals exclusively to use fee - based compensation models that will close off middle - income investors from obtaining professional financial guidance» is «doubly wrong.»

On February 27, 2009, the court denied with prejudice plaintiffs» motion for nationwide class certification for a third time.

But Mercer Bullard, professor of law at the University of Mississippi Law School and founder of Fund Democracy, an advocacy group for mutual fund shareholders, told ThinkAdvisor on Thursday that «the plaintiffs have hurt their cause by delaying» filing a suit until now.»

We believe if you represent both plaintiffs and defendants there's an automatic conflict, whether it be real or perceived.

The nine plaintiffs include the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the Financial Services Institute, the Financial Services Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Insured Retirement Institute and four Texas groups, including the Texas Association of Business.

Hagens Berman represents plaintiffs / victims in securities and investment fraud, product liability, tort, antitrust, consumer fraud, employment, whistleblower, intellectual property, environmental and employee pension protection cases.

The Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP), which brought the suit against Chase on plaintiffs» behalf, says banks shouldn't be willing to let online payday lenders take money out of customer accounts in states where such loans are illegal.

The plaintiffs claimed Ecolab wrongfully classified exterminators as exempt employees, making them ineligible for overtime pay.

Plaintiffs would go after easy targets and companies like Whitehaven Coal — which are already in the sights of climate activists — and other companies that resisted the need to change the way they do business to help slow man - made global warming or funded climate sceptics could be vulnerable.

AMD also had several lawsuits lodged against it after its initial statements on the Spectre / Meltdown vulnerabilities, which the Plaintiffs claim were misleading, so the company is obviously (and wisely) exercising some caution.

The Third Circuit upheld the trial court's ruling that plaintiffs failed to state a monopolization claim because they failed to allege a harm to the competitive process, as opposed to individual competitors.

The essence of the plaintiffs» claim was that Uber entered the Philadelphia taxi market without complying with existing municipal regulations, and that as a result, Uber obtained «a stronghold in the Philadelphia taxicab market.»

A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.

The plaintiffs alleged that this practice was revealed to the market when another healthcare company, Tenet Healthcare, filed a suit against Community.

The plaintiffs» racketeering claim was certified as a class action.

According to the lawsuit's plaintiffs, Chase hit customer accounts with overdraft fees of around $ 34 for each debit when the account fell into the red.

The lawsuit goes into great detail about why the plaintiffs believe hedge funds and private equity funds are inappropriate investments for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) retirement plans.

«The bankruptcy proceeding doesn't affect our claim,» said Katie Mesner - Hage, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, nine families who had a relative killed and a teacher who was shot and survived.

It goes into great detail about why the plaintiffs believe hedge funds and private equity funds are inappropriate investments for ERISA retirement plans.

The school district is also protected from lawsuits by state statute in that plaintiffs have to give six months» notice before filing a claim.

If round one goes against the plaintiffs, they will need to fundraise for appeals.

It goes into great detail about why the plaintiffs believe hedge funds and private equity funds are inappropriate investments for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) retirement plans.

David and Francine Wheeler, whose 6 - year - old son Benjamin was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, are plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the weapon used in the mass killing.

Wagner: While the Intel case is an offshoot of the excess fee and stock drop cases and utilizes many of the same legal theories, I doubt the new complaint will open up new opportunities for the plaintiffs» bar, since its underlying facts are fairly unique, specifically that an individual account plan offered alternative investments.

Get ready to support First Nations plaintiffs.

The group argues that the claims the plaintiffs made to the court are inconsistent with statements they routinely make to the public about their services, Hauptman said.

«Plaintiffs» brief illustrates the views of those who may never have even laid eyes on the weapons they vilify,» the group wrote, «much less squeezed off a few rounds at the range, like millions of peaceful, law - abiding Americans regularly do.»

In a 2 - 1 decision, the court sided with a group of industry plaintiffs on March 15.

«When there's success at one of the large financial services firms or large plan sponsors, the plaintiffs» bar will utilize that settlement or judgment to obtain a very rapid resolution with others,» says Hamburger.

Compared with similar Vanguard products, the Franklin Income Fund has a 192 % higher fee, the plaintiffs argue.

The plaintiffs» motion states that in June 14 and 15 conference calls, counsel for the three sets of plaintiffs stated that they supported coordination or consolidation, «subject to the parties» agreement that these three cases will retain their separate identities, allowing each set of plaintiffs to file separate briefs, make separate oral arguments, and independently make other litigation decisions.»

He added that DOL «has turned most enforcement to the plaintiffs» bar,» particularly around compliance with the BICE.

The nine plaintiffs in the first suit, filed June 2 in the Texas district, include the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the Financial Services Institute, the Financial Services Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Insured Retirement Institute and four Texas groups, including the Texas Association of Business.

The plaintiffs allege the ride - hailing company discriminates against people who use wheelchairs by not making available wheelchair - accessible cars in the San Francisco Bay Area.

«What is the plaintiffs» bar going to do with this [rule]?»

The plaintiffs claim Apple violated California's Unfair Competition Law.

DOL filed a request on June 20 that the three lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas be consolidated; the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation but insisted that each of the cases be allowed to «retain their separate identities» and move forward «expeditiously.»

DOL filed a motion Friday requesting that the three lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas be consolidated; the plaintiffs agreed to consolidation but insisted that each of the cases be allowed to «retain their separate identities» and move forward «expeditiously.»

The plaintiffs emphasized in their Monday brief «the importance that the cases move expeditiously to resolution,» adding that the parties will soon submit a «joint proposed schedule for prompt summary - judgment briefing and oral argument following consolidation.»

The plaintiffs note that, as DOL has estimated, «startup cost of compliance for affected industries will be $ 5 billion,» adding that «achieving compliance» with the April 2017 and subsequent January 2018 deadlines «requires affected entities to institute changes now in their systems, practices and products.»

The plaintiffs include the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the Financial Services Institute, the Financial Services Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Insured Retirement Institute and four Texas groups, including the Texas Association of Business.

Former DOL solicitor Scalia, who's now a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Washington office, represents the nine plaintiffs in the first suit, filed June 2 in the Texas district.

Nine plaintiffs including the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the Financial Services Institute, the Financial Services Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Insured Retirement Institute and four Texas groups, including the Texas Association of Business, filed a similar lawsuit on June 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

State regulators, unlike class action plaintiffs, can claim statutory penalties for every violation of state law.

In fact, the SEIA said, the plaintiffs were trying to blame Chinese cell and module makers for their own failure to turn in a profit because their products were subpar, while the Chinese suppliers were simply filling a critical gap amid booming demand for utility - scale solar installations.

The move struck observers as odd because most plaintiffs seeking damages usually hope to settle the case by leveraging the deep pockets of an insurer.

The plaintiffs in the legal challenge are business owners and individuals who object to the law.

When the International Trade Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs Suniva and SolarWorld in their case against cheap Chinese solar module and cell imports, reactions were polarized: the U.S. solar industry was outraged — as it had been for most of the duration of the court investigation — and investors, apparently, were extremely upbeat for the future of this same outraged industry, sending solar stocks sky - high.