Sentences with phrase «actions reach a settlement»

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Feb 26 - Facebook Inc and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg have reached a $ 35 million settlement of class - action litigation accusing them of hiding worries about the social media company's growth prior to its May 2012 initial public offering.

In 2017, the bank also reached a preliminary class - action settlement of $ 142 million over concerns about retail sales practices and unauthorized accounts from 2002.

Also on Wednesday, Starbucks announced that it had reached an agreement with Nelson and Robinson that will include an undisclosed financial settlement «as well as continued listening and dialogue between the parties and specific action and opportunity.»

By: Simone Liedtke 3rd May 2018 The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Abrahams Kiewitz and Richard Spoor Attorneys, on behalf of thousands of mineworkers, on Thursday reached a class action settlement with the Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Working Group, which represents various South African gold mining companies.

The 2016 settlement reached after Trump won the election but before he took office combined two California class - action lawsuits and a civil action by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Next week's action could be followed by further strikes if no settlement is reached with government.

On Friday, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office reached a settlement with Forster & Garbus, one of the largest debt collection firms in New York State, to ensure that it does not file actions against New Yorkers to collect on payday loans.

The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking its own steps to ensure teens are no longer jailed at Rikers after reaching a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society and a number of private law firms.

The Federal Trade Commission, in its first law enforcement action against a dating service, said it reached a settlement with JDI Dating Ltd., which operates the websites cupidswand.com, flirtcrowd.com and findmelove.com.

July 14, 2017 — / PR NEWSWIRE / - Ruby Corp. and Ruby Life Inc. (ruby), and a proposed class of plaintiffs, co-led by Dowd & Dowd, P.C., The Driscoll Firm, P.C., and Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, have reached a proposed settlement agreement resolving the class action lawsuits that were filed beginning July 2015 following a data breach of ruby's computer network and subsequent release of certain personal information of customers of Ashley Madison, an online dating website owned and operated by Ruby Life Inc. (formerly Avid Dating Life Inc.) The lawsuits, alleging inadequate data security practices and misrepresentations regarding Ashley Madison, have been consolidated in a multi-district litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

DACA in jeopardy, affecting students and teachers... The upcoming #WeChoose week of action... The AFT weighs in on the importance of Obama's discipline guidance, and the OCR reaches a settlement with Milwaukee Public Schools on disparities in discipline rates.

This is not the first time Ford has faced legal action over the Focus» and Fiesta's PowerShift transmissions; according to Automotive News, last month, LA's Capstone Partners APC and Ford Motor Company reached a settlement agreement for the first of three class - action lawsuits relating to the transmission.

Now, thanks to that investigation, the original class action suit which sought to return some of the $ 250 million that some estimates claim consumers overpaid may fall by the wayside as three of the publishers involved are working to reach a settlement with all fifty individual state governments.

The defendants are also negotiating with state attorneys general led by the AGs of Texas and Connecticut to reach a settlement that would enable the defendants to escape from the threat of the class action suit.

All 50 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may reach a settlement with HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette, which would effectively trump the class - action suit.

The fifth publisher involved in the ebook pricing lawsuits, Penguin, settled with the Department of Justice in December but hasn't reached settlements in the class action suit or with the states.

Recieved a notice today that a settlement has been reached ina class action suit involving pd lender Georgia Cash America.

A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. pet foods labeling was false and deceptive and that it falsely claimed that the products do not include chicken / poultry by - product meals, corn, wheat or soy, or artificial preservatives.

A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit about the packaging of the following TRESemmé Naturals products, that falsely indicated they were natural.

The Australian flag carrier said the legal action would provide a back - up in case a settlement could not be reached.

In a joint statement, the parties said: «Pelham Europe Ltd, Maya Widmaier - Ruiz Picasso, Diana Widmaier Picasso, Gagosian Gallery Inc., Lawrence Gagosian, Leon Black and Seydoux & Associés Fine Art SA are pleased to report that the parties have reached a good faith global settlement resolving all matters and actions relating to Pablo Picasso's «Buste de Femme (Marie Thérèse),» Boisgeloup, 1931.»

UPDATE: The parties have reached a settlement in this class action.

Read the tentative settlement The parties have reached a settlement in the proposed unpaid wages class action, Eklund v. GoodLife...

The parties have reached a settlement in this proposed unpaid wages class action.

In many cases, our skillful attorneys can reach a fair settlement for you quickly and efficiently without the need for filing an action with the court.

Elizabeth Bowker, co-counsel for Maple Leaf in the class action proceeding, notes that it may be the quickest settlement ever reached in this type of action.

The source reported that the settlement was reached in the class action lawsuit involving the Jackson County Courthouse shortly before it was supposed to go to trial.

Quote from an email re the Google Buzz Class Action that I received today: Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we've reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.

In many cases, our skillful motorcycle accident attorneys can reach a fair settlement for you quickly and efficiently without the need for filing an action with the court.

Morawetz also presided over the Sino - Forest Corp. class action settlement, a trial that reached a $ 117 - million settlement this March.

They may not understand that even though a court action has been commenced it is possible to attempt to reach a direct settlement agreement through negotiation or mediation.

This involved preventing infringement acts of trademark and patent at Canton Fair and other big exhibitions as well as reaching settlement agreements with more than 20 infringers and also administrative and judicial actions for rights protection against infringers who continued infringement.

The class action was certified in 2012 and the parties reached a settlement of the class action in October 2013.

North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota (North Memorial) reached a $ 1.55 million settlement and corrective action plan with OCR related to allegations that it, in the words of OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels, overlooked «two major cornerstones of the HIPAA Rules.»

The vast majority of wrongful dismissal actions are resolved by voluntary settlements between the employer and employee before reaching trial.

Until now, CRTC CASL enforcement actions have taken the form of settlements reached in confidential negotiations between... Continue Reading

A settlement is an agreement, sometimes reached through mediation, in which the defendant and / or insurance company agrees to pay the plaintiff a sum of money in exchange for the plaintiff dropping all further courses of legal action.

It refers to the wrongful death action and quotes Mr. Schechter as saying to Ms. Craig that «substantial dollars» were paid in relation to the settlement agreement reached in the wrongful death action.

On May 30, 2011, this action was certified as a class proceeding for the purposes of settlement and the settlement agreements reached with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., («Sony»), EMI Group Canada Inc. («EMI»), Universal Music Canada Inc. («Universal»), Warner Music Canada Co. («Warner»), (collectively, the «Record Companies»), the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. («CMRRA»), the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SODRAC) Inc. and SODRAC 2003 Inc. («SODRAC»)(collectively, the «Collective Society Defendants») were approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

If a fair settlement can be reached, the lawyer can draft a written agreement in which both parties can agree to take no further action (such as a filing a lawsuit), choosing instead to resolve the matter through payment of an agreeable amount of money.

Settlement reached in pension class action involving municipal employees whose employment was transferred to Community Care Access Centres.

A settlement was reached late last year in a California class action brought by Daniel Matera and Susan Rashkis, who accused Google of violating federal wiretapping and state privacy laws by scanning non-Gmail accounts for advertising purposes.

Without admitting any wrongdoing, AT&T Mobility has reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging that their flat - rate early termination fee was unlawful.

FTC investigations take place behind closed doors and often result in out - of - court settlements, typically proceeding to legal action only when accords can not be reached.

When the action is uncontested, the Plaintiff and Defendant will have reached and signed a Property Settlement Agreement, which is attached to the Decree of Divorce.

When a settlement is reached, the attorneys for both spouses cooperate in preparing and filing the necessary legal documents to conclude the action in court.

A settlement has been reached in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's first enforcement action against a real estate brokerage for failing to comply with the 1996 Lead - Based Paint Disclosure Rule.