Sentences with phrase «against the settlement company»

If a government agency took action against the settlement company, in many cases you will be given the option to cancel out of the program or have your account transferred to another organization.

Not exact matches

The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is the latest setback for Uber, which is facing a divided board of directors and angry shareholders after an investor lawsuit was filed against the company's ousted chief executive.

Reuters reports that while ZTE dismissed the four executives, it took no action against the other employees, and Ross says the company continued to lie to government investigators even after the settlement.

Matt Zuchetto, a lawyer in Washington state who has filed class - action lawsuits against debt - settlement companies, says many established players simply modified their fee structures.

The settlement between the two biotech companies resolves a lawsuit that Alnylam filed against Dicerna in 2015.

Last year, the company agreed to pay $ 5.15 billion to the Environmental Protection Agency as part of a settlement in a suit against an Anadarko subsidiary called Tronox, Inc..

The ruling in favour of Mars Canada this week also upheld a lower court judge's hefty costs award against Aizic Ebert and his two Toronto companies for «brazenly» breaching earlier settlements of the dispute.

Ackman, who has been betting against Herbalife stock for the past four years, made the allegations during a presentation to his investors Wednesday about why he was still shorting the nutrition products company even after Herbalife's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission last week.

Uber has reached a settlement agreement with Alphabet over its lawsuit against the ride - hailing company claiming theft of trade secrets.

As the accusations against Bill O'Reilly piled up, he remained valuable to Fox News — this February, the network's parent company signed a four - year contract paying him $ 25 million a year, despite a fresh $ 32 million sexual harassment settlement between O'Reilly and a legal analyst, according to the New York Times.

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Her notable cases also include Ford Spark Plugs, as well as multiple cases against Hyundai for a dangerous safety defect in the side air bag system of its Tiburon model vehicles, as well as class - action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motor Company after regulators announced the companies overstated the fuel economy for many vehicles they sold in the United States, culminating in a settlement worth more than $ 255 million.

Lawsuits against FedEx and Uber have resulted in massive settlements, and just last week, a group representing 5,000 Uber drivers in New York City filed a lawsuit alleging the company misclassified them and denied them employment protections.

The actions will serve as settlement for FTC's charges against the ride - hailing company for deceiving customers by failing to monitor the access of Uber employees on personal information of riders and for failing to secure sensitive customer information that is stored in the cloud.

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. is pressing Canada's new Liberal government to adopt corporate corruption settlement deals like those in place in the United Kingdom and the United States, saying federal charges laid against the company are hurting its ability to compete against rivals in Group of 7 countries.

Chinese companies have even started to make use of the dispute settlement mechanisms in cases against Peru, Mongolia and Belgium, while the Chinese government itself still appears to be spared from involvement in investor - state disputes (one dispute with a Malaysian investor in 2011 was suspended).

As the Manhattan District Attorney, Mr. Vance often makes news — whether it's doling out $ 808 million from a BNP Paribas settlement with the city, announcing an end to arrests for public drinking or urination, or railing against tech companies like Apple encrypting their devices and making them «warrant - proof.»

[34] Schneiderman reached a settlement with the companies in March 2016, under which DraftKings and FanDuel agreed to stop operating in New York until September 2016 and Schneiderman agreed to drop all of the state's suits against DraftKings and FanDuel — except for a false advertising claim against FanDuel — if the New York State Legislature passed legislation legalizing daily fantasy sports by the adjournment of the session.

About $ 700 million of this is paid for from settlements of lawsuits against banks and insurance companies.

«In its zeal to stanch bad publicity in 2009 and 2010, Toyota misled regulators, misled customers, and even misstated the facts to Congress,» Bharara said while announcing the settlement, which is the largest ever against an auto company.

He filed a lawsuit in December 2006 against the credit reporting agencies and several credit card companies, which resulted in a recent settlement with one agency that included concessions making it easier for patients to fight identity theft while they are hospitalized.

This was part of a settlement agreement with the New Jersey Attorney General that involved a discrimination case against the company.

A settlement on Apple's method of setting e-book prices has been approved pending final ruling on the antitrust lawsuit against the company.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who ruled against the tech company on the matter in 2013 when she found Apple guilty, recently called the structuring of the settlement «highly unusual.»

Penguin is not settling in either region, but Joaquin Almunia, VP of the EC's antitrust unit, said in a statement that the EC is «engaged in constructive discussions» with Penguin's parent company Pearson «in order to achieve a possible settlement that would allow the Commission to close the proceedings against them.»

Apple has started to push out the payments to affected consumers in settlement of the e-book price fixing lawsuit filed against the company.

National Debt Relief is one of the top debt relief companies, and services a wide range of debt consolidations and settlements, but how does it stack up against the competition?

Debt settlement complaints rising Since the start of the recession, the Better Business Bureau has received more than 3,500 complaints against debt settlement companies.

Many debt settlement companies also tend to underplay the likelihood of your creditors taking legal action against you prior to finishing the debt settlement process.

«GAO found the experiences of its fictitious consumers to be consistent with widespread complaints and charges made by federal and state investigators on behalf of real consumers against debt settlement companies engaged in fraudulent, abusive, or deceptive practices,» the report concluded.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new development in his nationwide investigation into the debt settlement industry, filing suit against two debt settlement companies for fraudulent business practices and false advertising.

The Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Bureau has recorded a sharp rise in consumer complaints against debt settlement companies that claim they can significantly reduce consumers» credit card debt and provide them with an alternative to bankruptcy protection.

And while the campaign has been ongoing for over a year, changes in the debt settlement world these days have little to do with a campaign against specific debt settlement companies than the impact of the positive FTC Telemarketing Sales Rules that went into force at the end of 2010.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his office has won a lawsuit against a national debt settlement company, barring the company from doing business in New York state unless it posts a $ 500,000 performance bond...

Recently I've written about class action lawsuits by debt settlement company employees against their employers for wage issues.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed four lawsuits against debt settlement companies, alleging...

Don't forget that the coverage also means the insurance company will defend you against that liability claim if settlement isn't practical.

A settlement against a handful of student loan adjustors revealed that some companies were charging between four and 27 times more than the legal limit for consolidation - related services.

The number of complaints the States have received against debt relief companies, particularly debt settlement companies, have consistently been rising and have more than doubled since 2007.

Yesterday I published a story about The Scott Law Group in Washington that had just obtained a $ 1.5 million judgment personally against the owners of a now defunct debt settlement company, Debt Relief USA.

While the flood of lawsuits against debt settlement companies has slowed considerably yet one more class action has been added against Meracord, Noteworld, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.

The authors of the study point to other regulatory and legislative acts, including the «order precedence rule,» commonly known as the «Manning Rule» after a legal case against Charles Schwab, the Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act, which saw the end of the Glass - Steagall Act of 1933 and formally allowed the combination of commercial banks, securities firms and insurance companies, Regulation Fair Disclosure, which devalued stock research, and the Global Settlement ruling, which has made research coverage tougher for issuers to secure.

The about - face on MSAs comes after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued major enforcement actions against companies accused of violating the anti-kickback provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, known as Respa.

This is because the insurance company has an automatic lien against the settlement.

The insurance company may say something like a settlement is being offered for «nuisance value,» or the amount that the insurance company is willing to pay to settle the claim because it would spend even more (on attorney's fees, court costs, expert witnesses, etc.) than the offered amount to defend against the «nuisance» of the victim's claim.

Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys are known nationwide for their massive settlements against drug companies.

Sometimes, it's not possible to negotiate a fair insurance claim settlement and you need to pursue legal action against the truck driver and his or her trucking company.

Although the insurance company is responsible for paying the verdict or settlement, the lawsuit will be brought against the defendant, or tortfeasor (s).

Resolving a statewide putative independent contractor misclassification class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against an international packaging company through an individual settlement and dismissal of class claims; and

A Fortune 100 corporation in criminal bribery investigations, through the acquittal at federal jury trial of two former executives, with no charges against or settlement by the company