Sentences with phrase «as a class action in»

By, Lisa A. Rickard, President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform As mechanisms for collective redress — better known as class action in the U.S. — spread across Europe, the European Commission is preparing to propose important new EU - wide legislation on collective redress this month.

Huvelle certified the case as a class action in January 2017.

We have demonstrated results in both individual claims for damages as well as class actions in professional liability litigation.

As mechanisms for collective redress — better known as class action in the U.S. — spread across Europe, the European Commission is preparing to propose important new EU - wide legislation on collective redress this month.

McCarthy Tétrault's experience in defending competition class actions, as well as class actions in general, is unsurpassed in Canada.

Not exact matches

Back in April, Uber settled class - action lawsuits with drivers in Massachusetts and California in an agreement that has Uber paying drivers up to $ 100 million but preserving the right to treat them as independent contractors.

Meanwhile, in 2009 Ontario courts approved the Imax class - action suit and ruled it would be tried as a global class, meaning any investor who bought shares, whether on the TSX or Nasdaq, can be included as a plaintiff.

They are seeking damages from former CEO Gene Isenberg and current CEO Anthony Petrello as well as members of the board of directors in a federal class action lawsuit filed by the Erie County Employees Retirement System.

In class actions people band together to sue over the same alleged wrongdoing as a way to make the lawsuit more affordable.

Attorneys for McDonald's workers have filed class action suits in three states claiming that the company was responsible for illegally withholding wages in a number of ways, including calling people in but not paying them for all the time they were required to be in stores as well as charging for the costs of uniforms.

As soon as Denton's law went into effect, according to a class action lawsuit filed in June in state court, TitleMax notified its current customers there would be a changAs soon as Denton's law went into effect, according to a class action lawsuit filed in June in state court, TitleMax notified its current customers there would be a changas Denton's law went into effect, according to a class action lawsuit filed in June in state court, TitleMax notified its current customers there would be a change.

At a hearing on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen asked if there was a «tension or inconsistency» for Uber to argue that every single one of its drivers is an independent contractor, yet to also argue that the legal issues in the case are so specific to each driver that it can't be decided as a class action.

Pomerantz is co-lead counsel in a securities class action against international pharmaceutical company Perrigo plc concerning allegations related to the company misleading investors as to its revenue growth potential in order to encourage them to reject a tender offer by Mylan N.V.

In this class action insider trading case, Pomerantz, as Co-Lead Counsel, achieved a $ 135 million settlement for investors in the pharmaceutical company Elan CorpIn this class action insider trading case, Pomerantz, as Co-Lead Counsel, achieved a $ 135 million settlement for investors in the pharmaceutical company Elan Corpin the pharmaceutical company Elan Corp..

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

Past opportunities include claims, judgements, private notes and financings, loans, distressed secondaries, derivative contracts and other financial instruments in a variety of situations such as insolvencies, class actions, frauds and insurance liquidations.

Tezos co-founders Arthur and Kathleen Breitman are reportedly hoping to use money raised in the company's token offering to pay their legal bills as they defend themselves against class - action lawsuits alleging fraud and the sale of unregistered securities.

As if the $ 100 million settlement for a couple of class - action lawsuits were not enough, Uber drivers are stepping up their efforts to have a stronger voice in the behemoth ride - hailing company.

In an emailed statement, James Fitz - Morris, a spokesman for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, said Canada is committed to righting historical wrongs committed against Indigenous people and that the federal government is working to resolve the matter out of court, as it did with the Sixties Scoop survivors» class action.

In California, Uber faces class - action lawsuits from drivers saying they were misclassified as independent contractors.

Even closer to home for advisors is the class action lawsuit brought employees of CheckSmart who are charging that CheckSmart and Cetera Advisor Networks, as co-fiduciaries, allowed «grossly excessive» fees in a 401 (k) plan whose investments performed poorly over a period of six years.

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.

Government action to influence the price of goods might strike Canadians as out of place in the Conservative playbook but Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Tories are acutely concerned about dispelling the notion they're the party of «big business» as they target middle - class voters.

In what is described as South Africa's largest class - action settlement, mining companies have agreed to resolve a lawsuit with gold miners who contracted lung diseases.

A W5 investigation on Saturday: An Ottawa fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm and fathering at least 11 children faces a class - action lawsuit as his patients speak out in exclusive interviews.

[107] This class action lawsuit was filed in 1994 with Selma Buycks - Roberson as lead plaintiff and alleged that Citibank Federal Savings Bank had engaged in practices forbidden under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act.

Now, years later after the win against Cryptsy, Silver has become the face of so many crypto class action lawsuits that, as he told Cointelegraph, he has moved from «D - list famous» in the crypto sphere to maybe «C, or C + to B -.»

On January 19th, 2016, a federal judge preliminarily approved a class action settlement on behalf of JPMC shareholders who alleged suffering losses as a result of the bank's supplying false and misleading statements concerning the risks and losses arising from the secret proprietary trading activities of the «London Whale,» a rogue London - based JPMC trader who caused the bank to suffer $ 6.2 billion in losses.

Ms. Szydlo has represented investors in class and private actions that have resulted in significant recoveries, such as In re Pfizer, Incin class and private actions that have resulted in significant recoveries, such as In re Pfizer, Incin significant recoveries, such as In re Pfizer, IncIn re Pfizer, Inc..

A newly filed class action lawsuit seeks a hard fork of the Nano network in order to make whole customers of the BitGrail cryptocurrency exchange whose holdings in Nano tokens, or RaiBlocks (XRB) as they were known at the time, were stolen while under the marketplace's custodianship.

In challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app company thanks to an arbitration clause contained in their contract with LyfIn challenging their status as independent contractors, Lyft's drivers were unable to bring a class action lawsuit against the app company thanks to an arbitration clause contained in their contract with Lyfin their contract with Lyft.

In elaborating this view, Amato offers perceptive treatments of such contemporary phenomena as the counterculture, affirmative action, the escalating reactions to the chauvinisms of race, class, and sex, and the continuing threat of the Nietzschean denigration of the past.

You also agree that no claim subject to these Terms may be brought as a class action or in any other jurisdiction than English courts.

The only thing, as far as I am concerned, that keeps us permanent is our belief in the value of goodness, and how we translate that into daily action, even across the boundaries of race, gender, class, and creed... That is real permanence precisely because it does not, as a form of consciousness, submit to dogma that, with the way reality and history simply IS, or plays out, CAN NEVER give us all the answers...

«If a proposed action is perceived as contrary to middle - class interests, even some persons who favor «social action» in theory will begin to oppose that particular action.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcIn countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

As the representative and pioneer of mankind the Church meets its social responsibility when in its own thinking organization and action it functions as a world society, undivided by race, class and national interestAs the representative and pioneer of mankind the Church meets its social responsibility when in its own thinking organization and action it functions as a world society, undivided by race, class and national interestas a world society, undivided by race, class and national interests.

Other putative class actions have focused on the use of synthetic vitamins or fiber that allegedly are either not natural — because they were made using synthetic processes — or were produced in a way that makes them unnatural — such as allegations that beta carotene or fiber can naturally occur in foods, but some is made synthetically and then added to foods.

The storm confronting Keely and his family feels like it has reached gale - force levels: as farmers struggle with the fall - out of an unprecedented, late - in - the - season 15 per cent drop in the milk price and demand politicians deliver an industry fighting fund, the largest processor and price - setter Murray Goulburn was hit with a class action and an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation.

«As to whether they are a current shareholder [in Treasury Wine Estates] I don't know but they are a shareholder who under the funding agreement and the class action is run is a shareholder that bought shares in the period [August 17 2012 and July 14 2013].»

Investor advocate, Mark Elliott — who recently won a class action on behalf of investors in Downer EDI — lodged the claim on behalf of investor John Webster, who will act as «lead plaintiff» in the case on behalf of other investors who join the action.

Class action law firm, Slater & Gordon, is assessing if Macquarie engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in its handling of the van Eyk Blueprint funds as the scandal gains traction.

Arguments from Treasury Wine Estates proponents such as Willibald Hajszan («Treasury Wines class action unrepresentative», AFR Letters, July 7), fail to acknowledge several issues in trying to discredit the current securities class action on foot against the global wine giant.

With one in three children now leaving primary school classed as obese (Public Health England), it's no surprise that the UK government is taking action.

It is unlikely all unit holders lost as much as $ 1.20 in the collapse in the unit price and equally unlikely all unit holders will participate in the class action, so the payout by MG could be less than $ 152 million or even $ 93 million.

As a ret mechanic, am in awe of the superb engineering that went into the IP [nb other electronic pressure cooker brands are being hit with class action lawsuits due to exploding units] cheers

Issues regarding the accuracy of sugar, alcohol and probiotic content in kombucha continue to haunt some of the category's fastest - growing brands, as evidenced by a pair of class action lawsuits filed earlier this month.

As one of the largest wine and food events of its kind in the United States and the largest in all of Southern California, the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival (now in its 13th year) is an action - packed week brimming with cooking classes, tasting panels, celebrity chef dinners and multiple tasting events — the most notable of which in my opinion is the Lexus Grand Tasting event, this year on Saturday, November 19, which tops off what's always a truly exceptional epicurean experience.

Among the top quarterbacks in the 2013 signing class, Bateman has yet to see action as a passer at Alabama.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat