Sentences with phrase «at the class action»

There would be lawyers slobbering to get at class action lawsuits against financial institutions that clearly don't meet a reasonable standard of care.

If you want to read some complaints about the poor (or absent) editorial and marketing services of Author Solutions, look at the Class Action Complaint filed against them in New York.

And one want to look at a class action Lawsuit I can't.

It looks at class action activity in the two years leading up to CAFA's effective date.

Prior to joining Charney Lawyers, Glenn articled and practiced at a class actions boutique in Toronto.

Not exact matches

Wigdor initially filed its class action in November on behalf of two unidentified women, arguing that Uber put thousands of women at risk and put profit over safety.

(It's facing class action and individual lawsuits over the employee / contractor question in at least eight states.)

Shareholders have launched a class - action suit accusing Barrick of hiding problems at the mine, which the company denies.

Class - action defence lawyers are skeptical, though, and while Joseph D'Angelo, a senior litigation partner at McMillan LLP, says the Imax case means the door is open to foreign investors, «whether it manifests in reality remains to be seen.»

(Class actions in Massachusetts and California challenging contract worker status at some of the on - demand companies may also alter the landscape.)

Racial discrimination in hiring and employment practices continued at investment bank Morgan Stanley (ms) despite a class - action settlement more than a decade ago, according to a new lawsuit filed Thursday by a former employee.

Tiger Brands said it has received notice of two class action suits against the firm, with the total amount claimed against the company estimated at 425 million rand.

Apple is now facing at least one class - action lawsuit from two men.

The confrontation that followed lasted just a few minutes, but it was long enough to spark a class - action lawsuit, a criminal investigation spanning at least three states and a major regulatory crackdown in the U.S.. Now, for the first time, Canadian officials have confirmed they too are investigating the issues at the heart of the dispute.

SAN DIEGO (AP)-- Qualcomm agreed Tuesday to pay $ 19.5 million to settle a gender discrimination class - action lawsuit alleging women were denied equal pay and job opportunities to their male counterparts at the tech giant.

But take a look at the ridiculous lengths to which Saskatchewan lawyer and class - action king Tony Merchant went just to avoid paying his tax bill.

In court documents filed with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000 drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.»

If the class - action lawsuit against Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Ford rules in favor of the plaintiffs he notion of making money at all costs will also prove to be catastrophic at these companies.

Correction: A previous version of this story stated that Rava's class action lawsuit against the Oakland A's concerned a hat giveaway at a «Mother's Day game» in 2004.

The George W. Bush appointee isn't merely an outspoken critic of affirmative action today — he was among the most hostile questioners in Fisher and a virtual lock to vote against Texas» admissions policy — but also was part of a conservative alumni group at Princeton that was sharply critical of such policies 40 years ago, when Sotomayor was attending classes there.

In January — at about the same time states began filing civil demands — the first of a handful of potential class - action lawsuits that were national in scope were filed.

At the same time, prominent class - action lawyers are bringing suits on behalf of patients.

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.

While at least one class action has been filed by users against Ashley Madison for its failure to property [sic] secure the hacked information, this action deals with a different injury inflicted upon Ashley Madison users by persons and entities who have obtained the stolen data, repurposed it such that it is more readily accessible and searchable by the media and curious Internet users, and actively distributed it for their own gain.

Now, the scandal has prompted the departure of CEO Pierre Duhaime, shaved 25 % from the company's stock price this year, and spawned at least two shareholder class - action lawsuits.

Barry Sookman, partner at McCarthy Trétault, expects to see class action lawsuits in the U.S. where litigation is easier to initiate.

The proposed class - action suit alleges a racist culture at Tesla, unsafe factory conditions, and failure on the part of the company, including CEO Elon Musk personally, to prevent or investigate race - based harassment and discrimination there.

It's a demanding ethos that sometimes comes at a cost: Nordstrom has faced at least one class - action suit for allegedly pressuring salespeople not to charge their hourly wage for some customer - service - related work.

Bank of America has been hit with a proposed class action by a Brazilian citizen who said he was denied a job at the bank because his work authorization, granted under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, is subject to reaction by a Brazilian citizen who said he was denied a job at the bank because his work authorization, granted under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, is subject to reAction for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, is subject to renewal.

Allegations of excessive index fund fees in retirement plans are at the heart of a new proposed class action lawsuit brought by New York Life Insurance Co. employees against the company.

That's what law firm Nichols Kaster calls the $ 1.3 billion retirement plan at the center of a proposed class action against Fujitsu Technology and Business of America Inc..

Mr. Tom Beers and Ms. Mary Durfee are the joint owners of 100 shares of Class B Common Stock and have given notice that a representative of Clean Yield Asset Management intends to present for action at the meeting the following proposal.

At issue in the case is whether SLUSA divests state courts of jurisdiction over class actions asserting claims arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (e.g., claims alleging a material misstatement in a registration statement).

The information comes from speaking with Don Polden, an employment law professor at Santa Clara University, and Shannon Liss - Riordan, the Boston - based lawyer representing Lyft and Uber drivers in two class - action lawsuits.

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.

In response to CT's email for comment, Kraken at first told CT that they were «not aware of any pending class action lawsuit.»

Under the EziBuy proposal, class action shareholders would receive a convertible note convertible into shares estimated to be worth between $ 6 million and $ 20 million and issued at the time of a liquidity event such as an IPO or trade sale of EziBuy.

Still, opponents are aiming mostly at phase two rules that establish a class - action right to sue under the Best Interest Contract Exemption.

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.

At the end of December, because of that announcement, a request was filed for a class action against the company and its directors.

Workers at the New York solar installer that tried to disappear without a peep last week have filed a class action lawsuit against the firm, alleging that it violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)

It matters when a group of them are standing up at a school board meeting trying to force their religious agenda into our science classes and threatening legal action!

For example, in the case of the Action for Children «s Television call for a ban on commercials for children too young to discriminate, or the church «s protest against excessive and gratuitous violence, the criticism was aimed at a class of programming rather than against an individual program.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

At least 2 class - action lawsuits.

The objects of his study range from a class of molecules that have the basic self - duplicating property of living things, through cells which suggest purely physical systems, through animals which give increasing evidence of having minds, to human beings in whom streams of consciousness seem to involve continual choices of action, at the opposite pole from control by impersonal laws of nature.

For example, in 1987 a class action suit was filed against Jim and Tammy Bakker on behalf of some 161,000 donors to the Bakker's PTL programs who had paid $ 1,000 each to become «lifetime partners,» a status which included free accommodations at the PTL theme park.

Daniel Campbell is an associate at McDermott Will & Emery where he focuses on commercial litigation matters, including collective and class actions and products liability actions.

J. Christian Nemeth is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery where he provides legal counsel on complex commercial litigation, including class actions and other commercial disputes in the food, beverage and agribusiness industries.

The food industry should be aware of and prepared to respond to new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations, a continued push for legislation requiring the labeling of genetically engineered food and an influx of new consumer fraud class actions directed at product labeling.