Sentences with phrase «behalf of class members»

$ 235,000 of this will go to the lawyers who obtained the settlement on behalf of the class members.

A class action may be commenced in any common law province, and can be brought on behalf of class members in that province or across multiple regions in Canada.

«Despite facing significant factual and legal hurdles, Lead Plaintiff's Counsel were ultimately successful in negotiating a large settlement [valued at $ 200 million] on behalf of the Class Members.»

Yesterday evening, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness objected on behalf of a class member to an unfair settlement and an excessive attorneys» fees request in In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Not exact matches

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

ALBANY, NY (08/04/2008)(readMedia)-- Retirees Win $ 3.6 million judgement against county WHITE PLAINS — CSEA, New York's leading union, has won a $ 3.6 million class action lawsuit against Westchester County on behalf of 1,600 retired union members.

Well, see, this is where a REAL authors association could be useful, by filing on behalf of all its» members as a class action, and obtaining a standard of editing, say «more than three errors and the publisher can re-print at their expense and make sure the purchasers get the replacements.»

Point Three: The complaint reads: «The Plaintiffs also brings this action on behalf of all members of the following classes (collectively the «State Classes) with respect to claims under the antitrust statues of each of the following jurisdictions: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North California, North Dakota, Oregon, South California, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont West Virginia and Wisconsin.classes (collectively the «State Classes) with respect to claims under the antitrust statues of each of the following jurisdictions: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North California, North Dakota, Oregon, South California, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont West Virginia and Wisconsin.Classes) with respect to claims under the antitrust statues of each of the following jurisdictions: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North California, North Dakota, Oregon, South California, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont West Virginia and Wisconsin.»

The payout settles a class action law suit on behalf of the members of the First Nations communities — Pinaymootang First Nation, Lake St. Martin, Little Saskatchewan and Dauphin River — forced to flee their homes because of flooding in 2011.

Earlier in her career, Amy was associated with a large international law firm in Manhattan, where she was a member of the appellate team that successfully appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a major health insurance company in a multi-district class action lawsuit.

Canada's other main submission was the argument that «things were different back then,» and given the knowledge at the time, it was not foreseeable that trans - racial foster and adoptive placements would cause such great harm.Chief Marcia Brown Martel, a member of the Temagami First Nations near Kirkland Lake Ontario, led the class - action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 16,000 Aboriginal children who were placed in non-Aboriginal adoptive and / or foster homes in Ontario between 1965 and 1983, and suffered the loss of their cultural identity.

In May, lawyers working on Levine's behalf, along with lawyers from the AARP Foundation agreed on a class - action settlement against the facility that administered Levine's mother, stating «using dangerous drugs without the consent of residents or family members.»

A unionized employee of Concordia University sought to bring class action on behalf of all members of an employee pension plan in order to contest the University's use and administration of the pension fund.

Our members have handled hundreds of jury trials, mass actions and class actions on behalf of leading manufacturers that operate in a wide variety of industries, including automotive; tobacco; pharmaceutical and medical device; chemical; sports equipment; aviation; and food, dietary supplement, and personal care products.

This means that the Ontario action is now officially a «class action» and is brought on behalf of all members of the «Class&raclass action» and is brought on behalf of all members of the «Class&raClass».

«Defendant breached the implied contracts it made with Plaintiffs and Class Members by purposefully slowing down older iPhone models when new models come out and by failing to properly disclose that at the time the parties entered into an agreement,» reads a lawsuit filed by Wilshire Law Firm on behalf of Stefan Bogdanovich and Dakota Speas.

He also asked that the trial court certify the suit as a class - action suit on behalf of all members of the association.