Sentences with phrase «biggest class action lawsuits»

This list of the 10 biggest class action lawsuits in the world indicates that 8 of the 10 were by investors against their own company.

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Typically they prevent people from joining together to bring class - action lawsuits that can force companies to change their practices under the threat of big monetary damages.

Regulators have steadily added tough safety, emissions and fuel efficiency standards, and in the U.S., class - action lawsuits that have yielded big judgments is putting additional pressure on auto companies.

The big question is whether Uber's drivers as a whole are similar enough to each other to merit being lumped together into a class - action lawsuit.

One of the biggest names in the advisory business, Michael Kitces, weighed in last January on the potentially devastating class action lawsuit risks faced by financial institutions if they don't fully address the Duty of Care.

As big as they are, these internet behemoths want no part of a crypto - based class action lawsuit.

First off, I should note that Porsche has addressed the Cayenne's biggest problem — the beige dash that caused too much glare and ultimately led to a class - action lawsuit.

News came out this week that Hagens Berman, the same Seattle - based law firm that initiated the class action lawsuits against Apple for its role in the anti-trust violations and price fixing collusion with the now - Big Five publishers, has filed a suit against Google, alleging anti-trust violations that led the search... [Read more...]

What began life as a class action lawsuit filed by Seattle - based law firm Hagen Bermans on behalf of consumers quickly became a Department of Justice investigation against Apple and five of the Big Six publishers.

There has been an almost conspicuous lack of comments from the parties involved in the DoJ and class action lawsuits still pending against Apple and some of the Big Six publishers.

It is also possible that this has something to do with the ongoing class action lawsuits against Apple and the Big 6 publishers over price fixing and the imposition of the Agency Model around the time the iPad was released.

In a case of David against Goliath, three independent US bookshops are taking on Amazon and six of the biggest publishers in America in a class - action lawsuit accusing the internet giant of creating an ebook monopoly that is destroying other booksellers.

They are also confidant that if there is a big fuss they will only face a class action lawsuit that they will settle out of court without admitting any wrong doing.

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A few weeks ago, my friend Diane MacEachern of Big Green Purse reached out to me about an investigation for a new class action lawsuit that is just getting underway against companies that are promoting their baby wipes as «earth - friendly» or «biodegradable.»

A CIBC bank teller is taking on one of the biggest financial institutions in Canada as the lead plaintiff in a class - action lawsuit that alleges CIBC fails to pay overtime to customer service staff.

It's workplace law's newest, and biggest, phenomenon: Lawyers specializing in class action lawsuits, joining together groups of employees with similar legal claims.

It's workplace law's newest, and biggest, phenomenon: lawyers specializing in class action lawsuits, joining together groups of employees with similar legal claims.

For a big merchant, it is far better to have to pay $ 5,000 and attorneys» fees to the handful of people who bring arbitrations and win them, than to lose a single class action lawsuit for millions of dollars.

Los Angeles partner and Fashion practice group leader Staci Riordan provides third - party commentary in this piece about an increasing number of class - action lawsuits against big - name department stores over markdowns allegedly made on «false» original prices.

Starting in 2001, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) led a successful four - year effort to reform the class action lawsuit system, the biggest legal reform achievement of the last 20 years....

This is the biggest - ever class action lawsuit in the country against Apple, The Korea Herald notes, and the firm wants Cupertino to pay $ 11.9 million in compensation, which means every user should get close to $ 200.