Sentences with phrase «class action claims for»

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U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support on Tuesday for Microsoft's bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who say the video game console gouges discs because of a design defect.

As SoulCycle prepares to go public, it has been hit with a proposed class - action lawsuit claiming it «robs customers» by requiring them to buy certificates for classes with «unreasonably short expiration periods.»

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.

(Reuters)- U.S. automaker Tesla Inc on Monday was hit with a class - action lawsuit claiming its California production plant is a «hotbed for racist behavior.»

State regulators, unlike class action plaintiffs, can claim statutory penalties for every violation of state law.

According to Bullard, «the DOL has laid out in detail written documentation examples of material conflicts of interest and the firm's program for mitigating them, which is a virtual roadmap — and also an evidentiary motherlode for bringing both arbitration claims and class actions against firms.»

Class actions exist for this very reason, so that regular people can pool their small claims and get a lawyer to take the case.

For example, the Protestant doctrine that we are all sinners is reflected in the Freudian - Marxist behaviorist - positivist claptrap claiming that there is no virtue, that all our actions arise from dark psychic urges, exploitative class greed or biological impulses — which supposedly proves that talk about good and evil, right and wrong, and certainly saintliness is illusory.

These class actions referred to, and relied on, the data and underlying studies cited by the Bloomberg story as a basis for their misrepresentation and false advertising claims.

Consumers drop Odwalla «evaporated cane juice» class action suit, Hint asks for a stay on lawsuit challenging its «all natural» claims, Lakewood Organic Juices faces challenge to its «cold pressed» and «fresh pressed» claims in new class action suit.

After upscale brands including McCormick & Schmick's settled class action lawsuits for erroneously claiming to serve high - priced Kobe beef, many menus switched to the vaguer «Wagyu.»

You'll recall a recent post where I told you about a class action lawsuit filed against the manufacturers of Nutella for making misleading nutritional claims about its product.

New York City lawyers said the city had settled a lawsuit by two women claiming they were raped by a guard at Rikers Island, and as a result, a bid for a class action alleging systemic failure to protect female prisoners will be dropped.

Class Action Litigation — Vote Passed (220 - 201, 1 Present, 7 Not Voting) The bill would prohibit federal courts from certifying proposed classes of individuals for a class - action lawsuit unless each member of the class has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injuClass Action Litigation — Vote Passed (220 - 201, 1 Present, 7 Not Voting) The bill would prohibit federal courts from certifying proposed classes of individuals for a class - action lawsuit unless each member of the class has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injAction Litigation — Vote Passed (220 - 201, 1 Present, 7 Not Voting) The bill would prohibit federal courts from certifying proposed classes of individuals for a class - action lawsuit unless each member of the class has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injuclass - action lawsuit unless each member of the class has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injaction lawsuit unless each member of the class has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injuclass has suffered the same type and degree of injury, and it would require quarterly reports by asbestos trusts of claims made against the trusts and any payouts made by the trusts for asbestos - related injuries.

Attorneys for New York City students with autism and other disabilities claimed a major victory this week, after a federal judge granted class action status to a case that alleged the denial of education services.

Under a state law passed in June of last year, ride - hailing contractors are required to pass a criminal background check, but county lawmakers lobbied for more thorough vetting for prospective contractors in Westchester amid a slew of allegations against Uber and its employees, including a class action suit claiming drivers had sexually assaulted customers.

A six - month - long series of sonic - boom tests in Oklahoma City in 1964 prompted thousands of complaints and damage claims, a class - action lawsuit, and the beginning of the end for supersonic airliners.

They were sued via a class action lawsuit in 2013 for allegedly making false claims in advertising the product Pro Tribulus, involving claims about the product's ability to boost testosterone and promote muscle building.

A class action lawsuit claims these dates are basically bogus, made up to goose replacement sales by drug makers who know the drugs are good for years, even decades, after the «use by» date.

REUTERS - May 15 - It's Just Lunch International, a matchmaking service, will face a nationwide class - action lawsuit by clients who claimed they were defrauded into paying $ 1K + for the services the company did not deliver.

Lynda Kelly and Miranda Soegi of California have initiated a federal class action lawsuit which claims that eHarmony does not have a scientifically proven system for matching members.

As such, your claims may not be joined with any other claims and there shall be no authority for any dispute to be arbitrated on a class - action basis or brought by a purported class representative.

The class action, filed on behalf of 14 needy Philadelphia students and 12 public - interest organizations, claims the university has not abided by an 1977 city ordinance that the plaintiffs believe requires Penn to provide 125 so - called «Mayor's scholarships» for each entering class.

The class action was filed earlier this month in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in Washington, on behalf of some 100,000 individuals who attended such schools from 1890 until the present day, said Jeffrey M. Herman, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs.

Senate leader Phil Berger (R - Rockingham) cites decades - old research to support his claims that class size reductions are the best course of action for improving student achievement — a study out of Tennessee that Randolph County Board of Education chair Todd Cutler said is flawed and many researchers are unconvinced of the study's results.

After citing the evidence of large gaps in achievement by low - income students and English learners, Liu wrote, «The schoolchildren who brought these actions (Robles - Wong and Campaign for Quality Education) do not claim they are entitled to a world - class education.

As noted in our review of the standard C - Max Hybrid, there are several class action suits against Ford claiming that owners can't come close to the 47 mpg EPA rating for city, highway and combined driving.

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Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class - action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. is guilty of illegal price fixing related to the Agency Model for pricing e-books.

There should be a class action law suit for the people who have bought these marketing packages based on ridiculous claims.

Please help before reading this my daughter has just today signed up with PRemier Student Loan Center and gave her Bank info to pay for some loan forgiveness program that they claimed was a class action lawsuit called the NAvient LAwsuit which we did see info on the web for from Forbes mag to Market watch today they just said that 16 + k would be forgiven and put my daughter into some payment plan giving her via email a break down of payments etc..

See, e.g., Stewart v. Associates Consumer Discount Company, 1 F. Supp.2 d 469 (E.D. Pa. 1998)(motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim denied where borrower brought class action against debt consolidation company); Lawson v. Nationwide Mortgage Corp., 628 F. Supp.

Before you decide whether to opt out of a class action, ask yourself if you have viable alternatives such as private litigation, dispute resolution or a claim for compensation.

Neither you nor Blue Buffalo will participate in a class action or class - wide arbitration for any claims covered by this agreement.

The claim is Sony's settlement for a nationwide class action lawsuit sparked by the decision to remove the OtherOS feature of the PlayStation 3.

The parties to a putative class action lawsuit claiming that the federal courts» PACER system routinely overcharges for document downloads have asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for more time to engage in settlement discussions, agreeing that discussions so far have been productive.

Answer: Some of your fellow non-believers have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the television and radio advertisements for «YBCR» claims are false and misleading, so maybe you should check that out.

The context of the second is the recent push for more class actions before the English and European courts particularly for competition law claims.

Successfully resolving claims against clients for over 25 years on terms favorable to clients, including technology vendor contract disputes and other commercial litigation, lease disputes for national and regional companies, and early resolution of several class action claims against national retailers and international travel company.

Brendan has acted on a wide range of insurance and reinsurance matters for Australian - based and international clients, including flooding, storm, earthquake, fire and explosion events, electricity supply issues and machinery break - downs, as well as high - value class action litigation, public and product liability, and subrogation claims.

Acted for California Public Employees» Retirement System in the Supreme Court in a dispute concerning whether the statute of repose for certain securities claims is tolled in class action litigation.

It comes in many forms but, includes proposals to limit class action lawsuits, to shorten the statute of limitations (time deadline) for filing personal injury claims, and to put a cap on the amount of damages for out of pocket losses like medical bills and lost wages and / or general damages for the pain and emotional distress caused by a catastrophic injury or death caused by the wrongdoing of another individual or business.

We fight for the rights of those who are the victims of personal injury, wrongful death, slip and fall, dog and other animal bites, car accidents, tractor trailer accidents, pedestrian injuries, medical malpractice claims, drug claims, healthcare injuries, nursing home abuse and neglect, Workmen's Compensation, Social Security disability, defective product / product liability, and consumer class action causes / consumer fraud.

It might be that while the claims are not eligible for discrimination class action in Missouri or Kansas, you can still proceed with individual action.

Mr. Havel has significant experience in defending wage and hour class actions, including claims for overtime pay, meal and rest period violations, and vacation pay.

«I started this class action because I believed GoodLife employees deserved to be paid for all of their hard work, and the changes this claim encouraged and the settlement money to be paid to the class go a long way towards that goal.»

Domino's Pizza has also been caught up in these claims after RPM Pizza (the largest franchise of Domino's Pizza in the United States) got hit by a class action suit for not reimbursing its workers» transportation costs.

Compelling to arbitration — and ultimately obtaining dismissal with prejudice of all claims — a statewide putative class and representative action brought against a craft store chain in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that involved meal and rest break, failure to pay wages, inaccurate wage statements, unfair business practices, and PAGA claims;

In future class action claims against nationwide corporate defendants, it appears that the U.S. Supreme Court is generally requiring piecemeal litigation in each state where a plaintiff was injured, instead of allowing for a single consolidated class action in a single state court lawsuit.

Striking all state class action claims and limiting conditional certification of an FLSA collective action to three units of a hospital in a class / collective hybrid action brought by a former nurse against a hospital in Wisconsin state court for meal period and overtime claims;