Sentences with phrase «class action group»

Harrison Pensa's Class Action Group Leader, Jonathan Foreman said, «the feedback from clients and our peers in these rankings is incredibly rewarding for our team and inspires all of us to remain steadfast in our efforts to be one of the largest, most respected, and most socially aware class actions law groups in Canada.»

In addition to the Plaintiff Class Action Group being recognized, Chambers and Partners also named Dave Williams and Jonathan Foreman as top ranked lawyers in their fields.

The Class Action team advises on litigation involving securities, competition, financial services, employment, IP, consumer and product liability issues and has established a reputation as a leading class action group in Canada.

Mr. Desai has worked on both sides of the fence, initially with a prominent defense firm and then with a boutique class action group.

Reathaford formerly practiced in the Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group at Seyfarth Shaw and led the practice group meetings for its California Class Action Group.

Paliare Roland's Class Action group has successfully resolved cases involving such matters as:

Our class action group acted as part of the Class counsel team in Mandeville v. Manufacturers Life Insurance, a class action trial that sought compensation for former Barbados Manulife policyholders who were excluded from the benefits of Manulife's demutualization

The Class Action group is a team of talented lawyers and support staff.

It is at the heart of a multimillion - dollar class action a group of document reviewers has launched against Deloitte LLP.

«Fortunately for me,» Minerva said, «the timing is great because my greatest professional accomplishment is also taking place right now — working as an integral member of Morgan & Morgan's securities class action group.»

Before joining the Department of Justice in May 2009, he was an Associate at California - based Morrison & Foerster LLP, practicing in the firm's securities litigation and consumer class action groups.

A leading participant in the Firm's Class Actions Group, Cindy appears before all levels of court and various administrative tribunals, including the Consent and Capacity Board, the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, the Health Services Appeal and Review Board, and the Human Rights Tribunal.

Our Class Actions Group represents industry leading companies and institutions in high - stakes cases nationwide.

Paul Davis practices primarily in the firm's Class Actions group representing both plaintiffs and defendants.

Markus Kremer is a partner in BLG's Commercial Litigation Group and the Toronto Head of the firm's Class Actions Group.

BLG's Class Actions Group provides sophisticated class actions advice and representation on a seamless national basis through our five offices across Canada.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, class action lawsuits by groups of independent contractors requesting employee status are becoming increasingly common; reports suggest that this is one of the hottest areas in employment litigation.

According to The News & Observer, Wednesday's report «found a new culprit: the Academic Support Program for Student - Athletes... The report describes a fairly broad group of academic and athletic officials who knew about athletes getting better grades in classes that only required papers, yet taking little or no action.»

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.

Iluka Resources has been served with a class action, with a group of shareholders alleging the mineral sands miner misled the market six years ago.

On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a new rule Monday that makes it easier for groups of consumers to band together to form and join class - action lawsuits.

Monday that makes it easier for groups of consumers to band together to form and join class - action lawsuits.

Among his other accomplishments, he led a group of 20 law firms that prosecuted cutting - edge class action cases against financial institutions, such as Countrywide, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase, concerning destructive negative amortization loans that unknowingly caused borrowers to assume tens of thousands of dollars of additional debt.

With the rule announced Monday, groups of consumers will be able to band together to form class - action suits in situations they may not otherwise have bothered with.

Earlier this week, a proposed class action was also filed in California by a group of Facebook users seeking damages from the company for failing to protect their data.

The group has also backed a franchisee's class - action lawsuit filed in Canada over the company's alleged improper use of a national advertising fund.

By: Simone Liedtke 3rd May 2018 The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Abrahams Kiewitz and Richard Spoor Attorneys, on behalf of thousands of mineworkers, on Thursday reached a class action settlement with the Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Working Group, which represents various South African gold mining companies.

In June, a group of Uber drivers joined a class - action lawsuit against the company in California and Massachusetts.

Further, a Dispute can not be brought as a class or other type of representative action, whether within or outside of arbitration, or on behalf of any other individual or group of individuals.

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!

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, etc..

When Justice Kennedy asserts that there is no rational basis for the amendment, and that the «inevitable inference» is that the action is «born of animosity toward the class of persons affected,» he is saying, in judicial terms of art, that the amendment was adopted «because of» and not merely «in spite of» its adverse effects upon an identifiable group.

A group of airlines, including Qantas, have agreed to pay (collectively) $ 38m to settle a class action relating to price fixing.

There are two groups of parents involved in class action suits, I believe.

The group, which seeks class - action status for its case, is asking California to ban all marketing of Happy Meal toys.

The pro-charter-school group Families for Excellent Schools said even more needs to be done to comply with state and federal bullying laws, which is why the organization is a plaintiff in a class - action lawsuit against DOE, filed in April 2016, along with 23 parents whose children have experienced bullying and harassment in city schools.

A coalition of the NAACP and other groups is filing a class - action lawsuit arguing that the New York City property tax system is biased to make poorer, homeowners of color pay more than wealthier, whiter homeowners.

She's also a member of Make the Road Action Fund, a grassroots advocacy group which works among working class Latino communities to promote policy solutions.

A group of security officers employed by the Buffalo City School District have filed a class - action lawsuit alleging that they were not properly compensated for overtime work.

KeyCorp isn't worried that class - action shareholder lawsuits challenging the bank's acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group will derail its plans.

-- Claiming that odors released from a plastic manufacturing plant have forced them indoors, a group of Orangeburg residents has filed a class - action lawsuit against Aluf Plastics.

Increasing the action at Belmont while freeing NYRA of responsibility for Aqueduct could give this group the opportunity to create a first - class sports and entertainment destination.

The Police Federation has warned officers to expect counter-protests, with the anarchist group Class War planning actions on its website.

Tenants of any Pinnacle Group apartment can learn Sunday about whether they're eligible to join a class - action lawsuit.

Borough President Scott Stringer called the meeting of past and current tenants along with the tenant advocacy group Buyers and Renters United to Save Harlem in order to raise awareness among possible victims of Pinnacle's alleged harassment tactics before the end of the class - action entry deadline.

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