Sentences with phrase «class action settlement agreement»

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On November 23, 1998, the tobacco companies signed a settlement agreement that brought the state attorney general medical cost reimbursement actions and most of the class action lawsuits to a close.

A vocal critic of the NFL's $ 765 million class - action settlement with the players, he joined six other NFL retirees in formally protesting the agreement.

July 14, 2017 — / PR NEWSWIRE / - Ruby Corp. and Ruby Life Inc. (ruby), and a proposed class of plaintiffs, co-led by Dowd & Dowd, P.C., The Driscoll Firm, P.C., and Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, have reached a proposed settlement agreement resolving the class action lawsuits that were filed beginning July 2015 following a data breach of ruby's computer network and subsequent release of certain personal information of customers of Ashley Madison, an online dating website owned and operated by Ruby Life Inc. (formerly Avid Dating Life Inc.) The lawsuits, alleging inadequate data security practices and misrepresentations regarding Ashley Madison, have been consolidated in a multi-district litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

This is not the first time Ford has faced legal action over the Focus» and Fiesta's PowerShift transmissions; according to Automotive News, last month, LA's Capstone Partners APC and Ford Motor Company reached a settlement agreement for the first of three class - action lawsuits relating to the transmission.

In Fontaine v. Canada (Attorney General), Saskatchewan Queen's Bench Justice Neil Gabrielson found the firm billed the government too much for work related to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, a country - wide class action settlement which was approved about 10 Settlement Agreement, a country - wide class action settlement which was approved about 10 settlement which was approved about 10 years ago.

The conventional view was that any plaintiff who could achieve a certification order in a class action would shortly arrive at a settlement agreement in the case.

The settlement agreement, which needs to be approved in court, will end multidistrict class action litigation against the Indianapolis - based company.

The parties in this wage and hour class action litigation entered into a $ 7.5 million settlement agreement, providing for three payments of $ 2.5 million to approved class members.

She serves as a monitor under class action consent decrees / settlement agreements for the federal government.

Unlike the comprehensive Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), which was implemented by the government in September 2007 and remains the largest class action settlement in Canadian history, Sixties Scoop lawsuits remain stuck in the deathly pipeline of legal litigation facing strong governmental resistance (Ontario's Sixties Scoop is no exception as the case was bitterly fought and litigated for eigSettlement Agreement (IRSSA), which was implemented by the government in September 2007 and remains the largest class action settlement in Canadian history, Sixties Scoop lawsuits remain stuck in the deathly pipeline of legal litigation facing strong governmental resistance (Ontario's Sixties Scoop is no exception as the case was bitterly fought and litigated for eigsettlement in Canadian history, Sixties Scoop lawsuits remain stuck in the deathly pipeline of legal litigation facing strong governmental resistance (Ontario's Sixties Scoop is no exception as the case was bitterly fought and litigated for eight years).

It has its origins in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (the «Settlement») which resolved the class actions against the federal government arising from residential schools.

Under this agreement, Elpida will pay $ 5.75 million plus certain interest for the benefit of the settlement class and provide co-operation to the plaintiffs in prosecuting the class actions against the remaining non-settling defendants in exchange for a full release against it and its related entities relating to the BC, Ontario and Quebec actions.

Panelists also consider a host of hot issues on attorney fees in class actions including fees in coupon settlements, fee allocation and fee splitting agreements.

Contested motions were brought by class action counsel in each of the three provinces pursuant to the settlement agreement.

In the context of a national class action, the settlement agreement assigned a supervisory role to Superior Court judges in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec.

On May 30, 2011, this action was certified as a class proceeding for the purposes of settlement and the settlement agreements reached with Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., («Sony»), EMI Group Canada Inc. («EMI»), Universal Music Canada Inc. («Universal»), Warner Music Canada Co. («Warner»), (collectively, the «Record Companies»), the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. («CMRRA»), the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SODRAC) Inc. and SODRAC 2003 Inc. («SODRAC»)(collectively, the «Collective Society Defendants») were approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

You may view the settlement agreement and other related documents (including Plaintiffs» Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, the Court's Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, Plaintiffs» Motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Attorneys» Fees and Incentive Awards, and any opposition or reply papers related to these motisettlement agreement and other related documents (including Plaintiffs» Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, the Court's Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, Plaintiffs» Motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Attorneys» Fees and Incentive Awards, and any opposition or reply papers related to these motiSettlement, the Court's Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, Plaintiffs» Motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Attorneys» Fees and Incentive Awards, and any opposition or reply papers related to these motiSettlement, Plaintiffs» Motions for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Attorneys» Fees and Incentive Awards, and any opposition or reply papers related to these motiSettlement, Attorneys» Fees and Incentive Awards, and any opposition or reply papers related to these motions) here:

Notable mandates: current and ongoing class actions have included representing employee groups in several insolvency proceedings, including Nortel, Canwest and Plasco; representing former patients of Norman Barwin, who is alleged to have negligently inseminated his patients with the wrong sperm; representing air pilots employed by Air Canada over a breach of contract; representing former students of the residential school system, and their entitlements, under the 2007 Residential Schools Settlement Agreement; representing employees of BlackBerry Canada after a transfer of employees.

Securities Litigation, No. 14 ‐ 4067 (L) will likely have consequences in the negotiation of class action securities settlement agreements.

In this regard, I agree with the general sentiment of the objectors to the Settlement that the Settlement Agreement brings the administration of justice and class actions into disrepute because: (a) the Settlement is more beneficial to Class Counsel than it is to the Class Members; and (b) in its practical effect, the Settlement expropriates the Class Members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from Thoclass actions into disrepute because: (a) the Settlement is more beneficial to Class Counsel than it is to the Class Members; and (b) in its practical effect, the Settlement expropriates the Class Members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from ThoClass Counsel than it is to the Class Members; and (b) in its practical effect, the Settlement expropriates the Class Members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from ThoClass Members; and (b) in its practical effect, the Settlement expropriates the Class Members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from ThoClass Members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from Thomson.

The IAP is part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, the largest class action settlement in CanadiaSettlement Agreement, the largest class action settlement in Canadiasettlement in Canadian history.

The class actions were resolved in 2007 with the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement that is intended to provide compensation to former students and to encourage truth and healing through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

A class action lawsuit, filed in Florida, soon followed, with a court - appointed receiver taking control of Cryptsy's assets in the spring of 2016, setting the stage of a settlement agreement between users and Vernon's ex-spouse, who was also named in the original suit.

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