Sentences with phrase «class action settlement for»

She also played a major role in a recent nationwide class action settlement for providers whose water supplies are contaminated with atrazine, an agricultural chemical.

More than 10 six figure class action settlements for IT employees, independent contractors, sales representatives, and others across the US for overtime pay and other wage violations.

Not exact matches

In this class action insider trading case, Pomerantz, as Co-Lead Counsel, achieved a $ 135 million settlement for investors in the pharmaceutical company Elan Corp..

She has prosecuted a wide range of class action matters for over a decade, helping to recover millions in settlements on behalf of shareholders.

As if the $ 100 million settlement for a couple of class - action lawsuits were not enough, Uber drivers are stepping up their efforts to have a stronger voice in the behemoth ride - hailing company.

Her notable cases also include Ford Spark Plugs, as well as multiple cases against Hyundai for a dangerous safety defect in the side air bag system of its Tiburon model vehicles, as well as class - action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motor Company after regulators announced the companies overstated the fuel economy for many vehicles they sold in the United States, culminating in a settlement worth more than $ 255 million.

On August 12, 2015, a federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement of a nationwide class action against JPMC for its use of robocalling in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

The former Solicitor General of the United States under President George W. Bush — for whom he successfully argued Bush v. Gore — will be talking not gay marriage but class actions and the BP oil spill settlement.

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.

Due to a class action settlement with the Microsoft Corporation, New York State has an $ 87 million fund for technology in public education.

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.

Final approval of the class - action settlement is set for October 18, 2016.

And who can forget the announcement two weeks ago that Microsoft was joining Amazon, Yahoo and others in opposing Google's recent court settlement of a class - action suit which clears the way for Google to offer millions of titles through its Google Book Service?

The ruling concerned the long running Google Books Settlement, a class action orginally started in 2005 when authors and publishers in the US sued Google for copyright infringment of works scanned as part of its large - scale scanning of books held in major library collections.

Recently I've written about class action lawsuits by debt settlement company employees against their employers for wage issues.

Back in September, 2011 a class action lawsuit in Florida resulted in a very disappointing settlement for consumers.

The emergency vet told me Blue Buffalo quality isn't that good, and it turns out that they got sued in 2014 for lying about their ingredients (class - action lawsuit led to settlement in 2016 — see here: https: / / topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/closed-settlements/314897-blue-buffalo-pet-food-ingredients-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/).

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

He is the leader of Siskinds» securities class actions team which, in 2010, recovered more settlement money for plaintiffs in securities class actions than any other law firm in Canada.

«This is a unique settlement for a very unique situation affecting a specific group of individuals,» says Sabrina Lombardi of McKenzie Lake Lawyers in London, Ont., who along with colleague Michael Peerless and Manitoba firm Troniak Law represented the plaintiffs in the class action.

As it happens, the test for settlement approval is almost identical in Canadian and American class actions, and the test involves determining whether the settlement is fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of class members.

[127] Professor Piché in her text Fairness in Class Action Settlements, supra at pp. 179 - 80 summarizes the various factors for the settlement approval test into seven factors; i.e.: (1) judicial risk analysis: likelihood of recovery, or likelihood of success on the merits weighed against amount and form of settlement relief; (2) future expense, complexity and likely duration of litigation; (3) class reaction: number and nature of objections; (4) recommendations and experience of counsel and opinion of interested persons; (5) adequacy of representation: good faith and absence of collusion; (6) discovery evidence sufficient for «effective representation» and (7) adequacy of notice of proposed settlement to absent class memClass Action Settlements, supra at pp. 179 - 80 summarizes the various factors for the settlement approval test into seven factors; i.e.: (1) judicial risk analysis: likelihood of recovery, or likelihood of success on the merits weighed against amount and form of settlement relief; (2) future expense, complexity and likely duration of litigation; (3) class reaction: number and nature of objections; (4) recommendations and experience of counsel and opinion of interested persons; (5) adequacy of representation: good faith and absence of collusion; (6) discovery evidence sufficient for «effective representation» and (7) adequacy of notice of proposed settlement to absent class memclass reaction: number and nature of objections; (4) recommendations and experience of counsel and opinion of interested persons; (5) adequacy of representation: good faith and absence of collusion; (6) discovery evidence sufficient for «effective representation» and (7) adequacy of notice of proposed settlement to absent class memclass members.

The Florida Supreme Court has suspended two prominent lawyers 30 days each for seeking a payout for their clients from a scientific institute created in a class action tobacco settlement...

The most recent outcry was in the U.S. and resulted in a class action settlement with the Law School Admissions Council (who are responsible for administering the LSAT).

a class action in which a motion for approval of an amended settlement to replace the original settlement was rejected because the court held that the amended settlement was unfair, even if better than the original.

«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.»

In the class action arena, Luke has secured victories and settlements for his clients totaling over $ 100 million.

Resolving a statewide putative independent contractor misclassification class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against an international packaging company through an individual settlement and dismissal of class claims; and

If so, you may be eligible to receive additional payment for your work as part of a class action settlement.

Elizabeth Bowker, co-counsel for Maple Leaf in the class action proceeding, notes that it may be the quickest settlement ever reached in this type of action.

His settlement of a class action against Cardtronics, which provides for tens of thousands of voice - guided ATMs, constituted a major step toward making this ubiquitous convenience accessible to the blind.

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$ 109 Million Settlement against Rent - A-Center ($ 109 Million)-- class action suit against Rent - A-Center in New Jersey for charging consumers hidden usurious interest rates in violation of New Jersey State Law.

Apr. 23, 2009)(for publication) involved the $ 49 million class action settlement between BAR / BRI class members and West Publishing / Kaplan Inc..

«We're honored to bring together the widest array of business, legal and financial professionals, settlement administrators, insurers, investors, academics, government regulators, members of the judiciary and the media, for this year's conference to discuss economic and ethical considerations in class actions, and to provide valuable networking opportunities among top - tier professionals,» says Jeffrey Adam Baxt at Beard Group.

Our class action lawsuit attorneys won a settlement for 850 workers who were exposed to the dangerous chemical ethylene dichloride (also called EDC) in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The IAP is the mechanism through which people who suffered serious physical, sexual, or psychological abuse at residential schools can apply for additional compensation on top of the base class action settlement.

For example, a 12 November 2010 Dutch case I was looking for a while ago was not in the Global Class Action Exchange website in English translation, but I was able to find a sworn translation provided at the Converium Settlements website by GoogliFor example, a 12 November 2010 Dutch case I was looking for a while ago was not in the Global Class Action Exchange website in English translation, but I was able to find a sworn translation provided at the Converium Settlements website by Googlifor a while ago was not in the Global Class Action Exchange website in English translation, but I was able to find a sworn translation provided at the Converium Settlements website by Googling.

Categorizes the amounts awarded for SEC penalties, disgorgement, approved class - action settlements and other securities damages.

Welland Tribune http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/02/12/legal-fees-out-of-control Feb 12, 2013 — There's also a report of a proposed class action against a Toronto personal injury lawyer following a settlement of $ 150,000 which generated a legal bill of $ 110,000 ($ 60,000 for fees and $ 50,000 for expenses).

The 2010 settlement of the class action called for the implementation of a new mechanical licensing system and related processes to avoid the accumulation of pending royalties in the future, and to promote the timely payment of royalties to all rightsholders.

The settlement brings to a close the consolidated class action lawsuit brought in 2010 by multiple retirement funds against Countrywide and other defendants for securities violations involving the packaging and sale of MBS.

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.

We litigated and resolved a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of certain RCA, Proscan and GE branded televisions alleging that a defect rendered the TV's inoperable; the settlement made up to $ 100 million in available to television purchasers for unreimbursed repairs.

The Court went on to state that any proposed settlement of the class actions must ultimately be approved by the courts for fairness, reasonableness and adequacy, including examining whether a «coupon settlement» was appropriate and fair in the circumstances.

Strathy, J. approved the proposed settlement of the action for $ 11 million, of which $ 7.75 million was designated for class members, and the balance for fees and disbursements of class counsel and for the costs of administration of the settlement.

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