Sentences with phrase «class action suits claiming»

SiriusXM has agreed to pay up to $ 99 million to settle three class action suits claiming the satellite radio service infringed musicians» copyrights for music recorded before 1972, when federal...

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.

In August, a shareholder filed a class action suit claiming that Yelp withheld information about an FTC investigation over its negative review practices in order to goose its stock price.

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Tiger Brands said it has received notice of two class action suits against the firm, with the total amount claimed against the company estimated at 425 million rand.

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.

The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC is a full service business litigation and shareholder rights advocacy firm with more than 20 years of experience in complex litigation matters, including claims of investor and stockholder fraud, shareholder derivative suits, and securities class actions.

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.

A recent article published on Today talked about a class action suit that claims the food corporation that owns Welch's Fruit Snacks, Promotion in Motion, has been deceiving consumers into thinking their fruit snack products are healthy (shocker, right?

While MLS commissioner Doug Logan denied Clemetson's allegations, the league's handling of Caligiuri underlined flaws in the system, which in February prompted 10 players to file a class - action suit against MLS, claiming that the league's restraints on players violated antitrust laws.

The class - action suit claims that two town workers whose son attends Camp Anchor inappropriately sent political letters to other camp families.

A coalition of landlords and organizations is suing the city under the banner of Tax Equity Now NY in a class - action suit that claims the city's property tax system is racially biased and favors the rich over the working - and middle - class.

So why do products like Cold - EEZE and Airborne keep on selling, even after class - action suits and Federal Trade Commission actions alleging that their claims of treating the common cold were unsubstantiated?

A class - action suit, claiming personal and property damage to more than a million Florida residents, is filed against the malathion manufacturer Cheminova.

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.

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.

Now, thanks to that investigation, the original class action suit which sought to return some of the $ 250 million that some estimates claim consumers overpaid may fall by the wayside as three of the publishers involved are working to reach a settlement with all fifty individual state governments.

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

I don't foresee Loblaw putting any requirements on claiming it and Canadians should be able to claim the gift card as well as have a share of any future class action suit settlement if they join.»

(SeekingAlpha.com: Aug 9, 2009) In a recent Seeking Alpha article, financial advisor Ron Rowland broke down the class - action suit, agreeing that the suit's claims appear to be «without merit».

A class action suit is one filed on behalf of a group of people with similar claims.

Class - action suits have been filed against mortgage lenders in Kentucky and California who foreclosed upon homeowners who claim they made mortgage payments after having home loans modified.

In February, Frank Lucido filed a class action suit in federal court in California against Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. claiming two of his dogs became sick and one died after he fed them Beneful.

The Met Settles Ambiguity over its «Recommended Donation» The Metropolitan Museum has settled a three - year - old class action suit brought by plaintiffs who claimed its «recommended admission» of $ 25 to enter its galleries was misleading to the public.

Should I look into a class action suit against all of the folks claiming catastrophy due to global warming?

(The suits are referred to as a mass action because they involve multiple suits that raise similar claims, but they don't seek to be certified as a class action under the federal rules of civil procedure.)

Our team has worked with US federal, state and local government agencies to defend against governmental enforcement actions and citizen suits, response cost litigation, indemnification claims, toxic tort class actions, imminent and substantial endangerment litigation, and criminal environmental claims.

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.

Others withdrew their ESA claim and joined the class action suit.

After careful analysis of the claim, Justice Perell decided not to exclude group 1 because although they could not pursue damages for wrongful dismissal, they were free to advance claims for the other aspect of the class action suit.

It also comes almost 50 years to the day of the famous class - action suit against Dylan by thousands of «Mr. Jones,» who claimed that their reputations were maligned by the folk - singer singing that «something is happening here but (they) don't know what it is.»

HealthSouth Settles Securities Fraud Claims for $ 445 Million; Merrill Lynch Settles 23 Class Action Suits for $ 164 Million; Is SOX Unconstitutional?

With the settlement, Comcast does not admit to any wrongdoing and still denies the claims that were made in the class action suit.

As mentioned, most observers now believe that ODR offers a viable way to settle high - volume, low - value claims, something the courts, outside of class action suits, have always struggled with.

Prior to joining Lewis Wagner, Meghan was an associate in the New York firm Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry's insurance coverage group, where she represented insurance company clients in insurance coverage litigation, and advised insurers on exposure and liability issues in wide array of tort and commercial contexts, including mass tort and class action litigation involving pharmaceuticals, chemical, transportation, news and entertainment, and oil and gas; environmental suits; FDA compliance claims; unfair competition and false advertising claims; intellectual property claims; construction defect; personal injury; product liability; and associated breach of contract claims.

It was not a class action suit, but I advanced their claims as a group.

Toyobo — Defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in consumer fraud class actions throughout the United States, False Claims Act actions, suits and investigation by states attorneys general, claims and lawsuits by body armor manufacturers, and personal injury claims arising from the sale of a high ‐ performance fiber used in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of bullet ‐ resistant Claims Act actions, suits and investigation by states attorneys general, claims and lawsuits by body armor manufacturers, and personal injury claims arising from the sale of a high ‐ performance fiber used in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of bullet ‐ resistant claims and lawsuits by body armor manufacturers, and personal injury claims arising from the sale of a high ‐ performance fiber used in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of bullet ‐ resistant claims arising from the sale of a high ‐ performance fiber used in the manufacture of hundreds of thousands of bullet ‐ resistant vests.

It is not a class action suit, but I have advanced their claims as a group, though each employee has a separate claim.

The complaint in the civil suit against Maggio claimed that Maggio had abused the public trust, which is a class D felony in Arkansas, and that this abuse made him liable to Ms. Bull's estate under the statute that allows victims of a felony to bring a civil action; that Maggio breached a fiduciary duty to the plaintiffs by engaging in conduct that violated certain judicial and statutory rules; that Maggio engaged in a civil conspiracy with Gilbert Baker and Michael Morton; and that Maggio acted in concert with Morton and Baker.

Calling the New York Times» recent anti-arbitration series «blatantly one - sided», ILR's Bryan Quigley said U.S. Sen. Al Franken's bill to curb arbitration «will help personal injury lawyers make money on class - action suits, but those suits will not benefit consumers because most consumers have such small claims.»

Since joining Branch MacMaster in 1998, Don has acted for the defence and for plaintiffs in numerous class action law suits, including products liability, life insurance and health claims.

Don has participated in the defence of a number of class action law suits, including products liability, insurance and health claims... (more)

Weil serves as lead counsel overseeing the defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in connection with potential False Claims Act claims by the U.S. DOJ, class action suits, multiple personal injury suits, and claims by multiple state attorneys general and foreign states, among others, relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worlClaims Act claims by the U.S. DOJ, class action suits, multiple personal injury suits, and claims by multiple state attorneys general and foreign states, among others, relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worlclaims by the U.S. DOJ, class action suits, multiple personal injury suits, and claims by multiple state attorneys general and foreign states, among others, relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worlclaims by multiple state attorneys general and foreign states, among others, relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Gord focuses on defending class action law suits and serious product liability claims and has many years of experience in this area.

The class action suit, initiated by three California students who claimed the practice was discriminatory, snowballed to include nearly 40 claimants.

In the class action suit, Christy is asserting claims against the U.S. government founded upon the breach of express or implied contract claims to which the U.S. is a party,

Weil serves as lead counsel in the defense of Toyobo, a major Japanese fiber manufacturer, in class action suits, multiple personal injury suits, as well as claims by multiple state attorneys general, the U.S. Department of Justice, and foreign states relating to the performance of Toyobo's Zylon fiber in bullet - resistant vests used by thousands of law enforcement agencies worldwide.

We also have significant experience in administrative and other regulatory litigation, including agency rule challenges, regulatory investigations under state and federal false claims acts and unfair trade practice statutes, and defending clients in related individual and class action civil suits.

Ontario Courts have characterized pension claims as uniquely - suited to proceed as class actions.

#BREAKING: LA man files class action suit against #Apple, claiming its practice of slowing down older phones amounts to «breach of contract» and «trespass to chattel.»

Being as, back in 2014 when Schrems filed the original suit, he had tried to structure it as a privacy class action — gathering thousands of other Facebook users to join the cause and assign their claims to him.