Sentences with phrase «federal class»

Serve as lead trial counsel for employer in federal class action related to an industrial site where workers claim racial discrimination in employment, involving hundreds of employees.

Secured dismissal of federal class action complaint for financial services client involving allegations of unfair competition and fraud.

The settlement also proposes to resolve a pending federal class action suit.

Secured dismissal in two federal class actions for a leading multinational food and consumer products company alleging the violation of various consumer protection laws for failure to make certain supply chain disclosures.

Collaborated with lead counsel in federal class action in Ohio in which court decertified a statewide class alleging overcharges for title insurance premiums

Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) A Florida law firm filed federal class action lawsuits in the same court against three separate national employers on the same day, with two of them naming the same consumer as the lead plaintiff, alleging violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting...

Our press release pointed out that the Obama administration has proposed an education budget that would cut $ 650M from federal class size reduction funds, and that Education Secretary Arne Duncan has also told right wing groups over the last few years that he thinks that schools should respond to budget cuts with «smartly targeted increases in class size.»

Among these responsibilities are many programs with federal ties: Title I, Even Start, Head Start Collaboration, Federal Class Size, Special Education, Homeless, and Schools of the 21st Century.

His practice also involves federal class action and multi-district litigation defense in products liability and mass tort actions, and a variety of business disputes.

We have achieved excellent results — including nine - figure recoveries — on behalf of plaintiffs alleging a variety of state and federal class claims including antitrust violations, RICO, and unfair business practices.

More than a dozen federal class action lawsuits have been filed seeking damages from the Educational Testing Services (ETS) for errors in grading the PRAXIS Principles of Learning and Teaching Grade 7 - 12 exam required for entry - level classroom certification in many states.

Defended unrelated ground - services companies in Fair Labor Standards Act federal class action concerning workers at Miami International Airport

Well, today's that day, at least as far as federal class action litigation (more important since the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act) is concerned.

Secured dismissal of federal class action complaint for financial services client involving allegations of violations of RICO, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, fraud, and unfair competition.

Defended indirect owner of brokerage firm in federal class action for alleged violations of Commodity Exchange Act

«The judge in a 2004 federal class action lawsuit over fuel gauge damage caused by tainted gasoline made at Shell - Motiva refinery in Norco has sealed records on how he divided $ 6.8 million in legal fees among 79 lawyers in the case.

They are seeking damages from former CEO Gene Isenberg and current CEO Anthony Petrello as well as members of the board of directors in a federal class action lawsuit filed by the Erie County Employees Retirement System.

Uber is fighting back against a federal class - action lawsuit that seeks to reclassify all of its drivers in California from independent contractors to employees.

Uber is offering its California drivers around $ 1 each to settle a federal class action lawsuit over alleged labor violations, according to a Bloomberg report.

Remington is also the target of another high - profile case, a federal class - action lawsuit claiming that trigger defects have caused some of its shotguns to accidentally discharge.

As a matter of fact, you need a Federal Class 3 firearms license to own one.

UPDATE: Rivera aide Conchita Cruz noted Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (based in Obama's hometown of Chicago) filed a federal class action lawsuit yesterday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for unlawfully detaining immigrants and U.S. citizens identified through local law enforcement agencies.

Under the terms, the Republican president - elect admits no wrongdoing in settling two federal class - action lawsuits in San Diego and a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat.

In February, DuPont / Chemours, a former major manufacturer of PFOA, agreed to a $ 670 million settlement in a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking water.

Last year a federal class - action lawsuit was filed against Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics, the owner of a plant that the state said was the source of the PFOA contamination, and Honeywell International, a past owner of the plant.

The announcement was made in court papers filed recently, as part of the ongoing remedy process stemming from the federal class action lawsuit, Floyd vs. City of New York, in which a judge ruled the police unfairly targeted people of color for stops.

An angry football fan has hit two fantasy football sites with a federal class - action lawsuit, claiming employees at one of the sites used inside information to cheat their way to...

Between 2015 and 2016, federal class - action suits in New York about food marketing accounted for nearly a fifth of such cases nationwide, said Cary Silverman, a Washington, D.C. attorney who co-wrote the Empire Center report.

The NYPD's no - beard policy, as it is known, is at the center of a federal class - action lawsuit filed on behalf of a Muslim police officer who says he was suspended during the fasting month of Ramadan for refusing to shave his one - inch beard.

This is part of the ongoing remedy process stemming from the federal class action lawsuit, Floyd vs. City of New York, in which a judge ruled the police unfairly targeted people of color for stops.

The state has agreed to hire a monitor and a research expert to serve as watchdogs of the New York City foster care system to settle a federal class - action lawsuit that alleges foster children are enduring irreparable harm after lingering too long without permanent families.

New York City has agreed to pay up to $ 75 million to settle a federal class - action lawsuit that accused its Police Department of issuing hundreds of thousands of criminal summonses that were later found to be without legal justification, the city's Law Department said.

The state University at Albany and its athletic director, Mark Benson, are being sued in a federal class action for violations of Title IX by four former women's tennis players and former head women's tennis coach Gordon Graham.

At 11:30 a.m., The Taxi Workers Alliance and 10 Uber drivers file a federal class action lawsuit against Uber, claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors keeping them from employee protections, 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan.

Two companies that operated a manufacturing plant blamed for polluting water supplies in Hoosick Falls are seeking dismissal of a federal class - action lawsuit filed on behalf of the residents affected by the contamination.

The presence of the chemical PFOA in the Rensselaer County community's water supply has grabbed national headlines and is now being investigated as part of a federal class - action lawsuit.

Last week, a federal class - action lawsuit was filed against Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics and Honeywell International, the current and former owners of the plant that, according to the state, was the source of the PFOA contamination.

Their federal class - action lawsuit says that for almost a decade the district has discriminated against refugee students over 16.

The federal class action against the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and several U.S. Border Patrol agents claims that the agents have harassed students and a school secretary and brandished a pistol at a football coach from Bowie High School.

The Penguin attorneys are trying to separate themselves from the lawsuit and have said the essence of the case was «a misguided attempt to make a federal class action out of a series of gripes.»

A federal class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of residents in California and New York who sought Author Solutions» services for self - publishing, and is seeking $ 5 million in damages.

Author Solutions lawyers maintained the suit was «a misguided attempt to make a federal class action out of a series of gripes».

I was previously with World Law Group who stole money from me and ended up in a federal class action lawsuit.

Dr. Satowski is licensed to practice medicine in both California and South Carolina and carry's a Federal class 2 veterinary classification (allowing to provide international transport certificates to exotics in addition to dogs and cats).

Can I file a federal class action against the hotel for this «offensive waste of precious resources and energy» that is causing «deforestation?»

Cheryl is a recognized national leader in defending multi-party wage and hour actions including state and federal class actions, national Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions, and California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) representative actions.

Once you file a federal class action, the next step is to certify the class.