Sentences with phrase «filed federal class action lawsuits»

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...

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The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class - action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages.

The proposed class - action lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in federal court in Minnesota, accused the third - largest U.S. bank of «self - dealing and imprudent investing» by steering 401 (k) contributions to its Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Date funds.

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.

On Tuesday evening, the company filed documents in San Francisco federal court to settle a class action lawsuit brought Lyft in 2013 by former drivers Patrick Cotter, Alejandra Maciel, and Jeffrey Knudtson.

One of those workers filed a class action lawsuit against the company in the bankruptcy court for violating the federal WARN Act, which requires larger companies to give 60 days advance notice of layoffs.

[107] This class action lawsuit was filed in 1994 with Selma Buycks - Roberson as lead plaintiff and alleged that Citibank Federal Savings Bank had engaged in practices forbidden under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act.

Workers at the New York solar installer that tried to disappear without a peep last week have filed a class action lawsuit against the firm, alleging that it violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)

19 Aug 2013 — Campbell soups that are certified by the American Heart Association (AHA) are duping consumers into believing the products meet the organization's nutritional guidelines, according to a proposed class action lawsuit that was filed in New Jersey federal court.

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

Chris Walker and Ben Martin, who played for Tennessee from 2007 - 2011, and Dan Ahern, who played for North Carolina State from 1972 - 76, filed a class - action lawsuit in federal court yesterday in Chattanooga, Tenn..

Retired players Dave Christian, Reed Larson and William Bennett filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday alleging that the league has promoted fighting and downplayed the risk of head injuries that come from it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Law students working with Yale's legal services organization plan to file a class - action lawsuit in Federal District Court today against Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and the state's acting and former health commissioners on behalf of residents affected by Connecticut's Ebola quarantine policies, including two who were Yale graduate students.

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.

Inder Parmar, speaking to fellow Uber drivers and their supporters last June about a class - action lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

There already is a class action lawsuit filed in federal court that may be able sort out what happened.

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.

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.

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.

During the same period, more than 3,000 federal lawsuits were filed against credit card issuers alone, 400 of which were class - actions that involved masses of people.

Other developments also include a class action lawsuit filed last week in the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench and which has been brought against the federal government and the Canadian Wheat Board on behalf of western Canadian farmers seeking to recover the alleged value of the assets of the Canadian Wheat Board.

An injury lawsuit filed in a federal court in Los Angeles seeks class action status on behalf of all keyless car drivers.

We have substantial experience in representing employers in lawsuits filed by these agencies, and we have successfully defended clients in individual and class action lawsuits and class actions brought under federal and state discrimination laws.

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline)-- A federal appeals court has unsealed a lawsuit filed by a former member against a prominent class action firm that he claims fired him for exposing unethical conduct regarding the firm's contract with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Amidst a withdrawal freeze and the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court, Cryptsy has announced that it is insolvent.

What they want to avoid happening is being in the situation the founders of the Tezos tech project are in with a class - action lawsuit against them filed by US regulators that alleges they deceptively sold unregistered securities in violation of both federal and state law after their record - breaking USD 232m ICO in July, 2017.

A federal judge has largely rejected a motion by Verizon to dismiss a class - action lawsuit filed by victims of three data breaches that compromised Yahoo, which is now part of Verizon.

A class action lawsuit filed in federal court on August 23, 2011 underscored once again the importance of background screening firms following the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employers conducting background checks on prospective employees have to worry about the sharp rise in the number of class action lawsuits filed by job applicants over alleged technical violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

This whitepaper is a response to the rising trend of class action lawsuits filed for alleged violations of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that controls background checks for employment in the United States.

Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) Two class action lawsuits filed in federal courts in Wisconsin by the same lawyers and the same lead plaintiff within one week of each other and both alleging the same cause of action underscore the prevalence of class action lawsuits for violations...

Written By Attorney Lester Rosen, Founder & CEO of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) In a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle on April 7, 2015, a major national online retailer and a staffing firm that provides workers have been sued in a class action lawsuit alleging that the defendants failed to...

The use of a «Retail Theft Contributory Database» in California is being challenged in a class action lawsuit filed in federal Court in San Francisco on January 31, 2013.

A class action lawsuit was just filed against Old Republic International, Old Republic Home Protection (ORHP) and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company in federal court in California.

Just as RE-Insider predicted when the HUD settlement came out earlier this month, angry homeowners have filed a federal consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Fidelity National Title Insurance and other major title insurers alleging the companies kicked back fees to real estate agents for real estate settlement services.