Sentences with phrase «including class action lawsuits»

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At his law firm, his lawyers have extensive courtroom experience in large, complex cases, including class action lawsuits and multi-district litigation.

Worse, the lack of direction frequently led to pitched battles between Burger King's Miami head office and individual franchisees — an uncomfortable parallel with Tim Hortons» own fights with its franchisees — including a class action lawsuit brought by franchisees over a $ 1 double cheeseburger.

This was partly in response to a number of complaints about the previous years» brakes, which included a class action lawsuit filed in California related to premature wear on 2003 — 2004 models.

This opposition has deployed several tactics, including a class action lawsuit.

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.

These include class action lawsuits involving tire defects and grave desecration, as well as wrongful death and white collar crime cases.

Not exact matches

In addition to mandatory arbitration, companies also frequently include a clause in their contracts that requires employees to waive their right to participate in class - action lawsuits.

Centra, a startup that raised over $ 30 million this year through a so - called «Initial Coin Offering» promoted by celebrities including boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., is the target of a class action lawsuit that seeks the return of investor funds.

If considered a class action, the lawsuit filed by three Uber drivers in San Francisco could grow to include more than 160,000 California drivers.

But the deceased tech CEO and many tech executives who serve on each other's boards (including Apple's, Google's, Intel's and Intuit's) were the focus of a recently settled class - action lawsuit.

More recently, however, a few cases in the U.S. of much higher pay have drawn some criticism from shareholders (including several class action lawsuits).

On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»

Attorney Jonathan Delshad filed two class - action lawsuits against Wells Fargo in September on behalf of former employees, including one business banker, who say they were fired for refusing to create fake accounts to hit sales quotas.

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.

Mining companies including Anglo - American Plc agreed to settle a class - action lawsuit from workers who said they contracted deadly lung diseases in South African gold mines.

Several companies are now fighting class action lawsuits for the sale of their brand of coconut oil in California, including Nutiva, Nature's Way, BetterBody, Carrington Farms, All Market's (Vita brand), Costco (Kirkland label), and others.

After upscale brands including McCormick & Schmick's settled class action lawsuits for erroneously claiming to serve high - priced Kobe beef, many menus switched to the vaguer «Wagyu.»

Technically, the lawsuit filed is a «collective action,» which by and large resembles a «class action» lawsuit with the exception that in collective actions, plaintiffs must «opt in» to join the lawsuit, while in a class action, they must opt out if they don't wish to be included.

Not at all surprising is that the only one of the three to receive widespread coverage, including a story in The New York Times, was the class action lawsuit.

«This is what parents demanded more than 18 months ago when they filed a class - action lawsuit and called for specific actions that the city is announcing today, including safety transfers and the bullying complaint portal.»

In a memorandum supporting the bill, the ASPCA noted several instances of not - for - profit shelters in New York being accused of wrongdoing, including Friends of Freddie Pet Rescue on Long Island, the target of a state Attorney General probe and a class - action lawsuit accusing it of selling sick puppies.

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.

(Whether the drugs do in fact cause dangerous metabolic changes, including diabetes, is currently being debated in class - action lawsuits involving thousands of patients and several law firms around the U.S.)

A Florida model on Friday slapped Match.com with a 1.5 billion class - action lawsuit accusing the Internet - dating giant and affiliated websites of posting thousands of fake profiles including many by Hollywood celebrities and other hotties.

However, only the California lawsuit, similar to the Colorado class - action, also includes claims based on violating the federal TVPA.»

SEATTLE — August 9, 2011 — Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class - action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and five of the nation's top publishers, including HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA), Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group Inc., a subsidiary of Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) and Simon & Schuster Inc., a subsidiary of CBS (NYSE: CBS), illegally fix prices of electronic books, also known as e-books.

Uber has been controversial in other provinces, including Quebec, where a class - action lawsuit filed by taxi companies and drivers against the company was certified in January.

A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. pet foods labeling was false and deceptive and that it falsely claimed that the products do not include chicken / poultry by - product meals, corn, wheat or soy, or artificial preservatives.

I followed your link and it led me to a page where you can file a claim before April 2016 and be included in a class action lawsuit (they rolled them all into one) and be reimbursed up to $ 200... https://www.petfoodsettlement.com Thank you!

According to Courthouse News, merchants filed a class - action lawsuit earlier this month against several major credit card companies, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Wells Fargo.

Not including Battlefield 1943 as a bonus with the PlayStation 3 version of Battlefield 3 has earned EA a class action lawsuit.

At the last count, EA is fending off three different class action lawsuits over the quality of the game, including one led by angry EA stock holders.

There's also plenty of news items including: Blizzard facing class action lawsuit over Battle.net security, Former Square boss calls merger «a -LSB-...]

Examples from the exhibition include: William Moore McCulloch, who worked tirelessly for equal rights at the risk of political suicide and was recognized by President Kennedy for his important influence in passing the Civil Rights Act; Edward Brooke, one of the first Republicans to call on President Nixon to resign in light of the Watergate scandal; Mose Wright, who in 1955 testified at the trial of the men who brutally abducted, tortured, and murdered his great nephew, Emmett Till, for allegedly whistling at a white woman; and Lois Jenson, a Minnesota miner who, in 1988, filed Lois E. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. and won the first class - action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States.

In King County Superior Court, a case had to be stayed while a party sought new counsel after their attorney acknowledged that he falsified a memo and emails before turning them over to plaintiffs in a nationwide class - action lawsuit.7 Similarly, this spring, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, in a 500 - page opinion, blasted a legal team (who previously had «won» a $ 19 billion judgment in an Ecuadorean court) for their «egregious fraud» which included ghostwriting «independent reports.»

The Toronto Star is reporting on the proposed class action lawsuit brought against Goodlife Fitness for unpaid wages, including overtime.

It comes in many forms but, includes proposals to limit class action lawsuits, to shorten the statute of limitations (time deadline) for filing personal injury claims, and to put a cap on the amount of damages for out of pocket losses like medical bills and lost wages and / or general damages for the pain and emotional distress caused by a catastrophic injury or death caused by the wrongdoing of another individual or business.

There have been numerous individual and class action lawsuits against SUV manufacturers including Ford and Mitsubishi.

But this service has its own challenges, as it faces a class action lawsuit because the materials in this database were scanned and included without the permission or notice of the lawyers who authored (or re-worked) the materials.

Mr. De La Cruz handles various types of employment litigation, including wage and hour class actions; discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and harassment lawsuits; and administrative litigation, collective bargaining, and general labor relations matters.

Examples of class action lawsuits include groups of workers alleging exposure to asbestos and homeowners suing their insurance companies for rejecting black mold claims.

Her accomplishments include development of legal reforms following Deepwater Horizon, the successful defense of the first renewables on public lands, and the historic settlement of the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history — the Cobell tribal trust litigation.

He has a broad range of litigation experience that includes handling some of the largest collective and class actions in Arizona, collective bargaining agreement arbitration, discrimination lawsuits, restrictive covenant enforcement and injunction, and the defense of administrative charges involving various state and federal agencies across the United States.

This experience includes both major class action cases and defense of lawsuits brought by individuals, including claims of wrongfully denied insurance and disability benefits.

In addition, Javier oversees the litigation of a Health Information Management company in multiple jurisdictions, including defending multiple class action consumer fraud lawsuits.

Our attorneys have extensive experience in litigation, including state and federal cases, complex litigation and class action lawsuits.

Defended financial institutions and other clients in several major securities class action lawsuits, including Rent - A-Center, Genta Incorporated and the Scottish Re Group

The path he set out on would be littered with various lawsuits, including a class action shortly after launch, ethics opinions that put into question the company's services and ultimately an acquisition by Internet Brands for an undisclosed sum, which closed earlier this year.