Sentences with phrase «of national class action»

Obtained dismissal, based on federal preemption, of a national class action by boat owners alleging that gasoline containing ethanol is a defective product.

In the context of a national class action, the settlement agreement assigned a supervisory role to Superior Court judges in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec.

Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of a national class action on demurrer, holding that the plaintiffs could not state a claim for breach of contract for insurer not following purported «national» automotive repair «standards.»

Alabama plans to use the Praxis II exams manufactured by the Educational Testing Service, the same tests that are the focus of national class action lawsuits for scoring errors.

Rodrigue told Legal Feeds she will be at the Montreal office two days a week and will continue to commute to Toronto as she has for the past seven years as the former co-chair of the national class actions team at Norton Rose and its predecessor Ogilvy Renault, where she began her career as a stagiare 22 years ago.

Not exact matches

In January — at about the same time states began filing civil demands — the first of a handful of potential class - action lawsuits that were national in scope were filed.

The class action suit, which seeks to determine the constitutionality of Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, is being led by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

A day following the announcement of the data breach, the National Consumer Law Center called for Equifax to «immediately remove the forced arbitration clause and class action ban» from its terms of use.

The group has also backed a franchisee's class - action lawsuit filed in Canada over the company's alleged improper use of a national advertising fund.

The National Beef lawsuit is the latest in a string of class action lawsuits brought by Kistler on behalf of workers against meatpacking plants and food processing companies.

As the representative and pioneer of mankind the Church meets its social responsibility when in its own thinking organization and action it functions as a world society, undivided by race, class and national interests.

Despite adverse weather conditions, thousands of spectators attended the event and witnessed some top - class action, with one world record, three championship records and 26 national records broken.

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.

A Mississippi father of a high school football player filed a class - action lawsuit this week against the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations.

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.

Along with revealing data, perceptive analysis, and welcome candor, however, comes a certain skittishness in sensitive areas such as African American parenting practices, a bit of folly (encouragement of dialect and street language in English class), and some sky - pie about «collective action» and national leadership to solve problems for which there are no easy solutions.

According to Osler, nearly half of privacy class actions initiated in Canada have been commenced in Ontario — which is not surprising given that most national class actions are initiated in this province purely for logistical reasons, says lawyer Jeff Orenstein of the class action law firm Consumer Law Group.

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In 2008, Gordon Wallace retained McKercher LLP to represent him as the leading plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of Prairie farmers against Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and others for allegedly overcharging them for grain transportation over 25 years.

Successfully resolving claims against clients for over 25 years on terms favorable to clients, including technology vendor contract disputes and other commercial litigation, lease disputes for national and regional companies, and early resolution of several class action claims against national retailers and international travel company.

With deep experience in product liability matters and class action litigation, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, as well as consumer fraud, he represents national and international companies, including manufacturers of motor vehicles, power tools, pharmaceuticals, clothing, glass products, outdoor power equipment, and industrial machinery.

Mr. Leopold is the past president of Public Justice Foundation, a national organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that fights for justice through precedent - setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation.

Firm's Attorneys, Ervin Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson Hold Press Conference on Class - Action Lawsuit Alleging National Cover - up of Condo Fire Sprinkler System Defects

The class action lawyers at the Strom Law Firm enjoy a distinct statewide and national reputation for excellence in the area of consumer protection litigation and class action lawsuits.

«The Jimenez family has been irreparably changed as a result of something that could have been and should have been prevented,» added Eidson, who is also Co-Lead Counsel for the plaintiffs in the national class action against Ford and Firestone now pending in Indianapolis, Indiana.

(A separate class action brought by the National Veterans Legal Services Program and others is challenging PACER fees as excessive in violation of the E-Government Act of 2002.

Last year, he successfully defended state - owned China National Building Materials Group in a $ 1.3 bn (# 1m) class action lawsuit against allegations of defective products.

* Study and explore the possibility of the development of a judicial protocol with the aim to: * Allow for communication among judges in overlapping class actions proceedings * Coordinate and harmonize activities in proposed overlapping class proceedings in order to maximize efficiency, reduce costs and avoid the duplication of effort; * Honour the independence and integrity of the superior courts while promoting inter-provincial cooperation and respect for comity; * Implement a framework of general principles to address basic administrative issues arising out of national and multijurisdictional class actions; and * Provide for nationally - accepted carriage motions.

* Develop proposals for amendments to legislation to facilitate the administration of national and multijurisdictional class actions.

Representatives from Sotos LLP, Siskinds LLP and Koskie Minsky LLP authored the submission to the CBA, which was produced in response to the notice of consultation from the CBA's national class actions task force, created in October.

Many of its files will be familiar to regular readers of the national media, and include the $ 9 - billion Sino - Forest Corp. shareholder class action claim; an application against Rogers Communications Inc. and Chatr Wireless Inc. involving a constitutional challenge to the Competition Act; and a case concerning oil pollution in the Amazon in which the firm acted for Ecuadoran plaintiffs.

Finally, Mr. Ringler was appointed as one of nine lead attorneys to prosecute a national class action against Toyota Motor Corporation arising out of the sudden acceleration claims filed by hundreds of attorneys across the country.

Defeated the most critical prong of a class certification motion which sought to certify a large group of salespersons in an action brought against a national furniture company.

$ 10 million recovered in a class action lawsuit on behalf of consumers financially harmed by the deceptive practices of a national retailer.

This morning, the National Law Journal is reporting on a class action filed in California, claiming that Facebook is using names and images of minors for advertising purposes without getting parents» permission as required under California law.

Further, on Aug. 20, 2015, Charney Lawyers and Sutts Strosberg LLP launched a national class action against Avid Dating Life and ALM in Toronto on behalf of all residents of Canada who subscribed to the web site.

Ms. Webber is co-chair of the National Employment Lawyers» Association's Class Action Committee, a position she has held since 1999.

A third lawsuit against Canadian National Railway Co., in which it was alleged that some of the company's employees were misclassified as managers to avoid paying them overtime, has been denied class action certification.

The Agent Orange litigation ushered in the toxic tort age by presenting the first clash at the national class action level between novel scientific theories and the strictures of legal proof.

Cohen Milstein, as one of the co-lead counsel, filed a national class action alleging that Dish Networks unlawfully raised its prices for satellite television services in February 2011 by raising prices on customers who were bound by a two - year contract with discounted pricing for the first 12 - months.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle of Washington, D.C., took a middle ground in her decision on Saturday in a class - action suit that contends Pacer fees violate federal law because they exceed the actual costs of providing the records, the National Law Journal reports.

Defense of leading U.S. pharmaceutical and biologic manufacturers in national and international product liability and commercial litigation involving prescription biologics, nonsteroidal pain medications, diet drugs, statins and other medications, including class actions, multi-district litigations, Congressional investigations, criminal proceedings, and shareholder derivative litigation

The presentation, held on February 19, 2014, focused on the national class action litigation involving the use of the words «all natural» (and other related terms) on food, nutritional supplements, and other consumer products.

Cohen Milstein, as one of the co-lead counsel, filed a national class action alleging that Dish Networks unlawfully raised its prices for...

Represented five national academic medical center hospitals in defense of antitrust class action by medical residents.

In the process of defending large national class actions, Sterling Cluff saw firsthand how defendants can take advantage of individual consumers and the benefit that individuals gain in their fight against formidable corporations by banding together to form classes with the force of «what's right» behind them.

A U.S. District Court Judge in the Central District of California today dismissed a putative national class action brought against Umeken USA, Inc., a leading manufacturer of dietary supplements and its Chief Executive Officer.

Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos handles statewide and national class action lawsuits on behalf of persons with disabilities who have been denied access to employment, business, education, or government facilities and services.

We have served as part of national coordinating counsel in class actions involving multiple states and federal districts, making us well - versed in the unique rules of class and mass tort actions.

Gray Reed's class action and mass torts practice is national in scope and covers a multitude of industries, including agriculture, oil and gas, manufacturing, construction and biotechnology.