Sentences with phrase «post-ipo class action claims»

U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed support on Tuesday for Microsoft's bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who say the video game console gouges discs because of a design defect.

Eight new cases were filed in 2014, including the Wivenhoe dam case following the 2011 Queensland floods and a shareholder class action claiming Treasury Wine Estates breached its continuous disclosure obligations.

Two gay men filed class action claims against ChristianMingle's parent company, Spark Networks, in 2013.

In their bid to sink the class action claims against them, Pearson attorneys acknowledged that the potential class could be «tens of thousands of authors.»

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.

We have acted in a significant number of the largest and most complex class actions in recent years and have expert understanding of the relevant court rules in different jurisdictions and the basis on which class actions claims can be challenged.

If you believe that you have been hurt in a situation that involved a group of people, you may have a valid class action claim.

Contact a Lafayette personal injury attorney at the firm to discuss your class action claim.

In future class action claims against nationwide corporate defendants, it appears that the U.S. Supreme Court is generally requiring piecemeal litigation in each state where a plaintiff was injured, instead of allowing for a single consolidated class action in a single state court lawsuit.

«$ 200M Class Action Claims «Boys Club» at Greenberg Traurig Hogs Work and Origination Credit.»

Striking all state class action claims and limiting conditional certification of an FLSA collective action to three units of a hospital in a class / collective hybrid action brought by a former nurse against a hospital in Wisconsin state court for meal period and overtime claims;

In addition, we work closely with our litigation group to defend employers and fiduciaries in a wide range of benefits - based individual and class action claims.

Law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, along with Trinity Capital Corporation, BDO Dunwoody LLP, and others are named in a $ 300 - million class action claim filed over a leveraged charitable donation program.

The employees» class action claims against IQT and the other defendant alleged in the certification motion, include: wrongful dismissal, conspiracy, negligence, inducing breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Individual consumers can't afford to exercise their legal remedies, while class action claims are usually far more lucrative for plaintiff's lawyers than the plaintiffs themselves.

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.

Perell J. dismissed the proposed Lipson class action claim against the defendant law firm as statute - barred.

Most class action claims focus on financial injuries that can easily be remedied by compensation.

Analyzed a client's hiring, promotion and compensation practices in the context of preventing anticipated class action claims.

The complaint against Banner Life combines the «captive reinsurance» class action claims brought last year with the cost - of - insurance (COI) class action claims that are now popping up.

He has worked cooperatively with lawyers from across Canada on a national class action claiming compensation for institutional child abuse.

Handled class action claims asserting age discrimination in employment as litigator and mediator

The representation of a major health care provider in the defense of class action claims alleging that it had unlawfully accumulated over $ 500 million in excess surpluses;

Notable mandates: Acting for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador regarding the development and financing of the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Project, also known as the «Lower Churchill Project»; acting for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador concerning the development and operation of the Hebron offshore oilfield project and the Hibernia South oilfield expansion project; acting for developers and placing financing on new hotel developments in downtown St. John's; defending class action claims involving product liability and taxation issues at a certification hearing and a common issues trial and appeal; acting for mining corporations involved in large - scale mine development projects in Labrador

For example, it obtained a dismissal of a multibillion - dollar class action claim on behalf of Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. at the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2005's David Polowin Real Estate Ltd. v. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co..

«The Blogosphere Examines Lawyer Bios Main Facebook Sued Again; Class Action Claims Use of Kids» Names and Pics Violates Calif..

In Brown v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce the Court of Appeal denied certifying yet another «misclassification» class action claiming overtime pay.

We believe that class action claims often help the attorneys more than they help the individuals affected by defective implants.

In these type of cases, the claimants might choose to file a class action claim; with one or a number of complainants representing all those associated with the fit.

Defense of class action claims against multi-level marketing firms alleging that the defendants were participating in illegal Ponzi schemes

Harris v. St. Vincent Healthcare, 371 Mont. 133, 305 P. 3d 852, 2013 MT 207 — Obtained dismissal of class action claims against hospital, upheld on appeal.

The plaintiffs in these class actions claim that rules established by the Visa and MasterCard networks constitute a conspiracy to fix the fees that merchants pay (namely, merchant discount rates and interchange fees), contrary to section 45 of the Competition Act.

Participated in the defense of a national hospital chain and its affiliated debt collection agency against federal class action claims that they «balanced - billed» patients

She has a record of success, including obtaining a complete dismissal, prior to discovery, in a multi-district class action claiming damages of hundreds of millions of dollars resulting from an alleged Ponzi scheme.

Javier F. Flores is a partner and practiced litigator with significant experience defending a wide variety of civil matters, including products liability, food - borne illness, mass tort, premises liability, and class action claims.

Official statistics show that lower court decisions tend to favor plaintiffs, but that state appeals courts have dismissed more class action claims than they have upheld.

Defended class action claims against life insurer alleging false and deceptive practices in marketing of annuity products.

He focuses on complex commercial litigation, particularly contract actions, fraud, breach of fiduciary duties and other business torts, intra-company disputes and business divorce claims involving partnerships and LLCs, employment claims, and derivative and class action claims.

The named plaintiffs filed this putative nationwide class action claiming that AT&T violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending text - message advertisements to its wireless customers about upgrading their cellular telephones after AT&T acquired their former wireless provider.

5.29.12 - Abbey Spanier, LLP Investigating Class Action Claims Relating to Unfair «Force - Placed Insurance» Practices

These matters run the gamut of securities and commodities claims, including suitability, churning, misrepresentation and sales practices claims, cases alleging research and investment banking conflicts of interest, margin liquidations, incentive stock option exercises, shareholder derivative class action claims, customer solicitation claims, unfair business practices litigation, and audit and compliance advisory work.

Class action claims require a certain degree of commonality among the group members in order to be certified.

Many representations have involved dozens of related shareholder derivative and class action claims.

He also did not strike class action claims or comply with a request by Oasis for a change of venue to Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago.

Lead trial counsel in the first medical products class action / common issues trial tried to verdict in Canada (146 trial days), successfully defending one of the world's leading manufacturers of life - saving cardiac devices in a national class action claiming more than a billion dollars in damages (awarded 2013 Canadian Product Liability Impact Case of the Year by LMG Life Sciences)

Lead trial counsel successfully defending one of the world's leading manufacturers of fire protection systems in some 20 claims and cross-claims resulting from a large factory fire, including a product liability / environmental class action claiming C$ 80 - million in damages

Just ask T - Mobile — the latest American company to get hit with a class action claim based on unlimited use of PDA's.

Representing one of two defendants in the White River (Indiana) fish kill case involving federal, state and class action claims seeking civil damages and penalties exceeding $ 50 million and federal criminal prosecution under the Clean Water Act.

She also handled numerous BP Oil Spill Class Action claims and litigation.

Last year's firm highlights included handling Groupon's November IPO, the year's second - largest public offering, and IP litigation chair James Hurst continuing an eight - trial winning streak by securing three courtroom wins for client Abbott Laboratories, including a March 31 jury verdict that staved off a potential multibillion antitrust class action claim.