Sentences with phrase «settlement of a class action suit»

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The settlement will most likely reduce the size of the class - action suits filed against Spotify.

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger today approved the landmark settlement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in February 2010 on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools.

And who can forget the announcement two weeks ago that Microsoft was joining Amazon, Yahoo and others in opposing Google's recent court settlement of a class - action suit which clears the way for Google to offer millions of titles through its Google Book Service?

Now, thanks to that investigation, the original class action suit which sought to return some of the $ 250 million that some estimates claim consumers overpaid may fall by the wayside as three of the publishers involved are working to reach a settlement with all fifty individual state governments.

The lion's share of the damages in a class action suit go to the attorneys involved in the settlement, and around thirty - five states» attorneys general were involved in the investigation and allegations of price fixing.

The defendants are also negotiating with state attorneys general led by the AGs of Texas and Connecticut to reach a settlement that would enable the defendants to escape from the threat of the class action suit.

All 50 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may reach a settlement with HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette, which would effectively trump the class - action suit.

The fifth publisher involved in the ebook pricing lawsuits, Penguin, settled with the Department of Justice in December but hasn't reached settlements in the class action suit or with the states.

However, as part of a settlement in a class action suit against credit bureaus, all three credit agencies agreed to train their own investigators and do a more thorough job examining mistakes.

I don't foresee Loblaw putting any requirements on claiming it and Canadians should be able to claim the gift card as well as have a share of any future class action suit settlement if they join.»

Professor Brickman argues that the BP suit is representative of a larger trend in American class action litigation whereby the plaintiffs» lawyers are hired on a contingency fee basis and end up reaping enormous sums from the settlement.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether a class - action settlement in a suit against Google met requirements of federal law when $ 5.3 million of the $ 8.5 million...

$ 109 Million Settlement against Rent - A-Center ($ 109 Million)-- class action suit against Rent - A-Center in New Jersey for charging consumers hidden usurious interest rates in violation of New Jersey State Law.

Ball & Bonholtzer will pursue an out - of - court settlement, but we have no fear of taking a class action suit to court.

, High - dollar Settlements Mark Class Action Cases, Little Relief: Litigation Costs Rising as Firms Face Fewer Suits, and Rogues Gallery of Class Action Attorneys.

Two new issues, related but readily distinguishable, have arisen in the past few months, about the residential school experience, neither of which were public knowledge at the time of the apology and certainly not at the times of the out - of - court settlement that was negotiated against a class action law suit brought against the Government and the churches.

In recent years there have been a number of class action suits and settlements related to intern programs.

A class action lawsuit, filed in Florida, soon followed, with a court - appointed receiver taking control of Cryptsy's assets in the spring of 2016, setting the stage of a settlement agreement between users and Vernon's ex-spouse, who was also named in the original suit.

The proposed settlement was approved by a federal Judge in Illinois stemming from a national class - action suit involving allegations of FCRA violations against sister companies that employed drivers.

Still to come: Settlement of several dozen class action suits filed on behalf of common share holders, which will most likely be consolidated into a single court action.

In Bloom v. Martin, several borrowers (Borrowers) brought a class action suit against mortgage lenders alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA).

Part of three big settlements the big three credit bureaus have made over credit reporting mistakes recently (the other two were with the AG of New York and the AG of Mississippi), Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion have settled a 31 state class action suit; paying a fine and, more importantly, ensuring future errors are limited...

This class action suit comes on the heels of Fidelity agreeing to pay a $ 1.25 M settlement to the state of California for alleged RESPA kickbacks violations after a previous case that led to a 2011 settlement where Fidelity agreed to pay the federal government $ 4.5 M for the same violations.