Jan 1, 2016

Family of Qualcomm Exec Killed in Plane Crash Files Wrongful Death Law Suit

Family of Qualcomm Exec Killed in Plane Crash Files Wrongful Death Law Suit January 11, 2016, 10:30:00AM. By LAS Staff Writer SAN DIEGO (January 8, 2016) (Press Release)San Diego-based law firm CaseyGerry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Michael Copeland, a Qualcomm executive who was killed after the single engine Cessna airplane he was piloting collided in midair …


Suit Claims Pacer Is Overcharging for Docket Reports Because of Counting Error

Suit claims Pacer is overcharging for docket reports because of counting error Posted Jan 11, 2016 11:28 am CST A would-be class-action suit filed in federal court in Tacoma, Washington, late last month claims Pacer is overcharging for some docket reports. The suit filed by Bryndon Fisher alleges that the systemic error overcharges users by overcounting bytes on longer docket page captions, …


Why It’s Totally Legal to Dock Employees’ Pay for Going to the Bathroom

Last week, 6,000 workers of a Pennsylvania company achieved a small victory. A federal judge ruled that their employer, American Future Systems Inc., has to pay up for making them clock out for bathroom breaks. The company will have to put out about $1.75 million in back pay and damages for forcing employees to clock out at offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio between July 2009 and …


Double or Nothing: Spotify Hit With Another Class-Action Lawsuit for $200 Million

If Spotify was hoping for a quiet start to 2016 on the legal front, it’s going to be disappointed. Just two weeks after musician David Lowery filed a $150 class action suit against the company, it’s facing another separate class action suit — this time for $200 million. On Friday the Los Angeles law firm Gradstein & Marzano filed a complaint on behalf of the artist Melissa Ferrick, accusing …


Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: Collective Action

Project Paperless LLC, a strange company whose ownership is shrouded in mystery, wants $1,000 for every person in your company who scans documents and e-mails them. They claim that they have a valid patent covering this ‘‘invention,’’ and while $1,000 per employee is a lot of cabbage, it’s nothing compared to what it would cost you to prove to a court that the patent is as bogus as we all know …


Major Record Labels Forced to Pay CAD$45M to Ripped-Off Musicians

This is the day that Congress votes on whether to give “fast track authority” on the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership, ending any meaningful debate about a treaty that will prohibit America from passing environmental, labor and Internet laws that interfere with multinational corporate profits.


XPO Logistics Subsidiaries Sued for Misclassifying Drivers

The Wall Street JournalCANCEL Three trucking company subsidiaries of XPO Logistics Inc.XPO 1.73 % were sued in California on Monday for allegedly misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors. The lawsuit seeking class-action status, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, argues that drivers for XPO subsidiaries Pacer Cartage Inc., Harbor Rail Transport and PDS Transportation Inc. …



Spotify Sued by Another Musician for Copyright Infringement

Spotify has been slapped with a copyright lawsuit for the second time in two weeks. Massachusetts-based artist Melissa Ferrick claims Spotify failed to notify her and obtain a license when it copied her compositions and made them available on its streaming music service. Ferrick, who filed the suit on Friday in the US District Court in Los Angeles, is seeking class-action status and wants …


NFL Cheerleaders Win Ruling in Fight for Better Wages

Go, Buffalo Jills, Go! The cheerleaders for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills were given the go ahead with their class action lawsuit against the team demanding better wages. The ruling this week by a New York state judge allows “all Buffalo Bills cheerleaders and ambassadors since April 2008” to come together on the suit.