SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Shareholders of Sunrun Inc. Of Class Action Lawsuit
If you purchased or otherwise acquired Sunrun securities pursuant to the initial public offering, your rights may be affected by this action. …
Apr 1, 2016
David Lowery Legal Team Files Motion Addressing Spotify’s Forthcoming Publishing Settlement
The motion alleges that Spotify may be misrepresenting the details of a proposed settlement with publishers. Attorneys representing David Lowery in his lawsuit against Spotify want to know what the music streaming service has been telling songwriters. In a motion filed this week in the Central District Court of California, Lowery and the other three plaintiffs have asked the judge for…
Kanye West Tricked Music Fans Into Joining Jay Z’s Tidal Music Streaming Service: Class Action Lawsuit Filed
Kanye West’s permanent exclusive release of his new album “The Life Of Pablo” on music streamer Tidal was an intentional ploy to add subscribers to the service, a new lawsuit alleges. Soon after, the album was released on other big streamers like Spotify and Apple Music. A new lawsuit alleges that Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal intentionally tricked millions of…
Conditional Class and Settlement Terms Approved in Laborers’ Action Against Landscaping Firm
A U.S. magistrate judge has approved conditional certification of the settlement class and settlement associated with a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) case brought by a group of seasonal landscape laborers from Mexico. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth T. Hey issued her decision in the case initiated by Rogelio Ortega Hernandez and a group of laborers similarly situated, against…
Personal Injury Class Actions for NFL Concussions Now Possible
A ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has opened up the door for personal injury cases involving NFL concussions to now be tried as class action lawsuits. The reason why this is such a big deal is that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1997 decision in Amchem v. Windsor and its 1999 followup, Ortiz v. Fibreboard, made the use of class actions to settle large swaths of personal…
Personal Trainers Sue Crunch Gym for Up to $200K in Unpaid Wages
Crunch Gym is squeezing its personal trainers — paying the fitness instructors just $8.75 an hour for one-on-one sessions and refusing to compensate them at all for other duties like meetings and cleaning, according to a new class-action lawsuit. Arielle Jernigan, who worked at the East 59th Street location from 2015 to 2016, and Kadeem Johnson, who is still employed there, filed the suit in…
Victims Eye Class-Action Lawsuit Against Humidifier Sterilizer Producers, Sellers
A group of people victimized by toxic humidifier sterilizers plan to bring a class-action lawsuit against the products’ manufacturers and distributors to seek unspecified damages, an environment civic group said Thursday. The Seoul-based Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health said it will convene a meeting of the victims and their families on Sunday to…
$75M Lawsuit Launched After Family Services Hacked, Personal Info Posted in Facebook
The “highly sensitive” personal information of 285 clients and people being investigated by the Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville was stolen by a hacker and posted on Facebook due to “reckless” and “disgraceful” conduct of the organization, according to a $75-million class action lawsuit filed today. The statement of claim, filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf…
Attorney Backs Emory Law Prof’s Study on No-Injury Class Action Settlements
A recent university study offers objective empirical evidence that no-injury class action lawsuits only benefit the attorneys who bring the litigation, leaving little to trickle down to the plaintiffs while raising costs for consumers. The findings of Emory University School of Law professor Joanna Shepherd are backed by Philadelphia attorney James Beck, who works for…
Federal Courts Can’t Intervene ‘Too Deeply’ in EEOC Class Actions, Attorney Says
After a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, companies facing class action Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints will have a tough time mounting a certain defense, a Charlotte, N.C., attorney says. In Mach Mining vs Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the high court’s decision held that courts have authority to review whether the EEOC has fulfilled its…