For 18 months, Haidar Omarali says he was told when and where to work by multimillion-dollar utilities retailer Just Energy. He was told what to say to customers courtesy of a pre-written script, what to wear in the form of company branded clothing, and was trained, supervised and disciplined by his company. Sound like an employee to you?
Police officers in South Carolina and eight other states could join a class-action lawsuit in hopes of getting back the money they spent to fend off allegations of misconduct. Slager hearing A hearing this week in the federal criminal case against Michael Slager has been rescheduled for Friday. Slager is charged with three federal counts in last year’s shooting death of Walter Scott that was …
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Fiat made falseand misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material facts aboutits business and operations. Specifically, the Company misrepresentedits growth by purposefully inflating the vehicle …
At least 13,000 and possibly as many as 15,000 residents living near the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant may be entitled to approximately $12,000 each. It’s part of a class action lawsuit filed 26 years ago against Dow Chemical and Rockwell International. Those entitled to money must have owned property near the former site as of June 7, 1989.
On behalf of Christie’s, Inc., Skadden secured the denial of a motion to alter or amend judgment, preserving the previously granted dismissal with prejudice of a class action in which several prominent artists or their representatives had sought to enforce the …
A U.S. court temporarily suspended a class action case against Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA and extended the period for defining the terms of the case, a source with direct knowledge of the proceedings said on Tuesday. Petrobras, as the company is commonly known, is the center of a massive corruption investigation in Brazil known as Operation Car …
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a securities class action has been filed on behalf of those who purchased shares of K12, Inc. (“K12” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LRN) during the period between November 7, 2013 and October 27, 2015, inclusive (the “Class Period”). This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants …
A California Indian tribe may be immune from a Family and Medical Leave Act lawsuit by a fired employee even though it acted to move the lawsuit to federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled (Bodi v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, 2016 BL 255421, 9th Cir., No. 14-16121, 8/8/16 ). With the decision, two federal appeals courts now have …
Things just get worse and worse for Fox News and Gretchen Carlson ever since she made her accusations of sexual harassment against former boss Roger Ailes. Carlson was recently fired from Fox News, and according to Politico accused Ailes of “sexually-charged comments ranging from lewd innuendo, ogling and remarks about Ms. Carlson’s body to demands for sex as a way for her to improve her job …
The result is a “diminution in value” of all the units in the building at 301 Mission St., said the lead law firm in the case, Foreman and Brasso of San Francisco. The lawsuit was filed eight days after we revealed that the Millennium Tower has sunk 16 inches and has tilted at the base by at least two inches. A geotechnical engnineer hired by the condo tower’s homeowners association …