The class-action lawsuit filed against Wendy’s over a data breach at more than 1,000 restaurants has attracted a crowd. More than 20 credit unions across the country, from Alaska to Florida, and a handful of credit union associations, including the Credit Union National Association, have joined as parties to the suit filed in Federal Court earlier this year by First Choice Federal Credit Union …
Advocate Health Care will pay $5.55 million to settle allegations it violated federal patient privacy law — the largest such settlement paid by a single entity. The settlement with the federal government follows an investigation that began in 2013 when Advocate reported three separate data breaches involving its physician-led medical group subsidiary, Advocate Medical Group. The breaches …
But the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Commissioner Emily Johnson Piper, and “a discriminatory residential service system” have kept them from doing so because they have disabilities, says a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Wednesday. “I’m 43 years old and I want to have the freedom to make my own choices, basic stuff — like what time I go to …
Plaintiff Richard Rosenbaum has filed a class action lawsuit against Toyota claiming that the automaker has misrepresented the electric-only range of the plug-in hybrid. According to the suit, Toyota’s claim that …
About 150 groups from around the country that provide services to American Indian farmers and ranchers have applied to receive grant money from a $38 million one-time fund set up as part of the federal government’s loan discrimination settlement with Native Americans. An advisory committee will whittle down the proposals and make a recommendation to a federal judge by Oct. …
One of the more interesting issues on the horizon that has implications for workers’ comp is the question of whether “gig economy” workers will have rights as employees. In various posts I’ve been commenting on the Lyft and Uber class actions, since those seem to be the poster children for the disruptive companies who seek to change the legal landscape. Julius Young So it was with interest when …
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) (http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/keryx/) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of purchasers of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Keryx” or the “Company”) (KERX) common stock during the period between March 2, 2016 and July 29, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”). This action was …
Out activist DeRay Mckesson filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday against the City of Baton Rouge for what he alleges was “excessive force” used by law enforcement during Mckesson’s July 9 arrest in Louisiana. Mckesson, a prominent organizer within the Movement for Black Lives who has been at the front lines of nationwide protests against police brutality, was one of the 200 activists …
Communications giant Comcast is facing a lawsuit in Missouri. This is a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation and punitive damages for all Missouri Comcast customers who purchased the protection plan after August of 2011.
Property owners have dropped a lawsuit challenging a city short-term rental ban and the $500 daily fines that accompany it. July 22 court documents showed five …