What started as “workplace morale” problems for Chipotle has snowballed into a huge class-action lawsuit over unpaid wages. A daunting number of employees — 9,961, or roughly 1 in 5 — have joined the complaint, which claims the chain “routinely requires hourly-paid restaurant employees to punch out, and then continue working until they are given permission to leave.” Managers allege they also …
The state will pay out an additional $85 million over the next 10 years to foster parents as part of a settlement agreement announced Monday. The settlement, which is subject to legislative approval, was brought by foster parents who argued the state’s foster care payments were woefully inadequate and have contributed to a shortage of foster parents. Kahaluu foster parents Raynette and Edward …
Eugenie Bouchard’s fall last year at the United States Open is still reverberating. Bouchard, who late one night after a mixed-doubles win sustained a concussion that forced her to withdraw and miss subsequent tournaments, filed a lawsuit in October against the U.S. Open and the United States Tennis Association. Ranked 39th, Bouchard lost her first-round match at this year’s Open on Tuesday …
A federal review of health insurers operating Medicare Advantage plans shows that 35 health plans overbilled the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Center for Public Integrity reported on August 29. Fred Schulte, a CPI senior reporter, said the center obtained 37 MA plan audits …
The Shareholders Foundation, Inc. announces that a lawsuit is pending in Louisiana on behalf of certain purchasers of shares of Amedisys Inc (AMED) over alleged Securities Laws Violations by Amedisys Inc. Investors who purchased shares of Amedisys Inc (AMED) prior to August 2008 and continue to hold any of those NASDAQ:AMED shares have also certain …
The Independent’s ongoing public records lawsuit against Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope is back in court this week, with the publication seeking more records they assert may link the marshal to political activity during the sheriff’s election. Pope faces five felony counts of perjury and misuse of public funds after records unearthed through the lawsuit revealed he used his public office to …
A lawyer representing Melania Trump, the wife of Republican nominee Donald Trump, said Monday that a recent Daily Mail report included “false and defamatory statements” that she worked for an escort service two decades ago. The Daily Mail, a British newspaper with a massive global online presence, published an article Friday examining whether Melania Trump began working a model in the United …
Oculus VR Respond to Zenimax Lawsuit Amendment Oculus VR make short work of responding to Zenimax Media’s claims in a direct statement to VRFocus. Earlier this evening VRFocus reported on an update to the ongoing lawsuit between Zenimax Media and Oculus VR, in which Zenimax now claim that the technology for the Oculus Rift software development kit (SDK) was in fact developed by their research …
A year after filing a lawsuit against her former business manager, Shannen Doherty can claim a small victory. On Monday, TMZ revealed both parties were finally able to reach a settlement in the $15 million legal battle, where the actress claimed her ex management firm was negligent with her health …
Former chief executive of Fannie Mae Daniel Mudd exits U.S. District Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 27, 2016, after attending arguments in the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) case against him. REUTERS/Mike Segar August 22, 2016 By Patrick Rucker and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – In one of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s biggest cases …