Three years to the day after the NFL and thousands of former players reached a tentative settlement in a massive concussion class action, the settlement is finally official. Via the New York Post, Monday came and went without the former players who opposed the settlement filing a petition for appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, ending the case and allowing the settlement to proceed. “It’s been …
It’s no secret that front-loading washing machines often perform better than top loaders. They’re also gentler on your clothes and energy efficient. But some customers who bought the new machines had to deal with an unusual problem.
The blessing and curse of automated dialing is that robocallers operate without human assistance. That’s great if the goal of the call is, say, to tell parents of schoolkids about a snow day. But a new class action in federal court in Ft. Worth, Texas, suggests that robocalls just might not be the best way to drum up clients in mass tort litigation.
Yirendai, the first Chinese peer-to-peer lender that went public in US, was getting into several class action lawsuits on share price decline in US stock market, as foreign investors concerned about the regulation taken out by the Chinese government would hit the firm. New York and New Jersey-based law firm Bronsteinï¼Gewirtz & Grossman filed lawsuit on Yirendai of “materially false misleading …
Several class action lawsuits against washing machine manufacturers in the U.S. have reached preliminary settlements. One lawsuit alleges that LG front-loading washers had a tendency to develop mould and odour. LG has not admitted to any wrongdoing, and the court has not made a decision about who is in the right.
More than three years after the NFL and a class of thousands of former players agreed on terms of the settlement of the concussion class action, the settlement still won’t be finalized. Contrary to a report in the New York Post that the remaining players objecting to the deal had failed to file petitions for appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court by Monday’s deadline, at least one petition was …
Law.com reports that a Chadbourne & Parke litigation partner, Kerrie Campbell, has filed a $100 million class action lawsuit against the firm on behalf of current and former female partners, alleging gender discrimination: The suit alleges that female partners have been excluded from positions with decision-making authority, and help;
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or FLSA, protects workers by (1) requiring a minimum wage, (2) mandating overtime pay for work exceeding 40 hours in a workweek, (3) prohibiting child labor, and (4) requiring employers to keep accurate time records. There’s a problem, though. Consider an individual worker with a solid wage claim.
Subaru of America could put new engines in vehicles under an agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit against the …
CCA, together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and manages private prisons and other correctional facilities in the United States, and provides inmate residential and prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies. The complaint alleges that CCA and certain of its executive officers made a series of false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose to investors during …