Local officials in several states have filed dozens of lawsuits saying phone companies, such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., are doling out discounts to businesses at the expense of 911 emergency services. Telecom operators are required by local laws to charge a 911 fee, typically about $1 for each phone line to support local 911 dispatch centers, including salaries, training and …
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it had sued 1-800 Contacts, which it called the largest U.S. online retailer of contact lenses, alleging the company illegally maintained anti-competitive agreements with rival online contact lens sellers. These agreements “suppress competition in certain online search advertising auctions and … restrict truthful and non-misleading internet …
Federal Court Judge Thomas Anderson approved a settlement regarding a 2002 class action lawsuit involving the Memphis police promotions test. After a 14-year legal battle, the test was deemed non-discriminatory. “The officers affected by this settlement were initially promoted to Sergeant by order of the Court, all but one of the officers has been subsequently …
The National Labor Relations Board has given unions and plaintiff attorneys a cache of weapons to target businesses. Now they’ve been handed a “two-barreled joint employer shotgun,” as plaintiff attorney Michael Rubin crowed about the certification of his class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s. Federal Judge James Donato recently allowed four plaintiffs to represent 500 McDonald’s franchise …
An attorney for William U. Parfet says the Kalamazoo businessman plans to contest a sexual harassment and wrongful discharge lawsuit filed against him in federal court. “Mr. Parfet will be presenting a vigorous defense to this lawsuit,” attorney Nancy Abell said when asked by the Kalamazoo Gazette about the lawsuit. Parfet, an heir to Upjohn Co. founder W.E.
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Embraer S.A. (“Embraer” or the “Company”) (NYSE:ERJ) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-06277, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased …
A settlement between SiriusXM and Francis W. Hooker, Jr., who brought suit against the company in 2012, has been submitted to Arenda L. Wright Allen, the Eastern District of Virginia judge appointed to the case. If approved, SiriusXM would establish a $35 million settlement fund from which “notice, administrative costs, service awards, and attorneys fees, costs, and other expenses” would be …
Apple wants a federal appellate court to overturn a recent decision granting class-action status to a group of mobile users who say their address books were accessed without permission by the app developer Path. In papers quietly filed late last month, the company asks the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to immediately appeal the “manifestly erroneous” order that granted class- …
If customers who incurred unnecessary expenses to attend the NFL game in Canton that wasn’t played in Canton (or anywhere else) on Sunday night want to be reimbursed for those expenses, they’ll have to hire a lawyer. The Hall of Fame has posted at its website the procedures for obtaining a refund, and the policy refers only to the price of the tickets. The window for obtaining refunds will be …
A German court will adopt a rarely used class-action style procedure to more efficiently process claims by investors seeking damages from Volkswagen over a diesel emissions cheating scandal, according to a ruling. The regional court in Braunschweig near Volkswagen’s (VW) Wolfsburg headquarters said on Monday it will pick one case to act as a model to help resolve as many as 170 …