A group of app-dispatched food delivery drivers have served Chicago-based GrubHub with a class action, saying the company has wrongly classified them as contractors, when they should qualify as employees under the law. Six people who have worked for GrubHub took aim June 28 in Chicago federal court against the web-based food delivery coordinator, arguing their classification as independent …
Investors believed that the company’s leadership had committed securities fraud by saying that the printers in question were of good quality. The court responded by describing the statements as “non-actionable puffery,” the sort of easily-ignored, meaningless goodwill-generating business speak that CEOs often say. In addition, the court found that while there was some internal discussions about …
MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA) is facing an expensive lawsuit, which is expected to increase its litigation cost by the end of 2016. The payment processing company is accused of imposing additional card charges, which were ultimately borne by British consumers. It might be the first US-style class action lawsuit in the UK, which might increase the uncertainty associated with the stock.
Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of The WhiteWave Foods Company (“WhiteWave” or “the Company”) (NYSE- WWAV-News) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Danone SA (“Danone”). Click here …
Charlottesville’s Legal Aid Justice Center is challenging a system that they say is punishing the poor. It’s filed a class action lawsuit in federal court, asserting that Virginia is crippling hundreds of thousands of low-income residents by suspending their driver’s licenses for failure to pay court costs and fines. Legal Aid says our current approach is simply unconstitutional.
A complaint filed on behalf of thousands of former Stanford University football players alleges the university, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Pac-12 Conference knew that football players were in danger of permanent brain injuries but did not protect the players so as to “protect the very profitable business of ‘amateur’ college football.” Chris …
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of purchasers of Lipocine, Inc. (“Lipocine” or the “Company”) (LPCN) between June 30, 2015 and June 28, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Shareholders who have purchased …
Second Valve lawsuit includes CSGOLotto’s Martin and Cassell as defendants Posted By: Peter Parrish July 8, 2016 A second class-action lawsuit, filed against Valve in Florida on 6 July, has been updated to include CSGOLotto owners Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin and Tom ‘ProSyndicate’ Cassell as defendants. Much like the first lawsuit (brought by Connecticut resident Michael John McLeod in June), this …
If you purchased shares of Tangoe and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, …
A former BYU football player is suing BYU, the Western Athletic Conference and the NCAA for $5 million in damages for “their reckless disregard for the health and safety of generations of BYU student-athletes.” Larry Carr — a star linebacker who was a member of BYU’s WAC-champion 1974 team that played in the Fiesta Bowl — and his attorneys allege that the school knew the dangers posed to …