Fifteen Bethpage residents filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit this week against Northrop Grumman, claiming the defense contractor’s manufacturing operations exposed them to toxic chemicals in air, drinking water and soil. The residents allege that Northrop Grumman did not properly warn the community about contamination generated on a parcel of more than 600 acres in Bethpage, …
September 15, 2016 19:01 ET | Source: Pomerantz LLP NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against LifeVantage Corporation (“LifeVantage” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:LFVN) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, District of Utah, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons …
It may not come as a surprise to breakfast consumers that Honey Nut Cheerios — whose box features a gleeful cartoon bee dangling a honey dipper over a bowl like a magic wand — is sugary. A lawsuit filed in federal court in California against General Mills alleges, however, that consumers have been duped into thinking the company’s best-selling cereal brand is health food. The complaint, which …
Remember Kerrie Campbell? The former Chadbourne & Parke partner made headlines last month for filing a $100 million class action against the Biglaw firm alleging the all-male management committee chronically underpaid female partners. Now some of the purported class members, other women in the ranks of Chadbourne partnership, have spoken out about the lawsuit — let’s just say they disagree.
Class members who want to participate in a class action settlement against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds over the company’s so-called “Camel Cash” promotion can do so now. Class members could start applying to redeem their “C-Notes” for specified non-tobacco merchandise last month. The Camel Cash promotion ran from Oct. 1, 1991 to March 31, 2007, and rewarded …
PNC Financial Services Group will pay at least $24 million to settle class-action claims that a Virginia bank it acquired charged excessive fees and kicked back money to a mortgage broker for customer referrals. The settlement first reported Tuesday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is detailed in documents filed in U.S. District Court, Pittsburgh. It stems from claims filed …
Chipotle’s latest debacle has arrived in the form of a racial discrimination lawsuit. A former employee in California filed suit against the downtrodden burrito chain on Tuesday, claiming she was fired after complaining about preferential treatment given to other employees, MyNewsLA reports. According to the suit, Sheqweshu Clark began working at a Chipotle in El Segundo in June 2012 and “was …
A 19-year-old woman who was hospitalized with E.Coli after eating at Chipotle in 2015 has sued the chain for free food coupons … so she could eat more Chipotle. Bill Marler, the woman’s lawyer, said he’s been handling class action lawsuits like this for 20 years and this request surprised him (which, isn’t surprising). “I have never seen people willing to go back to a restaurant under those …
Lawsuits targeting Chicago taxi companies for adding a 50-cent surcharge to nearly 410,000 credit card payments over three-plus months this spring have been garaged, according to a settlement agreement filed Sept. 9 in Cook County Circuit Court. On Feb. 22, Chicago resident James Freeman-Hargis filed a class action complaint against Taxi Affiliation Services, a Chicago-based company affiliated …
The complaint charges Joy Global, its Board and Komatsu with breaches of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty and/or violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”) arising out of defendants’ efforts to complete the sale of Joy Global to Komatsu pursuant to an unfair process and for an unfair price (the “Proposed Acquisition”). Joy Global is a leading …