Feb 1, 2017

Scottrade Center Lawsuit Withdrawn Hours After Filing; Opponents Say Options Remain

A lawsuit to force a public vote on the city’s $64 million bond for Scottrade Center renovations was unceremoniously withdrawn Tuesday just hours after it was filed. The lawsuit sought to revive a 2002 voter-approved ordinance that was struck down by a circuit court judge in 2015. But the ordinance exempted professional sports facilities built before 2004, and Scottrade Center …


EZCORP Class-Action Suit Awaits Approval on Settlement

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP have announced a proposed settlement in a securities class action with the EZCORP Inc. In a securities class action involving Automotive Machinists Pension Trust against EZCORP Inc., a small-dollar lender, AMPT has proposed settlement of the action for $5.9 million in cash. If approved, it will resolve all claims in the class action, a news …


Penske to Pay Drivers $750k to Settle Prominent Lawsuit Over California-Required Breaks

Penske has agreed to pay 344 drivers $15,000 each to settle the case. Two and a half years after the case produced a landmark court decision, Penske Logistics has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a class action lawsuit challenging its alleged denial of state-required breaks for its drivers. Penske will pay 344 current and former drivers to settle the now 8-year-old case, according to a …



Lawsuit: Black Cop Told to Style Hair Like White Officer’s

A New Jersey police officer has sued her department, saying she endured years of racial and gender discrimination that included supervisors telling her to style her hair like a white officer’s. The lawsuit filed by Hillside Sgt. Qiana Brown, who is black, claims she has improperly been denied a promotion to lieutenant.


Consumer Activists Decry Bill to Limit Class-Action Lawsuits

Plaintiffs’ lawyers and consumer-rights advocates are raising alarm over a new bill headed to the House floor that they say would severely limit the ability of citizens to join in lawsuits to fight grievances in court. The bill, dubbed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, is the second attempt by Congress in recent years to rein in class-action lawsuits, which are used to …


Lawsuit Accuses Drug Makers of Conspiring to Hike Insulin Prices

More than 29 million Americans live with diabetes, and for some six million of them, insulin is a life or death medication. Between 2002 and 2013, the price of insulin more than tripled, to more than $700 per patient. A federal lawsuit accuses the three insulin manufacturers of conspiring to raise their prices.


YHOO SHAREHOLDER ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Reminds Investors of a Class Action Involving Yahoo! Inc. And a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of March 27, 2017

The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Northern District of California on behalf of investors who purchased Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) securities between November 12, 2013 and December 14, 2016. Click here to learn about the case: http://www.wongesq.com/pslra/yahoo-inc.


Warner Bros. Settles Lawsuit Against Talent Agency for Distributing Oscar Screeners

Warner Bros. has come to an agreement with Innovative Artists to end a copyright lawsuit over the alleged pirating of Oscar screeners. Court papers formally ending the case have yet to be filed, but The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the studio’s dispute with the talent agency has been settled in advance of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday. The piracy of Oscar screeners has …


Lawsuit Challenges Alaska Civil Seizures, Search Warrants

A lawsuit filed against a drug task force in southeast Alaska challenges the seizure of personal property by law enforcement and seeks more transparency in the search warrant process. Petersburg Borough residents Danny Thompson and Greg Richeson are suing the borough and Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs, a task force involving Alaska State Troopers and police …