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Lyft Settles California Overtime Lawsuit

READ MORE CALIFORNIA OVERTIME LEGAL NEWS
* Stricter California Overtime Rules Spell More Lawsuits
* California Auto Dealer Takes Its Overtime Pay Laws Case to US Supreme Court
* Uber Lawsuit Judge Takes Ridesharing Company to Task


Lawsuit Shines Unflattering Light on ‘Life Coaching’ Industry

A class-action lawsuit filed in Colorado is focusing new attention on the “life coaching” industry, a quickly growing but unregulated field that attracts many practitioners who lack any training or certification. Life coaching. Paul Bradbury / Getty Images/Caiaimage Coral Rose Grant and her husband Gary McGonagle “Mac” Grant II, who ran a life coaching business in Windsor, Colorado, called The …


Class-Action Lawsuit Reveals Company Sat on 2004 Study Indicating Cold-Fx Does Nothing to Fight Colds

The makers of Cold-FX have sat for years on a study that suggested Canada’s most popular cold and flu remedy was no more effective than a placebo in treating symptoms of the viruses. The 2004 trial was conducted by Dr. Gerry Predy, a top Alberta public-health official, at a time when the supplement’s makers told consumers the product would bring fast relief from the effects of such ailments. …


Supreme Court Deals Defeat to Business on Class-Action Suits

The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a defeat to businesses, ruling that they cannot stop a class-action lawsuit by offering to pay the full amount sought by the original plaintiff. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided against advertising firm Campbell Ewald that was trying to avoid a class-action lawsuit. ADVERTISEMENT “An unaccepted settlement offer or offer of judgment does not moot a …


Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again

* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 1:52 pm.1:52 pm Uber Using Phone Data To Track How Fast Drivers Are Going Ride-hailing giant Uber says it’s using smartphone gyrometer data to double-check if drivers on its platform are speeding. At least, it does for a portion of its drivers on a new pilot program. Joe Sullivan, Uber’s …


Lyft Drivers Settle Suit but Still Aren’t Employees

Lyft has agreed to pay more than $12 million in a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking to classify drivers as employees in California. In a settlement agreement reached late Tuesday, the ride-hailing service would extend additional benefits to drivers and pay them to resolve the dispute but not make them official employees. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Boston attorney who represented Lyft drivers …


San Francisco’s Biggest Cab Company Files for Bankruptcy

* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 5:09 pm.5:09 pm Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again French taxi unions and Uber are clashing again. Taxi drivers in France have once more gone on strike—shutting down roads, demonstrating across Paris, and blocking access to major airports and railway stations, according to French …


Volkswagen Might Buy Back Some Dieselgate Cars, Now That It’s Tried Everything Else

And now, for its most expensive act: Volkswagen might buy back some of the 575,000 cars affected by Dieselgate in the United States. Robert Giuffra, a lawyer defending Volkswagen against class-action suits, indicated during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week that if the German automaker is unable repair some of its diesel models in a timely manner, it might …


Selling Stardom: Talent Listing Firm Is Set to Settle Legal Case

A talent listing service would have to pay about $1.6 million — including cash and services — to resolve a case affecting thousands of former clients under a class-action settlement preliminarily approved by a federal judge in Los Angeles. The company, One Source Talent of Troy, Mich., charges people a monthly fee of $40 to access a database of audition and employment opportunities in the …