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Notices, Securities Mar 8, 2017

HMS Holdings Corp. Shareholder Alert: Former SEC Attorney Willie Briscoe Investigates Possible Breaches of Fiduciary Duty by Officers and Directors

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Willie Briscoe, founder of The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC, announces that a federal class action lawsuit has been filed against HMS Holdings Corp. (“HMS” or “Company”) (NasdaqGS: HMSY) and several officers and directors for acts taken during the period of May 10, 2016 and March 2, 2017 (the “Class Period”). …

News Mar 8, 2017

Judge Allows Largest Title IX Lawsuit Against Baylor to Move Forward | Baylor

Pitman’s order distinguished between two types of Title IX claims: In the first, more traditional claim, a woman who was sexually assaulted accuses Baylor of failing to respond to her particular situation after she reported it to the school. In those claims, the judge ruled, the two-year statute of limitation should begin as scheduled — from the time an assault was reported. Four of the 10 …

Securities Mar 8, 2017

FireEye Close to Settling Lawsuit

FireEye is close to paying $10.3m to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the security firm misled investors about the effectiveness of its security technology. Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Peter Kirwan said he was minded to approve the negotiated settlement once details such as proposed attorneys’ fees and procedures for litigants to opt out had been resolved. The dispute dates back …

News Mar 8, 2017

Jeweler Conglomerate Rocked by Class-Action Suit

It might make you think twice about the jewelry you’re wearing. Some 250 men and women are accusing some of the country’s most popular jewelry stores of widespread sexual misconduct. As part of a larger gender discrimination class-action case against parent company Signet Jewelers (shown below), former female employees of Kay, Zale’s, Jared’s and more claim that they were …

Notices Mar 8, 2017

INVESTOR ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Omega Protein Corporation and Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces a class action lawsuit against Omega Protein Corporation (“Omega” or the “Company”) (NYSE: OME). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Omega shares between June 4, 2013 and March 1, 2017 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the firm in advance of the May 1, 2017 lead plaintiff …

News Mar 8, 2017

Dropped Gun Store Lawsuit Helps Bring Va. Bill to Protect Protesters

The lawsuit against 64 people who spoke in opposition to Nova Armory, the Lyon Park gun store, helped provide the impetus for a state bill to protect protesters from similar court action. House Bill 1941, introduced by southwest Virginia Del. Terry Kilgore (R-1) and co-patroned by local Del.

News Mar 8, 2017

Online Lender Wins Motion to Compel Arbitration and Avoids Nationwide Consumer Class Action

This article was co-authored by Allyson B. Baker and Joseph Leonard Robbins. It originally appeared on Venable.com and is republished here with permission. In a putative nationwide consumer class action against an online marketplace lender and its bank partner, Bethune v. LendingClub Corp., et al., a federal judge in the Southern District of New York recently granted defendants’ motion to …

News Mar 8, 2017

Litigation Reform Moving Fast Through House of Representatives

With both Congress and White House now in Republican hands, the U.S. House of Representatives is moving with dispatch to consider a series of litigation reform measures, some stalled for years by Democratic opposition and others of relatively recent vintage. Bruce Kaufman at BNA Bloomberg has a three-part series (first, second, third) followed by an update today on the looming battle over the …