The record $15.3 billion settlement in the Volkswagen diesel-emissions cheating scandal will affect nearly 30,000 vehicles sold in Illinois, as well as thousands of owners who went from brand loyalists to betrayed. Some owners can’t wait to sell their cars back to VW, ending a nightmare that turned their beloved and peppy “clean diesel” cars into a source of driveway shame. Others have mixed …
JPMorgan Chase Bank reached a $3.75 million settlement in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The case James v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Case No. 8:15-cv-02424) claimed that Chase had called cell phone numbers using an automatic telephone dialing system, even though the numbers had …
Everyone loves uncovering hidden features in Windows. I’ll never forget the time I figured out how to disable a default feature in the Edge Browser by creating a new Registry entry. Recently, lawyers have discovered their own hidden gem in Windows 10: lawsuit mode.
Omnicom’s RAPP has responded to the lawsuit filed by former U.S. president Greg Andersen in May alleging discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination on the part of global CEO Alexei Orlov. The filing claims that Orlov’s decision to fire Andersen in April was justified and states that the defendants “deny generally and specifically each and every allegation” in the original suit. In a …
A Christian student group is suing North Carolina State University over a policy they say requires members to get a permit to talk to their classmates about Jesus. Grace Christian Life, a religious student group long recognized by the 35,000-student school in Raleigh, claimed in a federal suit that school officials barred members last September from evangelizing to people on campus. The …
The lawsuit was filed Friday by the nonprofit Tennessee Riverkeeper, and it claims that a Decatur, Tennessee chemical plant owned by 3M is responsible for most of the river’s pollution woes. Tennessee Riverkeeper filed the suit under the United States Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, accusing 3M of contaminating the river with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate …
The German automaker agreed to buy back or fix “clean diesel” cars and compensate the owners for their trouble. The affected cars include 2009 through 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesel models of Jettas, Passats, Golfs, and Beetles as well as the TDI Audi A3. Owners will be paid full, pre-scandal fair market value for their vehicle, in addition to a cash payment of at least $5,100.
TO: ALL PERSONS WHO PURCHASED MOL GLOBAL, INC. (“MOL”) AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES (“ADS”) DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 9, 2014 THROUGH AND INCLUDING NOVEMBER 21, 2014 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to an Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the …
The Texas Supreme Court dealt a blow Friday to hundreds of families whose homes were ruined by 1998’s Tropical Storm Frances, 2001’s Tropical Storm Allison and a 2002 flooding event. The high court dismissed a class-action lawsuit that Edward and Norma Jean Kerr filed 15 years ago against the Harris County Flood Control District on behalf of …
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT TO: ALL PERSONS AND ENTITIES WHO PURCHASED OR ACQUIRED COMMON STOCK OF NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (“NAVISTAR” OR THE “COMPANY”) (TICKER SYMBOL: NAV) BETWEEN March 10, 2010 and August 1, 2012, BOTH DATES INCLUSIVE (THE “CLASS PERIOD”). PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION …