New Jersey Cablevision customers — and former customers — may be in for a bit of financial help with a proposed settlement in federal court of a class action lawsuit concerning alleged overcharges on cable boxes. The settlement, first announced in December, still requires a final fairness hearing in federal court in Newark in September. Under the terms of the settlement, customers in …
Litigation funder IMF Bentham plans to back a class action against the Australian Defence Force over the Williamtown contamination scandal. A firefighting chemical used by the Williamtown RAAF base, 30km north of Newcastle, five years ago has been found to have polluted groundwater and soil at the base and in the surrounding residential area. Now Williamtown residents want to sue the Defence …
While a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling on a data breach insurance case was presented in a way that limits its impact, it’s still a significant win for the insured, a Los Angeles attorney says. “While the decision may not dramatically shift the playing field for data breach coverage, it still is a significant victory for policyholders because it …
Total Renal Care is the target of a proposed class action Complaint filed by five of their California employees who allege various California Labor Code violations San Francisco, California. The San Francisco employment law lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug and Bhowmik filed a proposed class action Complaint against Total Renal care, Inc. (“Renal”) for allegedly failing to …
Cole Haan is the latest brand to be named in a lawsuit for allegedly “systematically denying store employees overtime pay and meal or rest breaks.” According to former Cole Haan employee, Alex Chin’s proposed class action lawsuit, which was filed in state court in California last month and subsequently removed to federal court, the New Hampshire-based footwear and accessories brand denied him …
Diamond Pet Food and Costco have begun paying settlements to Canadian pet owners who say their pets required screening and/or treatment, or the pets died, after they were exposed to Salmonella in 2011 and 2012. A class action lawsuit was filed against Diamond Pet Foods and its distributor, Costco, after pet illnesses and some deaths occurred. While admitting no liability, the companies agreed …
Chanel has scored a major victory in a lawsuit filed against it by a group of employees at its Beverly Hills store. According to the proposed class action suit filed in December 2015 by shipping department employees Cristian Luna, Anthony Hernandez and Javier Delgado, Chanel failed to pay them and others overtime compensation and minimum wage for overtime hours worked in violation of both …
Modesto-area farmers will pay higher water rates this year, irrigation leaders decided Tuesday after a hearing dominated by a dispute over electricity customers being forced to subsidize farm water prices. The issue last week leaped from the boardroom to the courtroom with a class-action lawsuit asking a judge to reverse the 90-year-old subsidy. Some in the audience spoke about the legal…
Volkswagen AG, driving to move beyond a scandal that has disrupted its global business and sullied its reputation, announced a sweeping U.S. deal on Thursday to buy back or potentially fix about a half million polluting diesel cars and set up environmental and consumer compensation funds. The settlement, which sources and analysts said could cost VW (VOWG_p.DE) at least…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week accepted Welcenbach Law Offices Client’s Petition for Review of a class action lawsuit challenging whether a healthcare provider, and their agents who are contracted to provide medical records, may charge a requesting party a certification or retrieval fee when the patient authorizes the medical records to be released. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) April 16, 2016…