Lawsuits

KARE 11 Investigates: Prescription Price Shell Game

Pharmacist counts prescription pills. Credit: KARE 11
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – A major company has rolled back the price of a potentially life-saving prescription drug after a KARE 11 News investigation. But the decision has some people asking how often we’re being overcharged on other medicines.


News From the Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is removing a law firm hired to oversee the turnaround of schools owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit education company whose financial collapse had placed at risk more than $1 billion in federal student loans. An Associated Press investigation identified conflicts with the ostensibly independent monitor. The department said it was …


Unions Fight to Reclassify Lyft Drivers as Employees

The battle over whether Lyft drivers are employees or contractors is going another round. The Teamsters union and five Lyft drivers have objected to a proposed class-action settlement that does not force the company to reclassify drivers as employees. Drivers would split $12.25 million under a proposed settlement agreement, which also adds new benefits such as termination protection.


Talks Back on to Reach Out-Of-Court Settlement for N.L. Residential Schools

Negotiations have resumed to reach an out-of-court settlement for former residential school students in this province. Talks between lawyers representing the former students and the federal government broke off on Thursday without a deal, but said Tuesday that progress was made over the weekend. “The discussions are ongoing.


Lawsuit Over Duracell Batteries Guarantee Is Thrown Out

A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble Co (PG.N) of misleading consumers by guaranteeing that Duracell batteries would not fail for 10 years, when in fact the batteries might leak when used or stored normally. In a decision late Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, rejected claims in the proposed class-action lawsuit that P&G and its …


The Bill for Home Depot After Its Sales Registers Were Hacked: $19.5m

Home Depot will pay at least $19.5m in compensation to the 50 million customers hit by hackers who infiltrated the chain’s sales tills in 2014. The US home improvement warehouse will create a $13m fund to reimburse shoppers and spend a further $6.5m providing a year’s worth of identity protection for those impacted. Those are the terms of an agreement disclosed in federal court in its home town …


Spotify and Publishing Group Reach $30 Million Settlement Agreement Over Unpaid Royalties

The National Music Publishing Association (NMPA) has announced its successful brokering of a settlement between Spotify and its constituents over unmatched (songs that haven’t received payment because Spotify didn’t identify their publishers) and unpaid song royalties, a topic that has given rise to several legal cases against the streaming services over the past few months. The settlement …


Celebrity Chef Michael Chiarello Hit With Sexual Harassment Lawsuit [Update]

This morning, two lawsuits were filed against celebrity chef Michael Chiarello and his restaurant group Gruppo Chiarello, which includes Coqueta in San Francisco and Bottega Ristorante in Yountville. The lawsuit, alleging sexual harassment and labor violations, was filed by Katherine Page and Asja Sever, two former employees of Coqueta, and outlines a series of alleged abuses during their …


94 First Nations Bands Join Day Scholars Lawsuit

94 First Nations Bands Join Day Scholars Lawsuit by pmnationtalk on March 15, 201630 Views Date Posted: 2016-03-14 | The opt-in period is over and it is clear that the Day Scholars Class Action has strong support all across Canada. 94 separate bands have come forward to be included in the lawsuit representing every province where an Indian Residential School was located. Launched in 2012 by the …


Hub Arkush: CTE Revelation Could Be Damaging One for NFL’s Future

That is the only thing that is easy about this conversation. Anybody with a handful of working brain cells knows that football can not only cause concussions, but also multiple lesser bruises and damage to the brain. Those same folks also have to know that multiple concussions and/or trauma to the brain must create a significant risk for long range and possibly even permanent damage.