Action

Chanel Fights Class Action Bid in Overtime Wages Lawsuit

Chanel is fighting back against a lawsuit filed by a group of employees at its Beverly Hills store. According to the suit, which was 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 federal and state law. The case …


Firm Handling Class-Action Suit Against Spotify Lists Cons of NMPA Settlement

The law firm handling Cracker frontman David Lowery’s class action suit against Spotify has offered up an FAQ for songwriters and publishers ahead of an imminent settlement between the streaming service and the National Music Publishers Association, or NMPA. The rub? Little is known about the proposed deal, from its dollar amount to how it would be processed, so think hard — and call your …


At&T Lawyers Dodge Class Action Suit for LTE Throttling

AT&T has managed to successfully tap dance around a class action lawsuit filed by customers whose “unlimited” wireless data connections were throttled without AT&T making the restrictions clear. US District Court Judge Edward Chen has told customers suing the telco for its misleading throttling practices that they can’t sue as part of a class action — because they signed a contract with AT&T …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Against Apollo Education Group, Inc. And Certain Officers

Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Apollo Education Group, Inc. (“Apollo” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: APOL) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, District of Arizona, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased Apollo securities between …



Collusive Deals With Class Action Lawyers Before the Supreme Court

Class-action lawsuits are commonly settled for things that benefit the lawyers bringing them, not the class of allegedly victimized people they are supposedly suing on behalf of. A classic example is Frank v. Poertner, pending before the Supreme Court. Ripped-off class members asking the Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a class action settlement that awarded class lawyers $5.7 million, …


If Lyft Drivers Were Employees They Would Be Owed $126 Million, Say Court Documents

Michael Grothaus03.21.16 8:27 AM If Lyft drivers were considered employees of the ride-hailing company—rather than independent contractors, as they are currently classified—they would have been paid a total of $126 million more over the last four years, Reuters reports recent court records show. The $126 million figure is related to expense reimbursements Lyft drivers could claim if they were …


Did Hortonworks CEO Take One for the Team?

When Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden took questions from analysts during the company’s earnings call on Feb. 10, Barclays managing director Raimo Lenschow put him on the spot. Lenschow wanted to know what Hortonworks — the provider of big data crunching Apache Open Source Hadoop — was going to do to stop employee attrition, given how far the value of their stock options had fallen. “Have you …


Judge Dismisses Part of Scranton Class Action Rental Lawsuit – News

A Lackawanna County judge issued a mixed ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit that challenges Scranton’s rental registration fee, finding that individual landlords cannot proceed as a class to recover excess fees they contend are illegal. The decision by Judge Terrence Nealon does not end the case, however. He must still decide whether to certify the lawsuit as a class action relating to the underlying …


Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Needle Swapping Case at Swedish Hospital

DENVER – A health scare at a metro Denver hospital has now resulted in a class action lawsuit against the facility’s parent company. Investigators say what happened inside an operating room at Swedish Hospital has put thousands of people at possible risk for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Surgical technician Rocky Allen is accused of taking a syringe filled with Fentanyl and then putting …