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Notices May 6, 2019

SHAREHOLDER ALERT – Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces Class Action and Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 24, 2019

NEW YORK, May 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Advertising — Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific” or the “Company”) (BSX) and certain of its officers, on behalf of shareholders who purchased or otherwise acquired Boston Scientific securities between February 26, 2015, and …

Lawsuits Oct 19, 2017

Aaron Hernandez’s Lawyers’ New Lawsuit Points Blame at Helmet Maker Riddell

Attorneys working on behalf of Aaron Hernandez’s young daughter have refiled a lawsuit to claim the former football player was the victim to the National Football League and helmet manufacturer Riddell Inc. The legal tango in the case of the former New England Patriots star continues, nearly six months after he was found hanging in his cell at Shirley’s Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center. …

Class-Actions Feb 24, 2017

Judge Certifies Transvaginal Mesh Class Action

An Ontario judge has certified a class action lawsuit against medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific Ltd., in what lawyers say is the first successfully certified contested action concerning transvaginal meshes in Canada. Daniel Bach says it is rare for judge’s to adjourn certification proceedings to allow plaintiffs to submit further evidence and even rarer for those actions to …

Lawsuits Oct 28, 2016

Ex-New Boston Police Officer Claims Supervisor Had ‘Rapability’ Scale in Lawsuit

A former New Boston police officer has filed a lawsuit against the town of New Boston saying she was sexually harassed and illegally terminated. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Alexandra Drake, of Nashua, accused her superiors of making inappropriate comments and making her fear for her job before she said they eventually ruined her reputation. Drake accused …

News Sep 14, 2016

Glenn Beck Settles Lawsuit With Saudi Student He Accused of Financing Boston Marathon Bombings

Glenn Beck has settled a lawsuit filed by the Saudi Arabian student he wrongly accused of providing financial backing for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Beck, the conservative radio host and entrepreneur, had repeatedly identified Abdulrahman Alharbi, a 20-year-old Saudi scholarship student living in greater Boston, as the individual who funded the attacks that were carried out by Dzhokhar …

News Aug 31, 2016

Lawsuit by Boston Police Delays Use of Body Cameras

The start of a program to equip 100 Boston police officers with body cameras has been delayed so a judge can consider a request from the city’s largest police union to temporarily halt the program. An agreement with Boston’s largest police union to have 100 officers wear body cameras was praised as a step toward greater accountability. But by Thursday’s scheduled rollout, not a single …