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IMPORTANT INVESTOR ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against ReWalk Robotics Ltd and Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against ReWalk Robotics Ltd (“ReWalk” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RWLK). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired ReWalk shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s Stock Offering on or about September 12, 2014 are encouraged to contact the firm in advance of the …


IMPORTANT INVESTOR ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against DaVita Inc. And Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against DaVita Inc. (“DaVita” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DVA). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between August 5, 2015 and October 21, 2016 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the firm in advance of the April 3, 2017 lead plaintiff …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Reminds Investors of Class Action Against Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) and Lead Plaintiff Deadline – March 13, 2017

Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC reminds investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Novo Nordisk A/S (“Novo” or the “Company”) (NYSE:NVO) and certain of its officers, and is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased Novo American Depositary Receipts (“ADR”) between April 30, 2015 and October …


INVESTOR ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Endologix Inc. And Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces a class action lawsuit against Endologix Inc. (“Endologix” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ELGX) concerning possible violations of federal securities laws. Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Endologix shares between August 2, 2016 and November 16, 2016 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to …


U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Mandatory Arbitration Agreements With Class Action Waivers: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP – National Law Firm | 525 Attorneys

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Mandatory Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers February 1, 2017 Human Resource Executive Hinshaw attorney Aimee Delaney spoke to Tom Starner of Human Resource Executive about the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review the legality of class action waivers in labor-based arbitration agreements. Currently, some class and collective …


Court Approves Verizon Settlement Over Merger Tax Objections; Sets New Standard

A Manhattan New York state appeals court on Thursday said the class action settlements should be assessed in approving a class action settlement involving a challenge by shareholders to Verizon Communications Inc’s ( VZ )$130 billion acquisition of Vodafone Group Plc’s (VOD.L)subsidiaries. The Appellate Division, First Department, decision said that shareholders and Verizon were …


Game Over for PS3 Linux Settlement—judge Concerned Gamers Won’t Get Paid

A few months ago we reported that the “devil was in the details” about how Sony Playstation 3 owners could go about getting either $9 or $55 from Sony as part of a class-action settlement over a 2010 software update that removed the ability to run Linux on the popular gaming consoles. The California judge presiding over the litigation is now killing the proposed settlement amid concerns the …


Can Companies Bar Workers From Class-Action Claims?

This article is a follow-up to Wednesday’s story on the growing threat of class-action lawsuits against companies over wage-and-hour practices. The Supreme Court’s mid-January decision to take on a trio of cases related to class actions may serve to decide a hotly contested issue that’s of great economic consequence to many companies. The issue is around arbitration agreements, in which a …


Wage and Hour Class Action Boom Called Likely to Last

The number of wage and hour class lawsuits filed in federal court dipped slightly during 2016, but employers should expect a rebound in 2017, according to a management lawyer who tracks workplace class actions.
The 8,304 Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions filed was down, compared with 8,954 such lawsuits filed in 2015, said Gerald Maatman, a Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner who is co-chair of the firm’s class action litigation practice group. But the 2015 figure was the highest since the firm formally began tracking employment law class actions in 2004, and the 2016 total is the second-highest, Maatman told Bloomberg BNA. The top 10 wage and hour settlements reached in 2016 totaled $695.5 million, up from $463.6 million in 2015, Maatman said. The long-term growth in class lawsuits against employers alleging violations of minimum wage, overtime and other wage and hour requirements isn’t stopping anytime soon, he said. The Trump administration could …


The 2017 Litigation Playing Field Has Changed in Two Big Ways

As the world prepares itself for a new presidential administration, no one knows for sure what the future holds. But the lawyers at Crowell & Moring took a hard look at the potential litigation landscape in 2017 and compiled their findings in a new report. The report, here , covers a lot of ground, but we caught up with its architect, Mark Klapow, a Crowell litigation partner in Washington, …