Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC (PRAA) will pay $18 million to resolve multidistrict litigation accusing the debt collection company of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by making …
A federal judge has granted preliminary approval for a lawsuit accusing Merck & Co Inc(MRK.N) of underpaying female sales representatives to go forward as a collective action. The lawsuit is seeking at least $250 million in damages. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in Trenton, New Jersey, on Wednesday granted conditional certification to a proposed class of current and former representatives …
Chesapeake lawyers state a class action lawsuit filed in Stephens County is a waste of judicial resources and should join similar petitions filed in federal court. McAfee & Taft attorneys representing Chesapeake Energy corporation filed documents at the Stephens County Courthouse April 22 for a stay of a class action lawsuit brought against the oil titan seeking restitution for oil lease …
Uber’s recently announced $100 million settlement to resolve the O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc. class action, in which plaintiffs sought an order deeming them employees, rather than independent contractors, already faces objections from an unlikely source — plaintiffs’ attorneys leading other putative class actions against Uber that would be resolved under the terms of the settlement. …
After beating back an appeal of the settlement agreement that granted them more than $1.6 million in fees, the attorneys who represented a group of people who brought a class action against Southwest Airlines for refusing to honor drink vouchers will not get all the additional fees they requested for their work on the appeal. But after a Chicago federal judge signed off on an increase in fees, …
A judge has rejected a request by the City of Saint John that would have forced a Halifax law firm to turn over the names of potential participants in a class action lawsuit over abuse by former police officer Kenneth Estabrooks. As many as 263 youths may have been sexually abused by the late Kenneth Estabrooks, a private investigator hired by the City of Saint John found. In his decision, …
On March 29, 2016 the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted preliminary approval to the proposed class action settlement and authorized the sending of the Notice of Settlement to the members of the Settlement Class by mail and publication. Fairness Hearing Scheduled: The Court has scheduled a fairness hearing to occur on September 16, 2016 at 2:30 pm at the …
TO: All persons and entities who, during the period between October 30, 2013, and November 5, 2014, inclusive, purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded Genworth Securities (as defined below to include Genworth common stock and certain bonds) and were allegedly damaged thereby (the “Settlement Class”): PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION …
A settlement has been reached involving Eastman Kodak and some of its current and past employees over a class action lawsuit. The settlement totals $9.7 million dollars. It has to do with lawsuits following Kodak’s 2012 bankruptcy filing, involving participants in the company’s savings and investment plan for employees and the Kodak Employee Stock Ownership plan.
The number of residents suing the city for what they claim are unconstitutional municipal fines policies has grown to six as the lawyers seek class action status that could potentially include 5 to 6 thousand plaintiffs. Attorneys for the plaintiffs have stated an interest in resolving the case before it potentially expands its scope dramatically. “There is no reason the city of Amarillo can’t …