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.
Gainey McKenna & Egleston announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Apollo Education Group, Inc. (“Apollo Education” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:APOL) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities …
Lawyers representing residents in Oakey say they have the final clearance to commence a class action against the Department of Defence. About 450 residents are demanding financial compensation for their dwindling property prices, because of contaminated groundwater emanating from a Defence base next to the …
AT&T won’t face a class action lawsuit over throttling speeds for customers with unlimited smartphone data plans. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen handed down that ruling after determining the plaintiffs must all deal with AT&T individually because their contracts prohibit class action cases. AT&T dodges class action status in iPhone data throttling lawsuit Customers filed the lawsuit …
Bank of Queensland will defend proceedings against them in the Federal Court. Photo: Glenn Hunt Bank of Queensland is facing a second class action from customers of disgraced financial planner Bradley Sherwin over claims it failed to stop a multimillion dollar “Ponzi”-like investment scheme from taking place. Mr Sherwin is currently facing various fraud charges over his alleged role as director …
Lawyers for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday contested an Orange County woman’s request to withdraw from a lawsuit she filed against Trump University, claiming the entire case was built around her and it would be unfair to the defense for her to bail out now. “We’ve passed the point of no return,” attorney Daniel Petrocelli told U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San …
A judge has granted preliminary approval to a deal calling for software developer Carrier IQ and several mobile phone manufacturers to pay $9 million to settle a class-action privacy lawsuit. “The settlement agreement is fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the settlement class,” U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco wrote in an order issued Tuesday. He …
Subway customers can finally rest assured that their “Footlong” sandwiches will be as long as promised. A judge last week granted final approval to a settlement of a class-action suit filed against Subway after an Australian teenager in 2013 posted an image of his sandwich on Facebook that was only 11 inches. The image garnered international media attention, with The New York …
Google has become the latest titan of the digital age to face legal action under an Illinois law over the use of facial recognition technology and photo sharing. Chicago resident Lindabeth Rivera filed a class action complaint March 1 in federal court in Chicago, accusing the Mountain View, Calif., tech giant of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The complaint is similar …
(Reuters) – Carter Phillips of Sidley Austin is one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court litigators in the country. According to his official bio, Phillips has argued 74 cases before the justices, more than anyone else in private practice, but if you hire Phillips, you’re not just paying for his quick thinking at the podium. You want his strategic advice about how – and whether – you can …