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eClinicalWorks Faces Another Class-Action Suit

In November, a family filed a 1-dollar-short-of-a-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against electronic health records (EHR) vendor eClinicalWorks. The family of Stjepan Tot claimed that a lack of transparency in the company’s EHRs prevented proper treatment of his cancer, resulting in his death. Now, primary care physicians in 2 different states have filed another class-action suit against …


Sage Settles Lawsuit for $200 Million

Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado, Arizona, has settled its lawsuit against the Indian Health Service for $200 million, according to a press release from Razaghi Health Care, the hospital’s management company. Entrance to Sage Memorial Hospital. (Times file photo – Donovan Quintero) The hospital had sued the IHS in 2013 after the government agency terminated its PL 93-638 contract, citing an …


INVESTOR ALERT: Levi &Amp; Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Shareholders of SCANA Corporation of a Class Action Lawsuit and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of November 28, 2017

The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of SCANA Corporation (“SCANA”) (NYSE: SCG) between January 19, 2016 and September 22, 2017. You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of …


McDonald’s Woefully Underestimates How Much Rick and Morty Fans Want Their Goddamn Dipping Sauce

We have to give it up to the McDonald’s marketing team: When Rick And Morty creator Justin Roiland’s food-based obsessions gave them an opening into the fervent fanbase of one of TV’s hottest shows, they grabbed that greasy, breaded football and ran with it, as far and as fast as it could take them. Those efforts included coy Twitter campaigns and actual deliveries of Rick’s coveted Szechuan …


Las Vegas Concert Goers File Lawsuit Against Bump Stock Company

A group of people who attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival are suing a company that makes bump fire stocks, KLAS reports.

Police say gunman Stephen Paddock had an arsenal of weapons, including bump fire stocks, in his hotel suite when he opened fire on the music festival one week ago, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds others. Bump fire stocks are …


You Might Get Some Cash From a Class Action Lawsuit

Does this sound familiar: You answer a phone call from a number you don’t recognize. The automated voice on the other end of the call congratulates you on possibly winning a free vacation cruise. In reality, you probably did not win a cruise.


Blue Apron Hit With Multiple Class Action lawsuits

Blue Apron just can’t catch a break. The cooking kit company has seen its share price nearly cut in half since its late June IPO and now it could be in legal trouble, too. Now law firms are coming after the company with proposed class-action lawsuits, alleging that Blue Apron failed to adequately disclose material information.


Record $417M Award in Lawsuit Linking Baby Powder to Cancer

A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit …


We Can’t BOTH Be ‘Seasons Pizza,’ Franchise Says to Small N.J. Eatery

A popular catering franchiser is suing a Millville pizza restaurant for alleged trademark infringement and similar use of a brand name. Seasons Pizza Franchisor Inc. , a catering company based out of Delaware, filed a lawsuit earlier this week in federal court in Camden against 4 Seasons Pizza & Restaurant, based in Millville under the allegations that the use of the “Seasons Pizza” …


BFFs No More: Kanye West Splits With JAY-Z’s Tidal, Lawsuit Could Be on the Horizon

It’s been rumored that JAY-Z and Kanye West’s friendship is no longer as strong as it used to be, with signs pointing to a major rift between the two. Now, adding fuel to the fire, TMZ reports that West is leaving Tidal over a $3 million dispute. Sources tell the site that West’s lawyer sent a letter to Tidal about a month ago, stating that the company was in breach and that West’s contract …