45,000 Workers Win Class Action Rights Workers Independent News is heard Monday through Friday at 8:45 and 11:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. At least 45,000 workers have won class-action lawsuit rights in a National Labor Relations Board case against Menard’s. The midwest-based home improvement supply store chain owned by Wisconsin anti-union billionaire John Menard is settling the case with the NLRB …
Uber says it will not install a tipping function – because the company believes tipping is unfair due to customers’ unconscious racial biases. The company pointed to a 2008 Cornell University study that indicated ‘consumers of both races discriminate against black service providers by tipping them less than white service providers,’ the Boston Globe reported. According to an Uber spokesperson …
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, reminds investors in Tailored Brands, Inc. (“Tailored Brands” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TLRD) of the May 31, 2016 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action lawsuit filed against the Company and certain officers. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. …
The complaint alleges that the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in connection with the SPO failed to disclose material trends, events and/or uncertainties: (1) La Quinta was suffering a declining customer demand in its key Texas market; (2) there were continuous disruptions caused by the transitioning of La Quinta’s call center operations; and (3) La Quinta was was suffering a …
Jessica Alba turned 35 today, but she got a not-so-welcome early birthday present yesterday. The Organic Consumers Association filed a lawsuit against her business The Honest Company, claiming it falsely labels its Premium Infant Formula as “organic.” …
Two years ago, the president of Credit Management Services, a collection agency in Grand Island, Nebraska, presented a struggling local family with the keys to a used 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis. To commemorate the donation, the company held a ceremony that concluded outside its offices, where the couple and their two young girls could try out …
These days every smartphone comes with some kind of warranty, as no manufacturing ensured that a smartphone will have 100% no dud guarantee. Whereas we have seen some makers go as far as offering a free insurance for the customer’s devices, where a free replacement for a cracked screen or a free handset replacement is also offered. All in the period of the warranty of the device.
Jessica Alba has long touted her brand, Honest Company, as a non-toxic, organic alternative to bath and home essentials. But a string of lawsuits, including one filed this month by the nonprofit Organic …
A lawsuit accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of violating U.S. discrimination law by hiring a “stunningly low” number of people over the age of 40 to maintain a youthful culture has been filed in San Francisco. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in federal court, said the London-based accounting company does virtually all of its recruiting for entry-level jobs on college campuses to stock its …
Lundin Law PC announces that a class action complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, against Teekay Corporation (“Teekay” or the “Company”) (TK). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between June 30, 2015 and December 17, 2015, inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the …