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Class-Actions Feb 8, 2017

Sanford Heisler, LLP Files $50 Million Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Against MetLife for Failing to Pay Overtime

According to the Complaint, LTD Claim Specialists principally gather information from disability claimants, collect medical data, and compile other information required to process disability claims. Lead Plaintiff Stephanie McKinney, a former LTD Claim Specialist, alleges that she and others often had to perform this work outside of office hours. “LTD claim specialists regularly work between 45 …

News Feb 7, 2017

How Time Warner Cable Broke Its Promise and Kept Your High-Speed Internet Slow

The company formerly known as Time Warner Cable — now known as Spectrum after a merger between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable — is being sued by New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman for allegedly lying to customers, since at least 2012, about their internet services. “The allegations in [this] lawsuit confirm what millions of New Yorkers have long suspected — Spectrum-Time …

News Feb 3, 2017

Trump Executive Order Lawsuit: Hearing Set for Seattle Federal Court Friday

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced the filing of an amended complaint in State of Washington v. Trump, the state’s lawsuit challenging key sections of President Trump’s immigration Executive Order as illegal and unconstitutional. The amended complaint filed late Wednesday in U.S. …

News Feb 3, 2017

Minnesota Joins the Washington AG’s Lawsuit Against Trump

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit on Monday. “[The executive order] violates the rule of law and I will not put up with it,” he said. AGOWA Minnesota, one of the highest refugee-accepting states in the country per capita, has joined the Washington Attorney …

Class-Actions Feb 3, 2017

Class Actions Follow FTC Lawsuit Against Qualcomm

The Federal Trade Commission’s two-year probe of Qualcomm has led to the government filing suit against the California-based company, accusing executives of employing “onerous” tactics allowing it to “maintain a monopoly on baseband processors.” Since then, the semiconductor manufacturer has been slapped with at least two putative class action complaints filed …

Notices Feb 3, 2017

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 …

Lawsuits Jan 25, 2017

Apple Faces Lawsuit for Not Stopping iPhone Owners From Texting and Driving

Apple could face a potential class action lawsuit in California for not using its technology to prevent iPhone users from texting while driving. Apparently since no one can put their phones down when they’re driving, it’s on Apple to make them. Filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the complaint alleges that Apple, though having the ability to fit the iPhone with a lock-out …

News Jan 25, 2017

NRA Files Lawsuit Over Absurd Massachusetts “Assault Weapons” Ban

The National Rifle Association and other pro-liberty groups have filed a 33-page civil complaint that challenges the constitutionality of the Bay State’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” which is one of the worst-attempts we’ve seen of ignorant politicians attempting to ban something they don’t understand . The Massachusetts chapter of the National Rifle Association has sued Governor Charlie …

Lawsuits Jan 18, 2017

FTC Lawsuit Accuses Qualcomm of Forcing Apple to Buy Wireless Chips in Exchange for Better Royalties [U]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission launched a lawsuit against Qualcomm on Tuesday, accusing the company of forcing Apple into an exclusive deal to buy its baseband chips. When Apple sought to lower the patent royalties it was paying Qualcomm, the latter firm made that conditional on Apple buying Qualcomm chips exclusively between 2011 and 2016, according to an FTC filing seen by Bloomberg . The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus still use Qualcomm chips in some configurations, while others are now based on Intel modems. Bloomberg did not initially offer any other details on the suit. The FTC has been investigating Qualcomm since 2014, concerned …

Lawsuits Jan 10, 2017

Rape Victim Files Lawsuit Against ODU

A woman who says Old Dominion University police interrogated her for nearly eight hours before allowing her to get a medical exam to preserve evidence of her reported rape filed a federal lawsuit against the school Friday. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk and obtained by The Associated Press, accuses the school and campus officers of unlawfully detaining …