AT&T is facing a class-action complaint over its practice of charging a $1.99-per-month “Administrative Fee” that isn’t disclosed in its advertised rates. This suggests to customers “that the Administrative Fee is akin to a tax or is another government-related pass-through charge, which it is not.” AT&T’s website says the Administrative Fee “is subject to change from time to time as AT&T’s …
Monroe County has joined more than 100 counties in the U.S. in a lawsuit against the companies that distribute, market and create opioid drugs. Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo made the announcement Wednesday about the lawsuit. The litigation aims to recoup the various costs each county has incurred as a result of the opioid epidemic.
National City has received a payout from the Bernie Sanders Campaign after a lawsuit was filed in August, Mayor Ron Morrison told NBC 7. The costs are from a rally at Kimball Park, shortly before California’s presidential primary in May 2016. Monday, Morrison said they treated the debt just like any other owed to the city.
A Shickshinny consumer has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung Electronics America Inc., citing alleged design defect, insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries, liability, negligence and product liability for issues surrounding its Galaxy Note 7 phone. Kelly Farmer filed a complaint on behalf of all others similarly situated March 30 in the U.S. District …
Based on recent federal court filings in the Central District of California, it appears that plaintiff lawyers have found a new way to threaten retailers with class action litigation. In January of this year, two class action complaints were filed on behalf of consumers who allegedly were charged shipping and handling fees “not reasonably related to Defendant’s actual costs of shipping or …
President Donald Trump’s Department of Labor moved one step closer to putting the brakes on the agency’s fiduciary rule for retirement investment advisers late Feb. 9. The agency sent to the White House’sOffice of Management and Budget a proposal to delay the rule’s applicability date, one week after Trump ordered the agency to review the Obama-era rule that aims to protect retirement investors …
The executive order was announced on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump’s executive order to slash two federal regulations for each new policy introduced may arbitrarily cut regulations focused on health and safety, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit, filed by liberal groups the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen and Communication Workers of America, claims the order fails …
Advocacy groups and a labor union are suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order requiring federal agencies to repeal two regulations for every new regulation adopted. Calling the order “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with law,” the groups allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court that President Trump’s directive will …
What does the Settlement provide? The Settlement provides that Trxade Group, Inc. and Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC will pay $200,000 into a Settlement Fund that will include money for Settlement Class Members who submit timely and valid claims, after deducting payment of the costs of administering the Settlement, including the costs of this Notice and attorneys’ fees, costs, and any …
A federal judge has ordered that attorneys representing private individuals and companies who entered into economic and medical claims settlements with BP stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster are entitled to be paid $555.2 million to cover their legal fees and remaining court costs. The award equals about 4.3 percent of the estimated $13 billion that BP is expected to pay under the …