More than a dozen state attorneys general last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 2013 class action settlement reached over a fitness club company’s gym membership contracts and fees, arguing the agreement could put consumers nationwide at risk. The settlement agreement in Gascho v. Global Fitness Holdings LLC was approved by the U.S. Court of Appeals …
A federal wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Louisville Metro Police officer who shot and killed a 28-year-old in 2014 has been dismissed. Officer Marc Christiansen shot and killed John Jolley, Jr. on Sept. 23, 2014. Police said Jolley was holding a gun when Christiansen shot him eight times.
A group of activists has challenged New York State’s law banning “ballot selfies,” and a federal judge has asked officials why he shouldn’t strike it down altogether. Yesterday afternoon, Judge P. Kevin Castel issued an order to show cause requiring New York State election officials to defend the constitutionality of the state law, which …
Flint residents who filed a class-action lawsuit related to the water crisis got good news and bad news this week. A Court of Claims judge in Grand Rapids dismissed portions of the lawsuit related to the Flint water crisis The lawsuit alleges state and local officials, including Governor Rick Snyder, violated the constitution and denied them life, liberty, and property without due process. The …
In this Thursday, April 21, 2016, file photo, Joyce Ertel Hulbert, owner of a 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI, holds a sign while interviewed outside the of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. A federal judge in San Francisco is facing a deadline on whether to approve a nearly 5 billion deal over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal that gives most affected car owners the option …
There have been few new developments in the ongoing class action lawsuit against the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange, Cryptsy. The Bitcoin exchange based out of Florida stopped its operations earlier this year. At the time of shutting down, the platform allegedly had accommodated liabilities of over $10 million, of which $5 million belonged to the customers.
Rush to courts feared in class actions, at cost to business Share Share via Email Share on Google Plus Post on facebook wall Share on twitter Post to Linkedin Share on Reddit One of the most significant class action judgments has been handed down. Lawyers have warned of a possible “rush” to the courts to file class actions after the full Federal Court gave the green light to controversial …
Lawyers in Houston are representing consumers in the Midwest who have sued Mylan, the pharmaceutical company, for “deliberate and reprehensible price gouging” …
Providence Health & Services has agreed to pay $351.9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its employee-pension plan. Two nurses filed the lawsuit in November 2014 against the Renton-based health-care system, which operates hospitals and health-care facilities in five Western states. They argued the health-care group failed to fully fund their workers’ retirement plan, depriving 73,000 …
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Bessemer attorney against the five U.S. Supreme Court justices who made up the majority opinion legalizing gay marriage nationwide. U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Haikala tossed out the lawsuit based on judicial immunity. The U.S. 11 th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a previous case that federal judges have judicial immunity …