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Notices May 7, 2016

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Announce Proposed Settlement of Class Action in the in Re Doral Financial Corporation Securities Litigation

IN RE DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION SECURITIES LITIGATION, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-01393-GAG, CLASS ACTION, SUMMARY NOTICE This Document Relates To: ALL ACTIONS. TO: ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHO PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED THE COMMON STOCK OF DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION (“DORAL”) DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 2, 2012 THROUGH AND INCLUDING MAY 1, 2014, AND WERE ALLEGEDLY DAMAGED THEREBY YOU ARE …

Lawsuits, News May 7, 2016

Condé Nast Lawyers Battle Invasion of Privacy Lawsuit

Lawyers for Condé Nast were back in court on Tuesday, trying to beat back an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by a Michigan woman who objects to her name being sold on a mailing list used by other companies. Condé Nast violated Michigan privacy laws when it sold subscription information without permission, Suzanne Boelter claims in a federal court suit. Condé Nast lawyers argued Tuesday that …

Lawsuits May 7, 2016

Elderly Man ‘Cooked Alive’ by Defective Heating, Cooling System, Lawsuit Says

A lawsuit filed in Essex County Superior Court claims an elderly man was killed in his Bloomfield apartment on Dec. 13, 2015 from extreme heat caused by a defective heating/cooling system. Every Sunday, Neal A. DiNapoli III typically delivered groceries to his grandparents at their apartment at Felicity Tower in Bloomfield, court documents state. But when DiNapoli and his …

Lawsuits May 7, 2016

Lawsuit Prompts Arby’s to Stop Using ‘Eat Your Bourbon’ Slogan

Arby’s Restaurant Group has agreed to stop using the slogan “Eat Your Bourbon” to market its bourbon bacon sandwiches, according to Matt Jamie, owner of Louisville-based Bourbon Barrel Foods. Jamie’s company sued the Atlanta-based fast food chain for trademark infringement on Wednesday. A day later, Arby’s said it would stop using the trademark and the two sides have …

Legal News May 7, 2016

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Publishes Proposed Rule Precluding Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses

As we reported last year, in October 2015 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an outline of proposals that would limit the use of arbitration provisions in contracts for consumer financial products. On May 5, 2016, the CFPB followed up by releasing a proposed rule that would ban consumer financial services providers such as banks, credit card issuers, and small-dollar lenders …

Class-Actions May 7, 2016

Plaintiff’s Death Dismisses Potential TCPA Class Action

A New York court has dismissed the lawsuit of a man who died before certification of a class in his claim against a company that allegedly violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The plaintiff, Mark Hannabury, sued Hilton Grand Vacations over two calls to his cell phone, attempting to sell interests in timeshare properties. Hannabury allegedly was …

Legal News May 6, 2016

New Gov’t Rule Would Give Americans More Power to Sue Banks

On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule that would ban the use of mandatory arbitration clauses, which many banks and credit card companies insert into contracts to prohibit customers from filing class-action lawsuits against them. In the event a customer sues a company outside of small-claims court, the business can enforce these clauses to block a …

News May 6, 2016

Australia Cancer Con Woman Belle Gibson Faces Lawsuit Over Healthy Diet Farce

Officials say Australian author and blogger Belle Gibson faces a possible government lawsuit after admitting that she lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumor through healthy eating and natural therapies. The 24-year-old social media entrepreneur and author of “The Whole Pantry,” a cookbook that detailed her purportedly life-saving diet, admitted a year ago that …

News May 5, 2016

How Henry Kissinger May Help Clinton in Email Lawsuit

A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for lawyers from a right-wing watch-dog group to take sworn testimony from top Hillary Clinton aides and opened the door for the group to seek an interview with Clinton herself later. But while the ruling is another political blow for the Clinton campaign, legally the former Secretary of State can thank one of her predecessors, Henry Kissinger, and …