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Ambition Before Fall as Law Firm Slater & Gordon Faces Possible Class Action

The hulking write-down on Slater’s UK acquisition Quindell has put the company in a ‘financially precarious’ position. Ambition before fall as law firm Slater & Gordon faces possible class action
Slater & Gordon is now valued at $80 million, a fraction of its $2.75 billion value a year ago. An ambitious Australian company spends up big on a massive overseas asset. …


Chesapeake Lawyers Respond to Lawsuit

Chesapeake lawyers state a class action lawsuit filed in Stephens County is a waste of judicial resources and should join similar petitions filed in federal court. McAfee & Taft attorneys representing Chesapeake Energy corporation filed documents at the Stephens County Courthouse April 22 for a stay of a class action lawsuit brought against the oil titan seeking restitution for oil lease …


IMPORTANT INVESTOR DEADLINE: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against TEEKAY CORPORATION and Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

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 …


Bose Cooperating With Plaintiffs in Class Action, Attorney Says

A class action lawsuit against Bose Corp. for alleged violations of a California law designed to protect consumers’ privacy and personal information may be moving toward a resolution as lawyers for both sides have had cooperative discussions about the case, the plaintiffs’ attorney said. “They have not admitted any fault,” attorney E. Elliot Adler of the Adler Law …


Suit Against Gretna, Redflex Over Traffic Camera Tickets Seeks Class-Action Status

A Monroe law firm has filed a lawsuit in state district court in Jefferson Parish seeking class-action status against the city of Gretna and Arizona-based Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. The suit claims the city’s use of an automated camera system to issue traffic tickets and the hearings at which cited motorists can challenge their tickets are both illegal. The Hudson Potts & Bernstein firm filed …


Total Renal Care Faces a Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Blumenthal That Claims the Dialysis Service Provider Failed to Provide Proper Wages to Their Golden State Employees

Total Renal Care is the target of a proposed class action Complaint filed by five of their California employees who allege various California Labor Code violations San Francisco, California. The San Francisco employment law lawyers at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug and Bhowmik filed a proposed class action Complaint against Total Renal care, Inc. (“Renal”) for allegedly failing to …


Wisconsin Supreme Court Accepts Case Challenging Medical Records Fees

The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week accepted Welcenbach Law Offices Client’s Petition for Review of a class action lawsuit challenging whether a healthcare provider, and their agents who are contracted to provide medical records, may charge a requesting party a certification or retrieval fee when the patient authorizes the medical records to be released. Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) April 16, 2016…


SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of the Board of Directors of Lexmark International, Inc. -LXK

SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of The Board of Directors of Lexmark International, Inc. -LXK Apr 20, 2016, 21:35 ET from Brodsky & Smith, LLC BALA CYNWYD, Pa., April 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Lexmark International, Inc. (“Lexmark” or “the…


KEL Law Firm Broke Rules on Bankruptcy Fees, Lawsuit Alleges

Orlando-based KEL law firm routinely allowed its clients to pay bankruptcy legal fees using credit cards, a violation of bankruptcy law, according to a new lawsuit filed against the firm. Credit card purchases are basically new debts, and new debts are prohibited in the days before filing a bankruptcy, and during the bankruptcy process. That’s because bankruptcy courts often erase any credit…


Israeli Court Certifies First Excessive Pricing Class Action

An Israeli court has certified a class that claims dairy producer Tnuva breached Israel’s competition law by charging excessively high prices for cottage cheese, opening the door for a broader interpretation of the country’s law on abuse of dominance.