A class-action settlement case has been set up by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP for owners of optical disc drives manufactured by four electronics companies in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Through litigation, Hagans Berman is in the process of securing settlement payments of $124.5 million from manufacturers Panasonic Corp., Panasonic Corp. …
………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. After three years of litigation characterized as “contentious” by federal Judge Edward M. Chen, the parties announced a settlement. Uber agreed to adjust some business practices and pay out $84 …
Four more auto-parts suppliers agreed this week to pay $30 million in consumer settlements — with one paying an additional $5.9 million to U.S. dealerships — as part of class-action lawsuits that sprung from a massive U.S. antitrust price-fixing probe. Aisin Seiki Co., which ranks No. 7 on Automotive News’ list of the top global suppliers of parts to automakers, agreed to pay $24.5 million in …
Google is trying again to end an advertisement tracking privacy violation court case brought against it in 2012, this time with a settlement offer of US$5.5 million (A$7.3 million). At the heart of the legal action is Google’s bypass of the default cookie settings in Apple’s Safari for iOS and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsers. Cookies are small text files that web servers can place on …
Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost half a billion dollars. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco said the proposed $28.5 million payout wasn’t enough for customers, considering how much Uber took in from the fees. …
Yirendai, the first Chinese peer-to-peer lender that went public in US, was getting into several class action lawsuits on share price decline in US stock market, as foreign investors concerned about the regulation taken out by the Chinese government would hit the firm. New York and New Jersey-based law firm Bronsteinï¼Gewirtz & Grossman filed lawsuit on Yirendai of “materially false misleading …
Law.com reports that a Chadbourne & Parke litigation partner, Kerrie Campbell, has filed a $100 million class action lawsuit against the firm on behalf of current and former female partners, alleging gender discrimination: The suit alleges that female partners have been excluded from positions with decision-making authority, and help;
The Morris County freeholders have started doling out historic trust fund grants to religious institutions, despite a lawsuit to stop the awards, a report says. The governing body last week approved grants for 12 applicants, including four religious groups, The Record reported. A total of 32 organizations will get a share of this funding cycle’s $2.7 million in grants, the report …
Los Angeles agreed Tuesday to spend at least $200 million over a decade to provide thousands of apartments for people with disabilities. The City Council voted 12-0 to settle a federal lawsuit by several advocacy groups. They alleged the city’s redevelopment agency violated anti-discrimination laws by paying for affordable housing projects that weren’t accessible to those who …
Attorney General Brian Frosh (D). (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) By Fenit Nirappil August 29 at 4:21 PM Follow @FenitN The owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs will pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging illegal releases of nitrogen into rivers, a leading cause of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. State Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) and Maryland …