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Samsung May Face Class Action Suits in S Korea, US for Note 7

The problems of Samsung Electronics are far from over as disgruntled customers plan to file class action lawsuits in South Korea and the US over exploding Galaxy Note 7s, reports said on Wednesday. Whi le three US customers from Nevada, Pennsylvania and California have already complained about the fire-prone devices, 38 owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea plan …



Plaintiffs in Utah File First Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo

The first lawsuit has been filed against Wells Fargo Friday. Three plaintiffs in Utah are suing the bank for fraud, invasion of privacy and breach of contract. This follows the recent news that the bank collected fees on millions of unauthorized accounts.


Woman Wrongly Classified as Man by Fla. Jailers Files $5M Lawsuit

A Dominican woman wrongly classified as a man and held with male inmates for 10 hours in a Miami prison three years ago has filed a civil rights lawsuit. Fior Pichardo de Veloz was arrested at a Miami airport in November of 2013 on what lawyers say was a decades-old drug charge that was eventually dismissed. She was initially booked as a female but medical staff reclassified her as a male …


WeissLaw LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

WeissLaw LLP announces that a class action has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Tokai” or the “Company”) (TKAI) and certain Company officers, for among other things, violation of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). The class action seeks …


Sued for Wage Theft: More Headaches for Chipotle (CMG)

Just when you thought Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG) might be getting back on track, a politician calls for an investigation into allegations of wage theft by the restaurant. Rosa DeLauro, a Democratic representative from Connecticut, is trying to convince the U.S. Labor Department to investigate Chipotle after a class-action lawsuit was filed in Colorado. The lawsuit claims Chipotle …


Lawsuit Accuses Two Buchanan HS Athletes of Sexual Assault

A civil lawsuit is accusing two current student athletes at Buchanan High School in Clovis of sexual assault. It’s a case Eyewitness news has been following for a couple of weeks now, after discovering the lawsuit against the two students and their parents. The 16 year old girl who reported the assault last summer is from out of town.


9/11 Anniversary: How a White Plains Attorney Won $1B 9/11 Lawsuit

David Worby’s story begins two years after hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center towers. As tales of 9/11 heroism turned into Ground Zero medical mysteries, the White Plains lawyer started an odyssey of court battles, media frenzy and funerals. At the time, cancers and rare diseases mounted among firefighters, police and others who spent months cleaning up Ground Zero, but authorities still disagreed with Worby’s theory that working at the site made them sick. “Our people were wearing, at best, hospital masks of paper, so tens of thousands of people are sick as a result of the way this was handled,” Worby said during a recent interview. “It’s tragic, and it’s sad that more people are sick and dying from this than died on that actual date.” Since 9/11, the ranks of …


Jerry Heller’s Defamation Suit Against “Straight Outta Compton” Film to Proceed Despite Death

Jerry Heller might have passed away, but the defamation lawsuit he filed over Straight Outta Compton‘s alleged inaccuracies will continue, his lawyer Mickey Shapiro tells TMZ. Shapiro is adamant about Jerry‘s estate continuing with the $110 million dollar case to clear his name and recently claimed that this lawsuit is what killed him. “We can still prove the defamation and …