Nike Must Face Gender Bias Class Action; Shareholders Sue AgainIn August last year, female former Nike employees filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging sex discrimination, violations of equal pay laws, and fostering a hostile work environment. But that might not be Nike’s only legal problem related to allegations of gender bias. #NikeTooThe class action litigation is …
A former manager at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the drug giant, claiming he was fired for raising questions about a lack of manufacturing standards. Stanley Koshy said in a complaint unsealed last week that he was terminated because he expressed concern over the manufacturing practices and lack of quality controls at the plant and at companies contracted to manufacture drugs for Regeneron. Koshy said his boss became so …
Courtesy of Apple, most of its chipmaker or designers seem to be having a rough start in 2017. One of these names will have to be the leading American chipmaker, Qualcomm, who Cupertino is presently embroiled in an ongoing patent royalties payment battle with. For those unaware, Apple first took a stand against the chipmaker and lodged a billion lawsuit against them for being charged unfairly …
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the District of Utah on behalf of investors who purchased USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (USNA) securities between March 14, 2014 and February 7, 2017. Click here to learn about the case: http://www.wongesq.com/pslra/usana-health-sciences-inc. There is …
A federal appellate court in California has agreed to decide whether consumers can proceed with a class-action lawsuit against AT&T over the company’s data-throttling practices. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced on Thursday that it would hear the consumers’ appeal of a trial judge’s decision to send the case to arbitration. The legal dispute dates to 2014, when three California …
After settling with regulators for $185 million over signing up its customers for more than 2 million accounts without their knowledge and subsequently charging them fees, Wells Fargo became the focus of a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. White-collar criminologist William Black told the Real News that the hard work exposing the bank’s practices was “done by the …
To date, a common practice when hiring in California, and throughout the nation, has been to have new hires sign an employment contract. And, often times, there’s a little– but mighty– clause in there requiring the use of arbitration to solve any future disputes between employee and employer. What’s more, these agreements sometimes have something called a class-action waiver attached to them, …
Last Thursday, four New York City residents commenced a federal lawsuit and prospective class action against the world’s leading pasta maker, Barilla S.p.A., and its subsidiaries Barilla America, Inc. and Barilla USA (collectively, “Barilla”), alleging that Barilla engaged in deceptive “slack-fill” to deceive consumers as to the amount of pasta in its boxes. Should food manufacturers be …
HSBC has agreed to pay $1.58bn (£1.11bn, €1.4bn) to resolve a US shareholder class action lawsuit that was filed in 2002. The lawsuit had stemmed from HSBC’s 2003 acquisition of US subprime group, Household International. The 14-year-old lawsuit by Household’s shareholders …