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Notices Sep 17, 2019

Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File a Lawsuit Against Quick Dispense, Inc., Alleging Violations of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)

The lawsuit alleges Quick Dispense, Inc., violated the California Labor Code by failing to provide their California non-exempt employees with required meal and rest periods and allegedly failed to pay overtime. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Los Angeles employment law attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against Quick …

Class-Actions Mar 7, 2017

For the First Time in History, Private Prisons Face Class-Action for Violating Anti-Slavery Laws

This past summer, President Obama’s Department of Justice was directed to stop using private prisons. Besides having notoriously inhumane conditions, the private prison industry doesn’t really save taxpayers money—it just generates money for people who are in bed with private prisons. Trump and his racist Attorney General Jeff Sessions have already made moves to reverse course.

Settlements Mar 6, 2017

Facebook Agrees to Settle Class-Action Privacy Suit

[JURIST] Facebook [corporate website] settled a class-action lawsuit levied against it on Wednesday for its prior practice of scanning private messages to aid in ads. A motion [text, PDF] was filed on Wednesday, subject to court approval, for declaratory and injunctive relief, though it does not discuss specific monetary awards. In pertinent part, the motion states “[t]he settlement achieves …

Lawsuits Mar 1, 2017

Detainees Sue Private Prison for ‘Forced Labor’

The nation’s second largest private prison company is facing some serious legal challenges—and other companies may soon be in the same situation. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that current and former detainees held at an immigrant detention center in Colorado can join a class-action lawsuit against GEO Group, a private prison company. The plaintiffs allege that the GEO Group forced detainees …

Lawsuits Jan 17, 2017

Quebec Radiologists Threatened With Lawsuit for Balking at Ultrasounds

A patients’ rights group in Quebec is seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit against radiologists in the province who are refusing to take on patients at their private clinics. The potential lawsuit is part of the fallout from the Quebec government’s decision last year to cover the cost of private-sector ultrasounds. Since late December, radiologists have been required to forward the costs of …

News Sep 23, 2016

Kentucky Joins Lawsuit Challenging New Overtime Pay Rule

Gov. Bevin has added Kentucky to a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government over a new rule that makes more people eligible to receive overtime pay. Starting in December, the new policy will require employers to pay overtime to people who make up to $47,476 a year ($913 per week).

Lawsuits Aug 29, 2016

Couple Files Lawsuit Over Pokémon Go. Wants Inconvenienced Residents to Get a Cut of the Profits

It looks like Pokémon Go is under scrutiny once more with angry residents taking aim at the developers. A couple in Detroit are filing a lawsuit against Niantic, Nintendo, and the Pokemon company according to the Detroit Free Press, after complaining that the developers have been raking in cash while property owners have suffered from the barrage of Pokémon Go players invading their properties. …

Lawsuits Aug 29, 2016

Lawsuit Fights to Regain Homeowners’ First Amendment, Private Property Rights

Walton County’s new blanket ban on signs on private beach property violates a retired couple’s First Amendment free-speech rights, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Christina Martin told me Friday. And PLF has filed a lawsuit in the in federal court on the couple’s behalf. Edward and DeLanie Goodwin, who have owned their beachfront home in the Panhandle community Santa Rosa Beach, since 1978, …

News Aug 25, 2016

Private Prison Giant CCA Accused of “False and Misleading Statements”

A shareholder class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Corrections Corporation of America, a private prison company that was the subject of a recent Mother Jones investigation. Last week, the Department of Justice announced it would work to end its private prison contracts. The shareholders allege that CCA and its executive officers made false or misleading statements that put the …