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Settlements Aug 12, 2019

$6,216,176 in Direct Purchaser Settlements Reached With Windshield Wiper Systems Manufacturers in Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit

(“Settlement Class Counsel”) announce that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division (“Court”) has approved the following announcement of proposed class action settlements with the MITSUBA Defendants and DENSO Defendants. The lawsuit claims that Defendants conspired to raise, fix, maintain, and stabilize prices, rig bids, and allocate the supply of …

Notices Oct 6, 2017

ALERT: Rowley Law PLLC Is Investigating Proposed Acquisition of Onvia

ALERT: Rowley Law PLLC is Investigating Proposed Acquisition of Onvia Share this article NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Rowley Law PLLC is investigating potential claims against Onvia (NASDAQ: ONVI) and its board of directors for breach of fiduciary duty concerning the proposed acquisition of the company by Deltek for $9.00 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately …

News May 15, 2017

The Latest: Alaska Lawmaker Predicts Strong Mine Opposition

The speaker of the Alaska House said he believes there will be a rising up of opposition if a mine proposed near the headwaters of a world-class Alaska salmon fishery advances. Rep. Bryce Edgmon represents the Bristol Bay region, where the Pebble Mine project is located.

News, Settlements May 12, 2017

EPA Settles Lawsuit: Puts Pebble Mine First, America Last

If the Trump administration’s strategy is to put a foreign mining company first—and America’s greatest wild salmon fishery dead last—then sadly it’s succeeding. Today EPA settled a lawsuit with Northern Dynasty Minerals—the Canadian junior mining company behind the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The settlement has not yet been filed with the court, but according to EPA and …

News Mar 8, 2017

Online Lender Wins Motion to Compel Arbitration and Avoids Nationwide Consumer Class Action

This article was co-authored by Allyson B. Baker and Joseph Leonard Robbins. It originally appeared on Venable.com and is republished here with permission. In a putative nationwide consumer class action against an online marketplace lender and its bank partner, Bethune v. LendingClub Corp., et al., a federal judge in the Southern District of New York recently granted defendants’ motion to …

Legal News Feb 24, 2017

New Bill Could Be a Game-Changer for Mulit District Litigations and Class Actions

The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, introduced in the U.S. House and approved by the Judiciary Committee last week, proposes far-reaching changes to the rules governing multidistrict litigations (MDLs), removals and class actions. Sponsored by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va), the bill’s stated purpose is to …

Settlements Feb 2, 2017

Court Approves Verizon Settlement Over Merger Tax Objections; Sets New Standard

A Manhattan New York state appeals court on Thursday said the class action settlements should be assessed in approving a class action settlement involving a challenge by shareholders to Verizon Communications Inc’s ( VZ )$130 billion acquisition of Vodafone Group Plc’s (VOD.L)subsidiaries. The Appellate Division, First Department, decision said that shareholders and Verizon were …

Notices Jan 25, 2017

MPS (MPSX) ALERT: Johnson & Weaver, LLP Launches an Investigation Into the Fairness of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Multi Packaging Solutions; Is $18.00 a Fair Price?

Johnson & Weaver, LLP Launches an Investigation into the Fairness of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Multi Packaging Solutions; Is $18.00 a Fair Price? News provided by Johnson & Weaver, LLP Jan 24, 2017, 08:26 ET Share this article SAN DIEGO , Jan. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the …

News Dec 9, 2016

Seven People Opt Out of Proposed $2.375M Diluted Chemo Settlement

Only seven people have opted out of a proposed $2.375-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving diluted chemotherapy treatment. Wednesday was the deadline for more than 1,200 patients named in the class action to opt out of the proposed settlement. Lawyer Harvey Strosberg of Stutts Strosberg LLP, the co-counsel in the lawsuit, says the majority of the patients are unopposed.