Uber drivers made news last week when the company settled class-action suits that could pay drivers as much as $100 million, but court documents show that most eligible drivers will probably get less than $25. The suits covered Uber drivers in California and Massachusetts who said they were not independent contractors, as Uber claimed, but employees. Uber contends its app is merely a conduit …
Uber agreed last week to settle two class action lawsuits for $100 million. The legal actions were filed by drivers in California and Massachusetts to determine if they could be reclassified as employees instead of independent contractors, to receive benefits they lack now. Had the lawsuits proceeded to trial and Uber had lost, the …
New Jersey Cablevision customers — and former customers — may be in for a bit of financial help with a proposed settlement in federal court of a class action lawsuit concerning alleged overcharges on cable boxes. The settlement, first announced in December, still requires a final fairness hearing in federal court in Newark in September. Under the terms of the settlement, customers in …
Volkswagen AG, driving to move beyond a scandal that has disrupted its global business and sullied its reputation, announced a sweeping U.S. deal on Thursday to buy back or potentially fix about a half million polluting diesel cars and set up environmental and consumer compensation funds. The settlement, which sources and analysts said could cost VW (VOWG_p.DE) at least…
The owner of a Key West strip club has agreed to pay up to $1.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with dancers who went after him for not paying minimum wage or overtime to women he treated as employees although they worked for tips only. The settlement, filed April 8, awaits a federal judge’s approval but was signed March 31 by Mark Rossi, a former Key West city commissioner who owns…
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Thursday that German automaker Volkswagen AG (VW) has reached a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California officials and consumers over a plan to fix or buy back nearly 600,000 diesel-powered vehicles…
Next week looms large in the troubled history of 12 provincial residential facilities, including locations in Oro-Medonte Township and Muskoka. Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba will decide Monday whether to approve a $36-million settlement reached last fall between the province and the Toronto-based legal firm acting on behalf of former residents at a dozen facilities like the…
Frequently, a class action complaint will set forth an elaborate theory of why the defendant’s actions were negligent or wrongful, but fall short when trying to identify how that conduct has harmed the class members. This kind of complaint invites a motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff has failed to demonstrate constitutional standing by identifying a “concrete, particularized,…
A new report from Cornerstone Research indicates that securities class-action filings with accounting allegations rose for the third consecutive year. According to Accounting Class Action Filings and Settlements – 2015 Review and Analysis, the 71 filings last year exceeded the average over the past decade of 67 filings. There were 69 accounting-related case filings in 2014.
Kirby McInerney LLP is pleased to announce that its client, a Hong Kong-based whistleblower, helped the U.S. government recover $1.5 million in allegedly underpaid U.S. import duties from Winds Enterprises, Inc. of California, and its affiliate, Winds Enterprises, Ltd. of Hong Kong, which manufacture and import athletic wear for popular brands in the United States.…