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News May 24, 2016

What We Know, Don’t Know, About Concussion/Head Injury Class-Action Suit Involving Penn State, Big Ten, and the NCAA

Penn State declined comment on a class-action suit brought against it, the Big Ten, and the NCAA on Tuesday in a federal court in Illinois, saying it has not yet reviewed the case. The suit is one of six that were brought nationwide by attorney Jay Edelson of Edelson PC, and they targeted the SEC, Vanderbilt University, and others. The one involving Penn State has seen the most action to date, …

Settlements May 23, 2016

Transit Agency Settles Excessive-Force Lawsuit With Woman

BART says in a statement it settled the lawsuit earlier this month and accepted full responsibility for the injuries Megan Sheehan received after an officer slammed her face-first onto the floor, the East Bay Times reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/1RfVWm8). BART police said at the time that Sheehan was drunk and argumentative with officers who found her on a bench inside the station. Officers …

Lawsuits Apr 21, 2016

$75M Lawsuit Launched After Family Services Hacked, Personal Info Posted in Facebook

The “highly sensitive” personal information of 285 clients and people being investigated by the Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville was stolen by a hacker and posted on Facebook due to “reckless” and “disgraceful” conduct of the organization, according to a $75-million class action lawsuit filed today. The statement of claim, filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf…

Notices Jan 28, 2016

Lyft Class Action Settlement Fails to Reclassify Drivers as Employees

John Sciulli / Getty Images for Lyft Drivers suing Lyft as part of a class action lawsuit in California settled their complaint outside of court on Tuesday. The $12.25 million settlement does not reclassify the more than 100,000 Lyft drivers in the class as employees, which the attorney in the case, Shannon Liss-Riordan, said she had âhoped forâ in her statement. The drivers will continue …