Evelyn Houser, a North Philadelphia grandmother, didn’t live to see the end of what she started six years ago. Houser, who died in September, was a lead plaintiff in the landmark $15 million settlement of a class-action suit this week that may help hundreds of thousands of people with criminal records get jobs. “My mom was always a determined person,” said her son, Cephas Houser.
Ruling in a Bay Area robocall case, a federal appeals court said Tuesday that a company can’t scuttle a proposed class-action suit it is facing by trying to buy off the lead plaintiff. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco addressed an issue that the U.S. Supreme Court left unresolved in a ruling in January: whether a company or person accused of violating the rights of large …
For decades 3M was the primary producer of C8, or PFOA, and was the sole producer of a related chemical known as PFOS. But while DuPont was caught up in a massive class action suit over C8, 3M has largely avoided public scrutiny and serious legal or financial consequences for its role in developing and selling these industrial pollutants. In February, however, a state court in Minnesota, where …
It seems there is still a long road to go before Lyft can settle a dispute with drivers over proper worker classification. As Bloomberg reports, a federal judge rejected the company’s attempt to settle with drivers as being ‘glaringly inadequate.’ All told, Lyft tried to settle with $12.25 million — a measure that would only net drivers involved in the class action suit about $53 each. U.S. …
Lunada Bay, an out-of-the-way cove on the Palos Verdes peninsula south of Los Angeles, is one of the best big-wave surfing spots in California. In the shelter of its steep, semi-circular cliffs are a pristine beach and the promise of 20-foot winter swells. And, unlike so many other prime breaks on the US west coast, its waves are miraculously uncrowded.
The law firm handling Cracker frontman David Lowery’s class action suit against Spotify has offered up an FAQ for songwriters and publishers ahead of an imminent settlement between the streaming service and the National Music Publishers Association, or NMPA. The rub? Little is known about the proposed deal, from its dollar amount to how it would be processed, so think hard — and call your …
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Investors who still own stock in Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources face another round of bad news. Their stock lost more than 12 percent of value Tuesday, closing at just $2.38 a share on the New York Stock Exchange, after two investors who previously bought unsecured bonds in the company filed a class action lawsuit. The complaint, filed in a federal court in New …
Put on your pearls and clutch hard: Starbucks has come under fire after being accused of under filling their lattes in an effort to save money on milk, as KQED reports. The class action suit, filed by one San Diego resident and one San Francisco resident, claims the coffee giant “cheats purchasers by providing less fluid ounces in their lattes than represented.” In fact, the suit accuses the …
* Home * Daily News * Trump: Plaintiff shouldn’t be allowed… Trump: Plaintiff shouldn’t be allowed to withdraw from Trump University lawsuit Posted Mar 01, 2016 05:45 am CST Donald Trump has asked the judge presiding over a class action lawsuit filed by former customers of Trump University not to allow the named plaintiff to withdraw from the case. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. blog …
Bad news for The Donald on Super Tuesday as court rules N.Y. attorney general’s Trump University fraud lawsuit can proceed Updated: Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 12:30 AM On a day of Super Tuesday wins for Donald Trump, he suffered a loss in New York — a state appeals court gave a green light to a civil fraud claim against the GOP front-runner and his Trump University. In a unanimous ruling, a …