If approved by the court, the settlement would resolve a class action claims alleging that the film company acted to conceal widespread sexual harassment and assault within the company. The settlement may also bring an end to the New York attorney general’s civil suit, which claims Weinstein’s company violated labor laws by enabling the mistreatment of women. There are more than 15 suits …
Class-action lawsuits over food marketing practices have skyrocketed in the past decade, from around 20 at the federal level in 2008 to 118 such suits filed in 2015 and 171 last year. The single most frequent complaint relates to foodmakers’ use of terms like natural or nothing artificial, with suits challenging extra space in product packaging also common, according …
A lawyer who led two lawsuits against Trump University, settled for $21 million just weeks after Donald Trump’s election victory, says the suits would have been “almost impossible” to pursue under a law currently being pushed by Republicans in Congress. Helen Zeldes, a founding partner of ZHE Law, investigated and initiated one of two class-action lawsuits against Trump University, along with a …
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement upon the introduction of the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (H.R. 985): “Due to the complexity and costs associated with our legal system, a lawsuit has become a dirty …
Class-action suits can cost employers millions of dollars. Uber is awaiting a court decision on its own settlement proposal that would amount to a $1 per claimant. Uber drivers sued the company over wages and for allegedly misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees.
President-elect Trump due to appear in court at trial starting later this month The Republican nominee will have to juggle his legal headaches as he prepares for the White House. Before Donald Trump raises his right hand …
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the solicitor general to weigh in on a jurisdiction question for a federal securities lawsuit out of California. The case of Cyan Inc. vs. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund is currently in front of the nation’s highest court. The issue at hand is whether state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over specific class actions.
Arkansas voters to weigh lawsuit damages measure LITTLE ROCK — Arkansans will vote this year on a ballot issue that proposes limits on certain civil lawsuits, a topic that has been debated by state lawmakers for years but now is in the hands of the public. In 2003, the Legislature and then-Gov. Mike Huckabee approved the Civil Justice Reform Act, which put a $1 million cap on punitive damages …
Columbia University was sued Tuesday on claims its retirement plans charged excessive fees. This follows a string of similar litigation filed over the past week against several top universities, leading to speculation that these suits are merely the first volleys in what’s likely to be a developing trend. The plaintiff in the proposed class-action lawsuit is seeking $100 million from Columbia …
Not surprisingly, in its most recent round of “excessive fee” lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the plaintiffs’ bar has begun targeting 403(b) plans sponsored by higher education institutions such as Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, and Duke University. Cases like Tibble v. Edison …