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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 …

Lawsuits Jun 22, 2019

Huawei Files Lawsuit Against US Commerce Department Over Seized Equipment: Court Filing

WASHINGTON: Huawei Technologies Co Inc filed a lawsuit against the US Commerce Department on Friday challenging whether telecommunications equipment it sent from China to the United States, and then back to China, is covered by Export Administration Regulations , according to a court filing.The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a battle between the US government and Huawei. Washington says the …

Class-Actions May 17, 2019

Federal Judge Certifies Class-Action Lawsuit Against Immigration Officials

BOSTON (WPRI) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Providence mother detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can move forward. The ruling will extend the lawsuit beyond its five plaintiffs, including other New England-area residents to continue seeking lawful status without worrying about deportation. Lilian Calderon is the lead plaintiff in a …

Lawsuits Apr 27, 2017

Taxis Are Posing as Uber Cars to Steal Fares, Lawsuit Says

Hundreds of Uber drivers in South Jersey are suing the Atlantic City Yellow Cab Co., alleging taxi drivers have been fraudulently posing as drivers working for the rideshare service to steal their customers. United Drivers South Jersey — a rideshare drivers group that serves South Jersey, Atlantic City and Philadelphia areas — filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday in Atlantic …

Settlements Apr 27, 2017

United Airlines Reaches Settlement With Passenger Who Was Dragged Off Plane

Earlier on Thursday, United announced several steps to prevent such episodes from recurring and said that passengers who had arrived on an aircraft shouldn’t have to give up their seats. The airline said it would create a new check-in process that would allow passengers to volunteer to give up their seats for compensation, and increased the limit of that compensation to $10,000 from $1,350. …

News Apr 17, 2017

Man Files Lawsuit Against American Airlines, Alleges He Was Discriminated Against

A pastor of Asian descent has sued American Airlines, claiming that the legacy carrier bumped him from a flight in 2016 to make room for white passengers to board. Benny Shin, a 75-year-old man who is of Korean ancestry, says that he was about to board a flight from Dallas to Corpus Christi, Texas last year, reports TMZ. While in line to board, Shin, who was a paying customer and already had a …

Lawsuits Apr 10, 2017

United May Be Bracing for a Lawsuit

Imagine you are a juror watching a video of an airline passenger being dragged off an airplane because the airline needed the seat for an employee. You might, as the woman in the video is heard screaming, “Oh my God, this is wrong, look at what you did to him,” as the middle-aged passenger is …

Settlements Mar 24, 2017

AWG, United Potato Growers Settle Price-Fixing Lawsuit

Associated Wholesale Grocers and potato industry defendants have resolved a lawsuit alleging price fixing by the United Potato Growers of America. “All legal matters between Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. and potato industry defendants, including United Potato Growers of America, have been successfully resolved,” according to a statement from the potato group March …

News Mar 17, 2017

Trump Tries to Tromp Youth by Undermining Landmark Climate Lawsuit

The Trump administration filed a motion on March 7 to appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on a federal judge’s order in Juliana v. United States. Juliana v. United States is an historic case brought by 21 young plaintiffs who argue that their constitutional and public trust rights are being violated by the government’s creation of climate danger. The Trump administration also filed a …