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Archive for March, 2008Canada Supreme Court to Decide Limits to Environmental Class Actions (Environment News Service)OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada , March 31, 2008 (ENS) – Lawyers for two environmental groups intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday, challenging a Quebec Court of Appeal decision that could impair the rights of citizens to launch class action lawsuits over environmental nuisances. FedEx Legal Woes Mount as Class-Action Status Now Granted in 20 States Over Company’s Embattled Independent Contractor … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)With class-action certification now granted in 20 states as well as nationwide, lawyers for FedEx Ground/Home Delivery drivers are preparing to file motions starting April 11 for summary judgment they say will prove the company has illegally misclassified as independent contractors thousands of workers and deprived them collectively of hundreds of millions of dollars in lost wages, benefits and … Another lawsuit filed against waterpark (Capital News 9)A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three people from Rensselaer County against Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Waterpark in Queensbury. Hundreds of people reported getting sick after visiting the waterpark earlier this month. Back to the sandbox for Diller and Malone (CNN Money)How did I do? I had it at least half right – and may yet be completely right – when I predicted that both Barry Diller and John Malone would lose their lawsuits in Delaware Chancery Court over the fate of IAC/Interactive Corporation, which Diller runs and Malone ultimately controls. Veteran trial lawyer finds new home at McGinnis Lochridge (BizJournals)Larry York has won multimillion-dollar class action lawsuits against powerful insurance companies and upheld the suffrage rights of vast classes of voters. (CI) Taking a New Look at Discrimination in New York (Gotham Gazette)Last month, New York City paid $21 million to settle a class action lawsuit for race-based employment practices in the city Department of Parks and Recreation. Ruling opens door for strip-search suits (Moldova.org)A federal judge’s recent ruling has made it possible for thousands of people to file lawsuits for being strip-searched in New York’s Nassau County.U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley ruled a class-action lawsuit against the county could go forward in its attempt to gain damages for alleged unfair strip searches conducted by county authorities, Newsday reported Saturday.Attorney Robert L. Herbst, … STATEMENT: Starbucks Coffee Company Mischaracterized in Recent Class Action Lawsuits (Finanzen.net)Recent litigation has resulted in misunderstanding among some of our customers and partners (employees) about tipping in Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) stores. Our tip policy allows hourly partners (baristas and shift supervisors) to receive … STATEMENT: Starbucks Coffee Company Mischaracterized in Recent Class Action Lawsuits (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)SEATTLE—-Recent litigation has resulted in misunderstanding among some of our customers and partners about tipping in Starbucks stores. Our tip policy allows hourly partners to receive their fair share of customer tips. Top court reserves judgment on Quebec cement factory lawsuit (CBC)Canada’s highest court has reserved judgment in a case involving a Quebec City-area cement company that green groups warn could limit the ability to launch class-action environmental lawsuits. Lawyers for environmental groups go before SCC (CTV.ca)Lawyers for two environmental groups will go before the Supreme Court of Canada today to challenge a lower court ruling that could hinder the ability of citizens to launch environmental class action lawsuits. Class Action Changes Are Working — Most of the Time (KiplingerForecasts.com)A 2005 law aimed at reducing frivolous class action lawsuits has been effective, but in a few cases it can dramatically drive up the cost of a settlement. Class Action Changes Are Working — Most of the Time (Kiplinger.com)A 2005 law aimed at reducing frivolous class action lawsuits has been effective, but in a few cases it can dramatically drive up the cost of a settlement. GM agrees to settle coolant lawsuits (Lake County News Sun)General Motors Corp. has agreed to settle a series of class-action lawsuits claiming a faulty engine coolant damaged thousands of customer vehicles. Under the settlement, GM would reimburse class members between $50 and $800 for repairs linked to Dex-Cool, an orange coolant that GM included in cars and trucks beginning in 1995. An inside opinion of the wacky Vista Capable class action lawsuit (TG Daily){mosimage} Analyst Opinion – Outside of Boston Legal, this litigation is one of the most twisted ones I can recall. I have had a fascination with litigation for years, particular for those lawsuits that seem kind of upside down. Recently, my emails got subpoenaed in this specific case, which prompted me to pick up this topic and provide an opinion from someone who was in a somewhat unique … GM agrees to settle class-action lawsuits tied to engine coolant (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids)KANSAS CITY, Mo. — General Motors Corp. has agreed to settle a series of class-action lawsuits claiming a faulty engine coolant damaged thousands of customer vehicles. Girard Gibbs Announces Nationwide Settlement in General Motors/Dex-Cool Class Action Lawsuit (NYSE:GM) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)SAN FRANCISCO—-Girard Gibbs LLP announces that a nationwide class action settlement involving General Motors’ Dex-Cool engine coolant was granted preliminary approval last week by Judge Robert Freedman of the Alameda County, California Superior Court. Australian groups face legal action (Financial Times)Four Australia-listed groups savaged in the stock market in response to the global credit crisis face the prospect of shareholder class-action lawsuits after a litigation specialist agreed to underwrite legal costs. CNR faces class action on overtime (London Free Press)TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co. faces class action litigation over alleged unpaid overtime. CN faces class action over overtime payment (Toronto Star)Canadian National Railway Co. faces class action litigation over allegedly unpaid overtime. Federman & Sherwood Announces That It Has Filed the First Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against the Bear Stearns … (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)On March 25, 2008, Federman & Sherwood filed a securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. and certain officers and directors. The Complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, including … CN faces class action lawsuit over unpaid overtime (CBC)Lawyers have launched a class action lawsuit against Canadian National, alleging the railway misclassified more than 1,000 supervisors as managers to avoid having to pay them overtime. Canadian National Railway latest target of unpaid-overtime class action (The Globe and Mail)Lawsuit alleges Canada’s largest railway misclassified operational supervisors as management to avoid paying them overtime Canadian National Railway latest target of unpaid-overtime class action (Canadian Business)TORONTO – Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CNR) faces class action litigation over allegedly unpaid overtime. CNR latest target of unpaid-overtime suit (Toronto Star)Canadian National Railway Co. faces class action litigation over allegedly unpaid overtime. Law firms Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP and Roy Elliot O’Connor LLP – already acting in similar lawsuits against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX: CM ) and the Bank of Nova Scotia – said Tuesday the CNR litigation covers over 1,000 supervisors across Canada. Court to Notify Those Who Own or Owned a High Efficiency Gas Furnace About a Nationwide Class Action Settlement (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)A notification program began today, as ordered by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Quebec, to alert people who own or owned a high efficiency gas furnace that was made and sold by Carrier Corporation since January 1, 1989, about a proposed settlement of the lawsuits against Carrier. LAWYERS GONE WILD (New York Post)If Lady Justice had a faint smile on her face the other day, who could blame her? It was entirely in order. After all, onetime super-lawyer Melvyn Weiss, the so-called “King of Class-Action Lawsuits,” was getting some well-deserved comeuppance in… Grocer Hannaford Hit with Class Action Suit over Data Breach (Insurance Journal)Hannaford Bros. Co. has been hit with two class action lawsuits filed on behalf of consumers whose credit and debit card numbers were compromised as a result of a major security breach. A Philadelp Hannaford Data Breach Prompts Two Class-Action Lawsuits (FOX 23 Maine)Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain in connection with a recent security breach. (Provided by News 13) Famed class-action lawyer agrees to plea in racketeering case / Weiss is 4th from his firm to admit guilt in scheme … (Addict 3D)Prominent attorney Melvyn Weiss has agreed to plead guilty to racketeering in a lucrative kickback scheme involving payments to plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits directed at some of the largest U.S. | ||
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