Law Firm: Workplace Class Action Settlement Costs Reached Record $3.6B in 2021 January 12, 2022 By Jim Sams The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would...
Lawsuits Filed Against Auto Insurers Over Rates In Pandemic February 25, 2021 By Michelle L. Price LAS VEGAS (AP) — Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending...
U.S. Labor Dept. Could Make It Easier to Treat Workers as Independent Contractors September 22, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday said it would soon propose a rule that could make it easier to...
Building Owner, Alarm Companies Sued Over Deadly Vegas Fire May 14, 2020 By Ken Ritter LAS VEGAS — The owner of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people died in the deadliest residential...
Author Says Lawyers, not Plaintiffs, the Real Winners in Class-Action Suits July 11, 2019 Brooke Melton died on her 29th birthday. Her Chevy randomly shut off in the middle of the highway a little...
Scalia’s Death Seen as a Blow to Businesses Dealing With Class Action Lawsuits March 2, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley Dow Chemical Co’s agreement to pay $835 million to settle a price-fixing dispute provides evidence that Justice Antonin Scalia’s death...
Big Business Thwarts Another Class Action Attempt December 17, 2015 By Paul Barrett The U.S. Supreme Court fairly predictably sides with corporations in their clashes with consumers, but the business-friendly rulings often come...
Analysts Warn That Experian Data Breach Could Prompt Fines, Lawsuits October 7, 2015 By Roshni Menon Experian, the world’s biggest credit data firm, could face fines and class action lawsuits as well as reputational damage from...
Class Actions Targeted in Federal Supreme Court’s Business Docket October 6, 2015 By Lawrence Hurley Big business is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to curb class action litigation in a series of cases that dominate...
FCC Outlines New TCPA Rules July 27, 2015 By Denise Johnson On July 10, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling revising the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that...