By Amanda Bronstad | March 29, 2018
Theodore Leopold and Michael Pitt, lead counsel in a consolidated class action in Michigan federal court, say Hunter Shkolnik has been swiping their clients by forcing them to sign unlawful retainer agreements with excessive fees.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 28, 2018
The Fourth Circuit cited a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court decision from last year that struck down a procedural tactic used by plaintiffs to get their appeals heard.
By Charles Toutant | March 27, 2018
BMW North America has become the latest automaker accused in a lawsuit of selling diesel cars whose emissions systems falsely show them to be environmentally friendly.
By Jenna Greene | March 27, 2018
When the Federal Trade Commission on Monday confirmed it was investigating Facebook for privacy violations, it sounded awfully familiar. Didn't the FTC look into that in 2011? But there's one big—as in trillion-dollar—difference this time around.
By Ross Todd | March 27, 2018
In one of the first of the recent tech sector discrimination lawsuits to reach a proposed settlement, Uber Technologies has settled a discrimination and hostile work environment class action lawsuit brought on behalf of about 420 women and minority software engineers.
By Katheryn Tucker | March 26, 2018
"Earlier today, we filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the students at Savannah Law School and are actively seeking justice on their behalf,” Stephen Lowry of Harris Lowry Manton said. “We hope to help these students secure an adequate recovery in light of this devastating turn of events."
By Marcia Coyle | March 26, 2018
The Justice Department in June, under U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, announced a new policy that generally prohibits government attorneys from entering into settlement agreements that require “cy pres” payments. Still, DOJ did not want the Supreme Court to disturb this settlement.
By Greg Land | March 23, 2018
The class action accuses MetLife of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay hundreds of long-term disability claims specialists overtime pay, although other MetLife workers in similar positions receive OT pay.
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By Lizzy McLellan | March 23, 2018
After three other neutral arbitrators recused, Donald Haviland was unable to get retired Judge Mark Bernstein to recuse over ties to Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law.
By C. Ryan Barber | March 23, 2018
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Eugene Scalia took out a truly monster-sized regulation: the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule.
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