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Entrepreneur
March 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
Lay Down the Law Business owners afraid of losing big in a lawsuit should feel safer: A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in September takes aim at nuisance lawsuits and class-action suits.   |
Inc.
August 2003
Anne Marie Borrego |
Fairer Class Action Small-business lobbies are hailing a bill that will make it harder to win a class-action lawsuit. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Class Act Securities class-action lawsuit filings were at their lowest level in a decade in the first half of this year, according to a recent report. |
ifeminists
June 30, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case No one knows how to definitively resolve the abuses and dangers of class action suits without denying the underdog access to the courts. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Joan Urdang |
Return to Sender? Companies often fail to collect on class-action lawsuits. |
Managed Care
April 2001 |
Court Ruling May Mean Resolution Or Revolution A key federal court ruling was expected at press time on a series of lawsuits against the HMO industry. Additionally, the nation's largest managed care operator reportedly is negotiating a settlement... |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Milberg Weiss -- No Clothes? The law firm claims its mission is to protect investors. Well, the U.S. Justice Department appears to have a less optimistic view of Milberg Weiss. |
Managed Care
January 2002
Donald Wilcox & Stephanie Kanwit |
Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans States Failed To Protect Docs From Insurers... Patients Will Suffer; Greedy Lawyers to Blame... |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Everybody Wants Their Overtime UBS said it has agreed to pay $89 million to settle class-action wage and hours claims of reps filed this past summer in several federal courts. |
Managed Care
April 2002 |
Ruling Makes Class-Action Suit More Plausible The idea of a class-action lawsuit against HMOs was boosted by a recent decision in a federal court in Florida. Meanwhile, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has sounded the alarm that efforts to increase health plan liability may be launched in at least eight states... |
Registered Rep.
March 23, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Investment Fraud Suit Brought By Brokers Blocked By The Supremes It might just have gotten harder to sue your firm and win money for bad research. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that investors who believe they were duped into holding stocks by a brokerage firm are precluded from filing large class-action lawsuits in state courts. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Suits Against Financial Firms Driving Litigation Activity In the first half of 2009 suits against financial services firms and foreign firms increased. |
Reason
August 2002
Michael McMenamin |
Knave of Torts Cooler coffee for $3 million and other lawyer bargains: a review of Why Lawsuits Are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law, by Carl T. Bogus |
Entrepreneur
February 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
It's Settled A new law makes it easier to reach settlements in employment discrimination cases. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Travel Abroad? Get Back Some Money It's time for credit card companies to pay you back. The result of a recent suit was a settlement that could get you some money back if you've paid currency-conversion fees while traveling in a foreign country between 1996 and 2006. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Lerach's Punishment Worse Than None at All William Lerach makes a plea agreement in his fraud case stemming from bogus class-action lawsuits. Investors, take note how this may have affected you. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Bill Mann |
Attack of the Killer Attorneys It's inevitable in every investor's career that he or she will hold a company that will attract class action lawsuits alleging some form of securities fraud. |
Registered Rep.
January 13, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Citi Files Motion To Dismiss In Bonus Pay Class Action The original lawsuit was brought on behalf of 6 former Citigroup brokers who allege that the payback terms on their upfront bonuses violate contract law, and that they do not owe the firm any money. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
David Henry |
The Long Arm Of Failure Lawyers are aggressively suing on behalf of bankrupt companies to recoup money paid to creditors. |
Home Theater
March 6, 2008 |
Musicians Demand Copyright Cash Little of the millions of dollars in settlements major record labels have collected in copyright-infringement suits has been shared with recording artists. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2005 |
Legal: Jumping the Pond Class-action lawsuits are commonplace in the United States. Now, aggregate litigation is a looming threat in Europe. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2010
Jesse Emspak |
ADC Looks to Settle Suits Ahead of Tyco Sale The telecommunications gear provider is hoping to clear legal hurdles ahead of its sale. |
Investment Advisor
July 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
B/d Briefing: Two Faces of Wall Street Few financial professionals expect to work a 40-hour week on Wall Street. So it was surprising to see the extent of rep participation in class-action lawsuits over broker overtime, and the astounding settlements that have been awarded. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2011
Anders Bylund |
See You in Court, Netflix! Can a double-whammy of class-action lawsuits hurt Netflix? |
Information Today
January 2007
George H. Pike |
Legal Update: Where the Lawsuits Are Updates on lengthy search-related lawsuits involving Google and Microsoft. |
InternetNews
September 26, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
AOL Sued Over Search Leak AOL leaked 20 million search queries in late July and now a class-action suit filed in California aims to make them pay for it. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Susan Decker |
Attention, Shoppers: This Patent Expired Products marked with out-of-date claims are provoking a wave of lawsuits from consumers |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Aaron Bernstein |
Wal-Mart vs. Class Actions The retail giant's novel defense in a massive sex discrimination suit could rewrite the playbook for all corporate class-action suits. |
Registered Rep.
February 22, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Brokers Headed for Sweep in Overtime Pay Cases? Stockbrokers have won their second big overtime pay case against Wall Street firms and this may only be the beginning of a rout that could cost brokerage houses many millions of dollars more. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010 |
Securities Lawsuits Down The number of federal securities class action law suits filed dropped sharply in 2009. |
CFO
February 1, 2007
Kris Frieswick |
The Enemy Within Companies fear employee lawsuits more than any other legal threat. To prevent them, experts advise looking in the mirror. |
ifeminists
September 29, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Across U.S., Non-Custodial Parents Sue The number of non-custodial parent plaintiffs who sign on to a federal class action cannot be predicted but it could run into millions. Federal law is being asked to trump state practice in custody matters. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Avoiding Overtime Losses Managers and executives are joining class-action lawsuits that insist their companies have denied them millions of dollars in overtime pay. |
BusinessWeek
January 8, 2007
Michael Orey |
How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Richard Roth |
The Worst is Over---Probably It's clear then that brokerage firms and retail brokers alike will be glad when the all-clear has sounded and Wall Street can stop looking over its shoulder and get back to work. |
Registered Rep.
February 9, 2006
John Churchill |
Pro Or Hourly Wage Earner? UBS Pays $89 Million to Settle Overtime Suits The settlement resolves claims that UBS incorrectly classified financial advisors and financial advisor trainees as exempt from overtime pay under federal and U.S. state laws. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Tim Gray |
Apple Settles iPod Battery Claim Apple has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over the rechargeable battery in its popular iPod. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits A Supreme Court review of a massive gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart could usher in new rules regarding class actions. |
Reason
April 2005
Jacob Sullum |
Fizzling Lawsuits Of 33 government-sponsored gun lawsuits in America filed since 1998, all but three have been dismissed. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2004
Parke Chapman |
CB Richard Ellis Denies Sexual Harassment Claims Brokerage firm CB Richard Ellis is fighting a sexual harassment lawsuit that, if certified as a class-action case, has the potential to include as many as 9,000 former and current CBRE employees seeking damages from the firm. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2004
Bill Mann |
Foreign Threats to U.S. Profits Watch out if overseas courts decide to start targeting U.S. firms. For the first time, a U.S. tobacco company is facing a big lawsuit from overseas, as an Israeli health provider is seeking some $1.7 billion in damages. |
Registered Rep.
August 24, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Overtime Claims Make Their Way To Schwab The lawyers involved in a number of overtime cases against major wirehouse firms, including UBS and Merrill Lynch, filed a new one against Charles Schwab in July. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
David A. Geracioti |
In the Crosshairs An army of lawyers are about ready to file suits on behalf of aggrieved retail investors who claim to have lost money because of the conflict-of-interest scandal. |
PC World
May 23, 2008
Erik Larkin |
Phone Companies That Allowed Wiretaps Shouldn't Get Immunity They should have to prove they acted legally and in good faith, or face the consequences. |
Managed Care
July 2002
Philip H. Lebowitz |
Provider Association Litigation: Better Choice for Dispute Resolution? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has validated what may be a new avenue for provider-vs.-MCO dispute resolution that is preferable to the risks of traditional individual and class-action litigation. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Lori Calabro |
Problem Solvent Recent litigation against Polar Beverages and other beverage makers worries some CFOs and corporate attorneys. They foresee a flood tide of benzene suits, including cases that have nothing to do with occupational exposure. |
U.S. Banker
November 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Legal Losses Mount for Banks Found to Run Afoul of Labor Laws A recent spate of big-ticket class-action settlements against retail and investment banks over Fair Labor Standards Act violations is forcing firms to better arm themselves for battle. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Vioxx Brings the Pain A jury stings Merck for hefty Vioxx damages, battering shares. |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Judge Says Citi Brokers Must Repay Bonuses; Appeal Comes Next Former Citigroup brokers, who wanted courts to dismiss debts the firm said they owed on loans awarded when they were hired, were turned down by a district court judge. But they are planning to appeal that decision. |
BusinessWeek
June 22, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Case: Another Loss for Trial Lawyers The Supreme Court's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions that make it clear the justices aim to curb mass litigation. |
