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Hospitals' hourly workers being asked to join class action suits
Published July 9, 2009, 1:06 pm, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court, Downtown, accuse UPMC and West Penn of automatically docking employees a half-hour for meals, regardless of whether they took breaks, not paying for work performed before and after scheduled shifts and not paying for required training.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-07-09 15:55 Italy approves first class-action law
Published July 9, 2009, 8:23 am, Interactive Investor
ROME, July 9 (Reuters) - Lawmakers on Thursday approved Italy's first law establishing class-action lawsuits after several delays, a law criticised by several consumer groups as being unworkable. Under the law, effective from January 2010, consumers teaming up in class actions will have to turn to the judge individually to request compensation, exposing them to possible costs and fines if the ...
Chewing tobacco deal set
Published July 9, 2009, 6:00 am, The MetroWest Daily News
Massachusetts purchasers may be eligible for share of legal settlement
Lawsuit settlement means extra funds for cities
Published July 8, 2009, 11:09 pm, Suburban Journals
Christmas may have come early for several North County municipalities who are receiving cash settlements in their lawsuit against AT&T.
Westport bank sued over Madoff
Published July 8, 2009, 9:14 pm, Norwalk Advocate
Several Connecticut residents, including some from Stamford, filed a class-action lawsuit against a Fairfield County bank Wednesday afternoon, accusing it of failing in its duty to watch over their investments with convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff.
Westport bank sued over Madoff
Published July 8, 2009, 5:50 pm, Stamford Advocate
Several Connecticut residents, including some from Stamford, filed a class-action lawsuit against a Fairfield County bank Wednesday afternoon, accusing it of failing in its duty to watch over their
Attorneys for residents suing Martin County over Witham Field request class-action lawsuit
Published July 8, 2009, 5:18 pm, Stuart News
A group of residents suing Martin County because they contend the extension of airport runways at Witham Field have damaged their property values will have to wait until December to find out how the trial will be handled.
Has the RIAA sued 18,000 people... or 35,000?
Published July 8, 2009, 12:27 pm, Ars Technica
Just how many file-sharers has the RIAA gone after? Those in the know were widely reporting a figure just north of 30,000 cases—the RIAA never liked to provide exact numbers—but the music trade group stated in a recent court filing that the real number of people sued is only 18,000. What's going on? Back in 2006, an article in the Kansas City Business Journal noted that local law firm Shook ...
Judge Rules IP Addresses Not "Personally Identifiable"
Published July 8, 2009, 9:10 am, Slashdot
yuna49 writes "Online Media Daily reports that a federal judge in Seattle has held that IP addresses are not personal information. 'In order for "personally identifiable information" to be personally identifiable, it must identify a person. But an IP address identifies a computer,' US District Court Judge Richard Jones said in a written decision. Jones issued the ruling in the context of a ...
Employment practices receive increased scrutiny
Published July 8, 2009, 7:02 am, Long Island Business News
Local attorneys report a sharp increase in litigation regarding Fair Labor Standards Act matters. The FLSA is a federal statute that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and youth employment standards, and every business with more than $500,000 in annual revenue must comply with it. According to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac published by Manhattan-based [...]
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