Recent News About Fedex Corporation
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CHARLESTON – Defense attorneys in the West Virginia opioid trial sought to portray the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency as providing no guidance on how drug-producing companies could comply with regulations.
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FedEX Ground Package System Inc. has reached a $35 million settlement with New York State and New York City to resolve three lawsuits claiming the company shipped hundreds of thousands of untaxed cigarettes.
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NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The New York Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 25 that some of a yoga studio's instructors are independent contractors, and not employees entitled to certain benefits.
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While the U.S. Attorney’s Office has said its internal review of the FedEx case isn’t meant to assign blame, attorneys for FedEx contend U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors ignored evidence that the company tried to cooperate with the federal agency.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – Sharing economy litigation such as the misclassification lawsuit filed in June against Grubhub is more about governments and predatory plaintiffs than anything inevitable in cooperative consumerism, an Ohio attorney opined during a recent interview.
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Arguedas Cassman & Headley LLP, in Berkeley, California, successfully defended FedEx Corporation against the Department of Justice over charges that the Memphis-based global courier conspired to transport illegal prescription drugs. Last month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss the indictment.
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The USPS, which provides similar delivery services as FedEx and UPS, is highly unlikely to be pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice for its possible role in transporting illegal prescription drugs. Legal experts point to the Post Office’s poor financial health and the federal government’s reluctance to enforce rules against themselves.
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The Memphis-based global courier maintained its innocence since being indicted by the Justice Department in 2014, refusing to settle. The government, which alleged FedEx transported illegal prescription drugs, decided to drop the case less than a week after a bench trial began last month.
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An Illinois resident is suing a shipping and delivery company over claims it made unauthorized calls to consumers' telephones.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California-based company this week filed a lawsuit against FedEx, claiming the global delivery service courier is infringing on another one of its tracking patents.
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NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $70 million lawsuit on Monday against Federal Express Corporation for allegedly shipping close to 80 million contraband cigarettes illegally to consumers throughout the state.
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Cuomo ALBANY, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo is suing Federal Express' ground package delivery unit, alleging it is violating state labor laws.
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Stuart Ishimaru WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Discrimination claims filed last year with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose to their highest level in the agency's history, officials said.
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Blumenthal WASHINGTON, D.C. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's latest problem with the tobacco industry is with Internet sellers.
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Rowe WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday from Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe's office and several motor transport associations over a 2003 state law that concerning online tobacco sales.
