News from September 2014
Illinois AG files suit against vacation club
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan recently filed a lawsuit against Global Discovery Vacation Program for allegedly cheating Illinois residents out of nearly $80,000 in a travel club scam.
Texas AG secures temporary injunction against pool companies
Based on Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s suit alleging multiple violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a Hidalgo County district court froze assets and entered a temporary injunction against RGV Flamingo Pools International LTD, Pool Sharks LLC and owner Dennis Gomez on Sept. 5.
Ohio SC: Asbestos testimony used in tort claims inadmissible in Workers' Comp claims
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – The Ohio Supreme Court has held that depositions used in asbestos lawsuits cannot also be used in Workers’ Compensation claims if the employer was not a defendant in the tort action.
Home Depot faces class action over data breach
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - An Illinois man has sued Home Depot Inc. after he claims a data breach at the store caused him and other class members damages.
Justice at Stake says $3.1M spent on state Supreme Court primaries
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Millions of dollars are being raised and spent in high court elections all across the county, according to a Thursday Justice at Stake press release.
Forever 21 named in data collection class action
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A Los Angeles resident is suing Forever 21 Retail Inc. for collecting personal identification information of customers to its California stores.
FTC: Pharmaceutical companies filed ‘baseless’ patent lawsuits to block AndroGel generic
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Federal Trade Commission is suing several major pharmaceutical companies, saying they illegally blocked consumer access to lower-cost versions of the drug AndroGel.
Payment Systems settles with Vermont
MONTPELIER, Vt. (Legal Newsline) - Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell recently entered into a restitution agreement on behalf of the State of Vermont with Merchant Processing Solutions LLC, doing business as Payment Systems, for allegedly misrepresenting the cost of its services and failing to provide legally required notices of the right to cancel contracts with the company.
Asbestos attorney Paul Napoli diagnosed with cancer, expected to recover
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – Senior Partner Marc Bern of the Napoli, Bern, Ripka & Shkolnik law firm announced at a meeting on Friday that Paul Napoli has been fighting leukemia.
Del. judge fines Napoli law firm $1,000 over bankruptcy trust claim forms
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware judge has fined the Napoli law firm for failing to disclose a client's asbestos exposure filings for more than a year.
Republic Powdered Metals joins Bondex in bankruptcy as part of deal
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A manufacturer of roof restoration materials and founder of RPM International, Inc. became the most recent affiliate to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of an $800 million bankruptcy deal announced in July.
Vermont AG reaches settlement with credit card processing company
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell entered into a restitution agreement on behalf of the State of Vermont with Merchant Processing Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Payment Systems, for allegedly misrepresenting the cost of its services and failing to provide legally required notices of its right to cancel contracts with the company.
Bashas' settles discrimination class action for $6.5 million
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Class members and Bashas' Inc. have settled a lawsuit a more than decade-old alleging the grocery store company discriminated against Hispanic employees.
New York AG settles with apartment management company
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Former AT&T employees settle class action for $1.05 million
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Former California employees and AT&T have settled a lawsuit alleging the cell phone company violated sections of the California Labor Code.
Class action says WWE violated Securities Exchange Act
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A WWE stockholder has filed a class action lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. for violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Former Federal Circuit judge to speak at IP conference
MOON BAY, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Judge Paul Michel, retired chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, will deliver the keynote address at an upcoming intellectual property summit.