Tag: Class action lawsuits
Rights groups take French racial profiling case to top body
PARIS — Leading rights organizations and grassroots groups are taking France’s first class-action lawsuit targeting the nation’s powerful police machine to the highest administrative...
Pfizer, subsidiaries agree to pay $345M in EpiPen settlement
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Pfizer Inc. and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay $345 million under a proposed settlement to resolve lawsuits...
Judge OKs $73M payout to alleged UCLA doctor sex victims
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit that alleged some 6,000 women...
Jack Weinstein, legal maverick on federal bench, dead at 99
NEW YORK — Jack B. Weinstein, a federal judge who earned a reputation as a tireless legal maverick while overseeing a series of landmark...
Six Flags park settling lawsuit over fingerprints for $36M
GURNEE, Ill. — Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners...
French court rules discrimination behind students’ ID checks
PARIS — Overturning a lower court decision, a Paris appeals court ruled on Tuesday that discrimination was behind humiliating police identity checks on three...
Sex abuse class-action suit tossed, individual claims stand
CONCORD, N.H. — A judge on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit involving 300 people who allege decades of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth...
UConn women’s rowers file lawsuit seeking to save program
Members of Connecticut's women's rowing team filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging UConn's plan to eliminate their program as part of budget cuts...
Suit: LSU insulated athletes, coaches from victims’ claims
NEW ORLEANS — Seven women have filed a federal class action lawsuit against Louisiana State University, its governing board and several former and current...
Olympic gold: Clemson men’s track tries to save its program
Middle-distance runner Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track and field program may not have anything to do with the times he turns...