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M&T BANK TO PAY NEARLY $21M TO SETTLE SELF-DEALING SUIT
JANUARY 5, 2020
Defendants in a lawsuit alleging self-dealing by fiduciaries of the M&T Bank 401(k) plan have reached a settlement agreement.
TOP 10 MOST IMPRESSIVE PLAINTIFF VERDICTS OF 2019
JANUARY 5, 2020
CVN webcast many trials that made national headlines, while also shining a spotlight on trials attorneys care about that otherwise would fall through the…
Two years after a jury sided in favor of the plaintiff, the city of Brockton is paying out a $4.7 million…
WOMAN AWARDED $50M AGAINST YOUTH FACILITY FOR SEX ABUSE
DECEMBER 1, 2019
A $50 million payment has been awarded to a Cobb County, Georgia, woman who was sexually assaulted by a male adult while she was a 15-year-old…
J&J FAILS TO GET $70M RISPERDAL AWARD TOSSED
DECEMBER 1, 2019
A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld a $70 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit charging its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug caused a man to grow female breasts and also ruled that punitive damages…
T-MOBILE WORKERS SECURE $8M LABOR CLASS SETTLEMENT
DECEMBER 1, 2019
T-Mobile will pay $8 million to settle California labor law violations. The telecommunications company allegedly failed to pay minimum and overtime wages; and compensation for off-the-clock work, and didn’t provide workers proper meal and rest breaks.
AT&T TO PAY $60M IN SETTLEMENT FOR SLOWING CELLPHONE DATA
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
AT&T will pay $60 million to resolve U.S. allegations it misled millions of smartphone customers by charging them for “unlimited” data plans that reduced data…
$28.5M SETTLEMENT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT HIT BY VEHICLE
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
VICTORVILLE, Calif. - Attorneys Rahul Ravipudi, Paul Traina and Ian Samson of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP and Bobby Saadian and Jonathan Teller…
NORFOLK SOUTHERN HIT WITH $5.5M VERDICT FOR INJURED ENGINEER
OCTOBER 29, 2019
A Columbus Georgia, jury awarded $5.5 million to a locomotive engineer injured when a van taking him to the rail yard was hit by a car that ran a stop…
POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST TO IBM ON $49.5M AWARD
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Post-judgment interest on a $49.5 million judgment in IBM’s case with the state of Indiana runs from the judgment on remand, not from the date of the original 2012 judgment, Indiana’s Supreme Court ruled.
BILL TAYLOR TESTIMONY ‘REVERBERATING’ AMONG HOUSE REPUBLICANS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The opening statement of Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, is “reverberating” on Capitol Hill among Republicans, according to GOP Hill sources…
KIDS BROUGHT GUNS TO SCHOOL 3,272 TIMES LAST YEAR
OCTOBER 24, 2019
During the 2016-2017 academic year, the National Center for Education Statistics recorded 3,272 instances where kids brought guns to school. The Center has…
COURT UPHOLDS $100K IN ATTORNEYS FEES IN PAYROLL ARRANGEMENT SUIT
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a six-figure judgment for attorney fees was in a lawsuit against Innovative Payroll Processing Inc. and Ahmad Chebbani by…
DRUG DISTRIBUTOR RECKITT TO PAY $700M OVER OPIOID MARKETING
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Drug distributor Reckitt Benckiser Group agreed to a $700 million settlement with six U.S. states over claims that the company improperly marketed…
NORTH DAKOTA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO MURDER A WOMAN HE THOUGHT WAS A WITCH
OCTOBER 9, 2019
North Dakota man Akmal Azizov pleaded guilty to attempted murder October 7 after attacking a woman he believed to be a witch.
DELL TO PAY $7 MILLION TO SETTLE DISCRIMINATION CASE
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Round Rock-based Dell Technologies will pay $7 million to settle allegations of race and gender-based wage discrimination, the U.S. Labor Department said Monday.
Dell Technologies will provide $7 million in lost wages, interest…
TWO BROOKLYN BLOODS GANG MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY IN TRIAL HIGHLIGHTED BY TESTIMONY FROM TEKASHI69
OCTOBER 7, 2019
A pair of Nine Trey Bloods gangsters were found guilty Thursday of drug dealing and other mayhem around…
LABOVICK LAW GROUP OBTAINS 8.2 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT ON BEHALF OF PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY TEENAGE DRIVER
OCTOBER 3, 2019
West Palm Beach, FL (Law Firm Newswire) September 26, 2019 – After six-years of fighting, LaBovick Law Group settles case on pedestrian accident.
APPROVAL SOUGHT FOR $15.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN ‘BEST AND BRIGHTEST’ TEACHER-BONUS PROGRAM
OCTOBER 2, 2019
The state Department of Education and the Florida Education Association asked a federal judge Thursday to preliminarily approve a $15.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging…
JURY AWARDS MARK SCHAND $27M IN WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT LAWSUIT AGAINST FORMER SPRINGFIELD POLICE OFFICERS
OCTOBER 2, 2019
SPRINGFIELD – A federal jury on Friday awarded Mark Schand more than $27 million dollars…
MURDER CONVICTION UPHELD FOR MAN WHO KILLED 5 BICYCLISTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
The murder convictions of a Battle Creek man who killed five bicyclists in Kalamazoo County three years ago has been upheld.
The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences of…
JURY RETURNS $8 MILLION VERDICT IN WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT INVOLVING NORTHVILLE MOOSE LODGE
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – A Wayne County jury returned a verdict of over $8 million against the Northville Moose Lodge and Leonard’s Syrups for the…