151 results for 'cat:"Settlements" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Merkl grants preliminary approval to a $6.75 million settlement to resolve a putative class action brought by investors against a mining firm alleging false or misleading statements made regarding the size, scope and duration of a proposed copper and gold mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The EPA subsequently blocked the project under provisions of the Clean Water Act to much fanfare from environmentalists, citing adverse effects to local salmon fisheries and wetlands. On news of the ruling, the company's stock price fell to $0.9 per share, resulting in heavy investor losses.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Merkl, Filed On: August 25, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv5917, NOS: Securities/Commodities/Exchange - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Securities, class Action
J. Hall denies the employee's and employer's joint motion for entry of final judgment for one employee in a labor class action against the employer alleging violations of overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employee accepted the employer's offer of judgment in the amount of $18,000 plus $3,700 in attorney fees and filed a notice of acceptance. The parties failed to submit documentation supporting their proposed attorney fees and costs. The employees' motion for conditional class certification is denied because they failed to show that other employees want to opt in to the action.
Court: USDC Southern District of Georgia, Judge: Hall, Filed On: August 16, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv70, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
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J. Osteen grants a group of tenants final approval of a class settlement against a property owning firm after the firm allegedly illegally charged the group with eviction-related fees. The parties came to a settlement agreement providing monetary relief of over $800,000 to the group, and no tenants opted out of the settlement classes when given an option. The firm did not oppose the group’s motion.
Court: USDC Middle District of North Carolina, Judge: Osteen, Filed On: August 16, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1049, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Landlord Tenant, settlements, class Action
[Consolidated] J. Wicks approves a proposed $2.3 million settlement to resolve the two remaining class action suits brought as part of a series of related actions by a group of male and female police communications operators and supervisors against Nassau County alleging they were subjected to a system of illegal employment practices in violation of state and federal labor and wage laws. The court finds the terms of the settlement to be fair and reasonable.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Wicks, Filed On: August 14, 2023, Case #: 2:18cv1182, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
[Consolidated.] J. Bolden grants final approval of the settlement agreement, ruling that there is no evidence of coercion or bad-faith negotiations on the part of either party, while only one objection from a potential class size of 160,000 proves the result is fair and the settlement amount will adequately compensate all participants.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bolden, Filed On: August 4, 2023, Case #: 3:18cv1818, NOS: Securities/Commodities/Exchange - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Securities, class Action
J. McCafferty grants a group of consumers’ motion to certify class and approves their class action settlement agreement in the class action they are taking against a credit union for violating the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, based on how the credit union assesses consumer overdrafts. The proposed settlement agreement is fair and unopposed and will go through a fairness hearing to be further explained and defended, so there is no reason to hinder it at this point.
Court: USDC New Hampshire, Judge: McCafferty, Filed On: August 2, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv534, NOS: Banks and Banking - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Banking / Lending, class Action
J. Seeborg grants preliminary approval to a class action settlement in a dispute over allegedly unpaid wages between a class of employees and their employer. The settlement, with a net amount of $44,040,833.33, appears fair, adequate and reasonable. Minor modifications to the class definitions, namely expanding the class period through the date of preliminary approval and a change to the definition of the class of hourly employees to specify that it includes all retail employees, do not meaningfully change this analysis.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Seeborg, Filed On: July 28, 2023, Case #: 3:16cv1854, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. Olguin grants final approval of the employee's $3.2 million settlement that will end class allegations that Southern California Edison did not pay her or other employees all wages due. The settlement will be paid out to more than 5,100 people who worked for the electric company in California from April 6, 2016, to Nov. 23, 2021, and weren't represented by a union. Class counsel receives $805,600 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Olguin, Filed On: July 21, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv8023, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
J. Aiken grants preliminary approval of a $7.35 million settlement in the hourly employees' class action accusing the health care company of unlawfully time-rounding the employees' work hours to pay them less. The net settlement fund amounts to approximately 54% of the employees' allegedly lost wages. Class members' settlement payments will be calculated proportionally based on each member's net time clock calculation.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: Aiken, Filed On: July 17, 2023, Case #: 6:21cv825, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. King grants the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) participant's unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement, which arises from his claim that the credit union denied his second auto loan application after accepting his first because his DACA documentation was "not acceptable for financing," and that the credit union wrongfully conducted hard credit pulls that lowered his and other non-citizen residents' credit scores. The credit union has agreed to change its lending policies so that non-citizens will not be required to show documentation that they can legally remain in the United States through the loan's maturity date, and they will be evaluated for loan eligibility equally to applicants who are U.S. citizens.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: King, Filed On: July 3, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv5148, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, settlements, class Action
J. Gutierrez grants final approval to a $53.5 million settlement that will bring an end to the flight attendants' class action alleging that United Airlines did not list specific information on the current and former flight attendants' wage statements such as total hours worked, hourly rates and United Airlines' physical address. The average net settlement value for each class member will be approximately $3,178, which is 79% of the highest possible individual recovery, given the Labor Code's $4,000 statutory cap. United Airlines also agrees to make changes to the format of its wage statements to better comply with California law.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Gutierrez, Filed On: June 29, 2023, Case #: 2:15cv7985, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
J. Wu tentatively grants final approval a $1.5 million class action settlement, which arises from the participants' claim that the savings plan company and its committee breached their fiduciary duty to the participants when the former allowed the latter to pay excessive fees compared to similarly sized retirement plans. The settlement is fair and well thought-out because the savings plan company produced mediation-related discovery that the participants analyzed to facilitate negotiation, which led to a full day of mediation with a JAMS mediator experienced in ERISA class actions and weeks of negotiations afterward.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Wu, Filed On: June 28, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv9140, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: settlements, Fiduciary Duty, class Action
J. Frank grants final approval of a settlement between the Commissioner of Human Services and recipients of Home and Community-Based Disability Waivers in the recipients' suit alleging that the Department of Human Services failed to inform recipients of their options with the waivers and improperly allowed local agencies broad discretion as to whether or not to provide individualized housing services. The settlement, which provides for education and training for those involved in the waiver program, assessments with current waiver-holders to determine whether they desire to move to individual housing, provision of services to address barriers preventing them from moving and measurement of outcomes, was properly negotiated at arm's length by adequate class representatives and counsel. Objections about the agreement's failure to ensure access to direct care services are outside the scope of this suit, which is focused on housing, and objections regarding insufficient notice and the scope of the class are also overruled.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Frank, Filed On: June 15, 2023, Case #: 0:16cv2623, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities - Other - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, settlements, class Action
J. Meerveld grants consolidated requests by 148 former clients of three law firms to enforce a settlement of legal malpractice claims, arising from the attorneys’ conduct related to handling of their claims against British Petroleum in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Despite representations made directly to the court, those same attorneys now insist that they never agreed to settle this case. Clearly, the settlement remained subject to a “critical later formality” — signed release agreements by the 148 litigants against attorneys for the three law firms. But such a formality does not preclude the finding of an enforceable settlement agreement.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Van Meerveld, Filed On: June 13, 2023, Case #: 2:20cv2995, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: settlements, class Action, Attorney Discipline
J. Oberto grants an individual’s unopposed motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement of credit reporting claims. The settlement, which includes an automatic $1,000 payout to each class member in exchange for a broad release of claims, is fair, adequate and reasonable.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Oberto, Filed On: June 1, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv1359, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Consumer Law, class Action
J. Griggsby approves a class action settlement and grants an award for attorney’s fees and costs in this case alleging telephone consumer protections violations by a cloud tech firm. The class of phone call recipients, claiming unlawful solicitation by the firm, was well represented by experienced counsel and presented reasonable figures for the settlement, including over $900,000 in costs alone.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Griggsby, Filed On: June 1, 2023, Case #: 8:19cv1234, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Attorney Fees, class Action
J. Wang declines to approve a class action settlement of claims contending Grubhub provided false information about restaurants and delivery services on its website in violation of the Lanham Act because intervenors, 20 restaurant owners, opposed the proposed settlement.
Court: USDC Colorado, Judge: Wang, Filed On: June 1, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1327, NOS: Commerce - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Unfair Competition, class Action
J. Fowlkes denies a motion to enforce the settlement agreement in this collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The dispute involves an alleged failure to remit payment to certain opt-in plaintiffs. However, the defendant entities have not breached the agreement, as the claimants "failed to submit valid claims under the terms of the Settlement Agreement."
Court: USDC Western District of Tennessee , Judge: Fowlkes, Filed On: May 31, 2023, Case #: 2:13cv2767, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
J. Nardacci grants preliminary approval of a class settlement agreement to resolve claims alleging a commercial bank based in Upstate New York assessed improper overdraft fees on customers’ transactions. Potential class members have until Aug. 24, 2023, to decide whether or not to opt out of the settlement, with the final approval hearing scheduled for Oct. 11, 2023.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Nardacci, Filed On: May 26, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv390, NOS: Banks and Banking - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Banking / Lending, class Action