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U.S. High Court: Transportation Workers Can Sidestep Arbitration
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for more truck drivers and other transportation workers to file employment-related lawsuits in court rather than private arbitration, ruling that an ...
UnitedHealth Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up After Data Breach
UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people's personal data from last month's hack of Change Healthcare, its ...
Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
United Airlines Inc is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines after allegedly making it difficult for ...
Australia May Cap Fees for Class Action Funders and Lawyers
Australia is considering capping fees for litigation funders and lawyers, and guaranteeing a minimum rate of return for plaintiffs, in its latest clamp down on the industry following a surge in ...
Supreme Court Considering Nature of Investor Class Actions in Goldman Sachs Securities Case
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled in a case involving Goldman Sachs Group Inc. over how judges should determine when shareholders can collectively sue publicly traded companies for ...
Rough Sailing Ahead for Cruise Ship Passengers Seeking COVID-19 Class Action Suits
After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic to get off the ship, they wrote a note to the captain. The Costa ...
U.S. Regions Struggling With Opioids Pursue Own Lawsuits, Ditch Class Action
Local governments in regions hard hit by the U.S. opioid epidemic have opted out of massive litigation taking aim at the drug industry over the crisis, potentially weakening a novel legal mechanism ...
Men Rejected for Google Jobs Clear Hurdle Over Lawsuit Alleging Liberal Bias
White conservative males who allege that liberal bias at Google Inc. doomed their chances of getting hired by the tech giant cleared the first hurdle to proceed with their lawsuit. A California state ...