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Latest News in Class Action
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September 21, 2017
Herbalife Scams Consumers With 'Event System,' Suit Says
Global nutrition supplement company Herbalife Ltd. and 44 of its top distributors have been hit with a putative class action in Florida federal court that plaintiffs say has the potential to result in up to $1 billion in damages on allegations the company is using a pyramid scheme to bait consumers with the "promise of riches."
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September 21, 2017
Marvell Waived Privilege Handing Report To SEC, Judge Says
A California federal judge Thursday ordered Marvell Technology to give a putative class of investors the underlying work papers used to prepare an investigatory report that Marvell commissioned on its accounting practices, saying such reports are “suspect” and that tendering it to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission waived any privilege.
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September 21, 2017
Safeway Seeks To Toss Dozens Of Assistant Manager OT Suits
Safeway Inc. urged a California judge Thursday to toss dozens of suits in consolidated litigation alleging it shorted certain assistant store managers by misclassifying them as overtime-exempt employees, saying the workers spend more than half their time on supervisory tasks.
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September 21, 2017
UnitedHealth Asks 8th Circ. To Rehear $350M Insurance Feud
UnitedHealth Group Inc. on Wednesday urged the Eighth Circuit to take one more look at its decision that the health insurance giant's excess insurers don’t have to contribute to the $350 million it is shelling out to settle two class actions, saying the panel had failed to consider the evidence that made its case.
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September 21, 2017
Wolf Haldenstein Nabs Top Spot In Zoompass Investor Suit
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Hertz LLP will serve as lead counsel for a proposed class of Zoompass Holdings Inc. investors in a suit alleging the Canadian financial technology company concealed its involvement in a scheme to promote its stock, a New Jersey federal judge said on Wednesday.
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