April 01, 2013
An Illinois federal judge on Friday threw out a proposed class action brought by foreign employees against Verizon Communications Inc. and others for allegedly improperly withholding U.S. taxes from their pension funds, finding the plaintiffs failed to establish they had suffered irreparable harm.
May 03, 2012
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday gutted a proposed class action foreign employees brought against Verizon Communications Inc., ruling the telecom giant could not be sued for improperly withholding U.S. taxes from pension payments, even if the company did so intentionally.
June 13, 2011
A proposed class action filed Thursday in Illinois accuses Verizon Communications Inc. of wrongfully withholding U.S. taxes on pension benefits paid to foreign employees who worked in Latin America and refusing to correct the error.