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Zoom Reaches $85 Mln Settlement Over User Privacy, Zoombombing

span class=”excerpt”>NewsZoom Video Communications Inc ZM.O agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook,

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Gun-Maker Offers Sandy Hook Families $33 Million, Here’s What They May Be Considering

NewsAfter a years-long legal battle with the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims’ families are deliberating over a $33 million settlement offer from Remington Arms.

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Tesla Owners Could Get $625 Each in Class Action Settlement Over Battery Throttling

NewsSome Tesla owners could get $625 each to settle claims that an over-the-air update, pushed to their Model S electric sedans in May 2019, reduced their battery’s charging speed, maximum capacity

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Companies Agree to $65M Settlement Over Hoosick Falls PFAS Lawsuit

NewsThree companies blamed for the pollution of water supplies in and around the Rensselaer County village of Hoosick Falls have agreed to pay $65 million to settle a federal lawsuit. The deal, first reported

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States Reach Settlement in Opioid Litigation; CT to Get $300M

NewsConnecticut is expected to receive about $300 million of a just-announced $26 billion settlement between a coalition of states and four companies that either manufactured or distributed

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Our “Top Five to Ten” List of Important Recent and Upcoming Cases

NewsWhen we published our February newsletter, COVID-related closures were still commonplace, vaccines were only first making their way to the general public, and life felt as uncertain as ever.

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Amazon is Paying $8.6 Million to Workers to Settle a Decade-Long Lawsuit Over not Paying Them for Time Spent Searching Their Bags

NewsThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled last week that Amazon must pay warehouse workers for their time spent in mandatory security checks after each shift. Amazon will pay a total of $13.5 million

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States, Cities Eye $26 Billion Deal: Opioid Litigation Explained

NewsState attorneys general say they have a $26 billion dollar plan to resolve the bulk of the liability for the three biggest drug distributors and one major drugmaker that are entangled…

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‘A Settlement That is a Sellout’: Philadelphia Files Suit Over National Opioid Deal, Says it Wouldn’t Get Enough of $26B Pot

NewsIn the first big challenge to the proposed $26 billion national opioid settlement, the Philadelphia district attorney on Thursday sued Pennsylvania’s attorney general over the deal…

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Drugmakers, Pharmacies Next Targets for U.S. Opioid Settlements

NewsWith a $26 billion nationwide settlement in sight over claims that the three largest U.S. drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) helped fuel a nationwide opioid epidemic…

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SEC: UBS to Pay $8 Million for ETP Compliance Lapses

NewsUBS will pay more than $8 million to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which argued the firm failed to ensure compliance among its financial…

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Kardashians Win $13.5M Beauty Lawsuit IRS Collects Taxes

NewsThe Kardashians are becoming wealthier still. Sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian won their suit for royalties from the makeup line Kardashian Beauty. After a five-year legal battle

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City Drops Legal Action Against Uc In $82.6 Million Settlement Agreement

NewsThe Berkeley City Council approved a $82.6 million settlement with the University of California that drops lawsuits challenging long term development projects the campus is pursuing

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California Pension Fund Agrees To $2.7 Billion Lawsuit Deal

NewsThe nation’s largest public pension fund has agreed to pay up to $2.7 billion to refund policyholders hit with huge hikes in their premiums, it was announced Tuesday

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TIAA Unit in $97 Mln Retirement Investment Settlement with US, NY Regulators

NewsA unit of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America will pay $97 million in restitution to tens of thousands of customers who were misled into moving their retirement

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Stryker Inks $15M Settlement to Resolve Conformis Patent Dispute

NewsConformis is a relatively small player in the orthopaedic market. Last year, with the pandemic dragging sales down, Conformis reported revenues of $68.8 million whereas net sales at Stryker clocked

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Chevron Hit with $85 Mln Lawsuit Over Gas Deliveries During Texas Freeze

NewsA Texas natural gas marketer has sued a unit of Chevron USA Inc in Houston federal court, asking for nearly $85 million from the oil giant for failing to make natural gas deliveries

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Google Hit with Antitrust Lawsuit by 36 States Alleging App Store Monopoly

NewsA coalition of three-dozen bipartisan state attorneys general has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google accusing the tech giant of running a monopoly for its app store…

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Former Executive VP Files $8M Discrimination Lawsuit Against Liberty University

NewsHired to be Liberty University’s executive vice president of management efficiencies and diversity and claiming he was fired four months later, Kelvin Edwards is suing the university

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Select Medical, DOJ Reach $8.4M Settlement in False Claims Act Case

NewsSelect Medical Corporation and Encore GC Acquisition LLC will pay $8.4 million to settle federal allegations in violation of the False Claims Act, the Department of Justice announced Friday

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