In a very interesting lawsuit, a New York woman has filed a class action against Interclick for placing cookies on her computer to track what websites she visits. Click here for the story.
If you have a question about a potential class action, call Mike Malone at Hendren & Malone, PLLC today.
In an interesting case, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan has been sued in a class action over “most favored nation” clauses in hospital contracts. The lawsuit contends that the contracts with the hospitals were illegal and caused the plaintiffs to pay artificially inflated prices for health care services. For more, click here.
In an interesting case, a federal judge has recently ruled that dancers at the Penthouse strip club can proceed on a class wide basis for claims that they were not paid appropriately including failure to pay overtime. For more, click here.
If you have a question about a class action, including a wage and hour claim or failure to pay overtime, call Mike Malone at Hendren & Malone.
In a very interesting case, New Jersey health insurer Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $22 million to settle a class action for failing to pay out-of-network claims for ambulatory care. For more click here.
My compliments to the doctors who pursued this claim and their lawyers. Sorting out the extremely complicated formulas, rate manuals, and regulations associated with reimbursement for medical care is no simple task.
In a very interesting case, several California counties are suing Medicare claiming that the Medicare payment formula results in underpayments in rural communities that have undergine urbanization. According to the article, doctors in North Carolina may be among the most affected by the old formula. The case, which is brought as a class action, contends that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has failed for more than a decade to adjust appropriately for certain geographical differences in the cost of providing care. According to the article, doctors in North Carolina may be owed as much as $177 million in back pay. Click here for the article.
In what may be the beginning of a wave of class action litigation over foreclosure practices, several plaintiffs in Maine have brought a class action against GMAC Mortgage. The plaintiffs claim that the company routinely and systematically files false certifications that it has a right to foreclose on Maine homeowners, and false affidavits when asking courts to enter foreclosure judgments. For more on this filing, click here.
We expect to see many more of these cases in various states. If you believe that you may be the victim of a improper foreclosure, call Mike Malone at Hendren & Malone. We have significant experience in class action litigation including representing the people of Apex, NC in a recent $7.85 million case against EQ for the October, 2006 fire.
As has been widely reported, Bank of America has halted its U.S. foreclosures and will be reviewing its foreclosure procedures. It has also been widely reported that the attorney generals of many states will begin investigating the foreclosure procedures of Bank of America and other lenders.
If you have a question about whether your foreclosure with Bank of America or another lender was handled correctly, call Mike Malone at Hendren & Malone for a free consultation.
In an interesting class action case, retailer Best Buy was accused of not paying overtime to employees who had to go through a time-consuming security search after clocking out for the day. The lawsuits in both states have recently settled. For more, click here.
If you have a question about a class action, call the class action lawyers at Hendren & Malone. We have significant experience with class actions including the recent $7.85 million settlement of the class action lawsuit for the citizens of Apex, North Carolina. The Apex case arose from an explosion at the hazardous waste transport facility owned and operated by EQ.
According to reports in the Tulsa World, an interesting class action case involving a bankrupt company has reached a settlement. The case involves Arrow Trucking and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) which requires any company employing more than 100 people to give each employee at least 60 days notice of a plant closing and the termination of their employment. Failure to provide notice can make employers liable for 60 days of wages per employee. Furthermore, under federal bankruptcy statutes, an employee of a bankrupt company is entitled to a priortiy claim in the bankrupcty case.
Our compliments to the lawyers who took this case and made sure the employees were properly taken care of.
If you have a question about a North Carolina class action, contact Mike Malone at Hendren & Malone.
It is reported that homeowners are now bringing claims relating to contamination from American drywall in addition to Chinese drywall. For more, click here.
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