Employment law and consumer protection, explained by the attorneys who litigate it. Straight answers on your rights at work and in the marketplace.
Consumer Rights
Debt collection agencies doing business under the names Central Resource Management, Final Claims Asset Locators, Final Control Asset Locators, Interchange Payment Solutions, Next Step Services, Portfolio Asset Assurance, Silverbay Services, and Teleport, all run by Tobias Boyland were shut down by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo for harassing consumers in violation of federal and state laws. An investigation […]
Employment Law
According to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corp., a private regional medical center that operates Presbyterian Hospital and four other general hospitals, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified job applicant because of an impairment to his knee. As part of a training program at a local community college Donovus Todd […]
Employment Law
Senior Living Properties, LLC, which owns 35 senior assisted living facilities, has reached a $42,500 settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) following allegations of religious discrimination. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Amanda Spalding, dietary services manager at the company’s Sweetwater Healthcare Center, sought to be excused from working on Sundays based on religious observances consistent […]
Consumer Rights
According to the retaliation lawsuit, two bartenders were already engaged in a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Coyote Ugly alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when the president and founder of Coyote Ugly posted an entry on her blog, mentioning the lawsuit and alleging that one of the employees was fired for theft and added “f*** […]
Employment Law
Dependable Health Services, Inc. (DHS), a provider of contract workers to United States military facilities, has agreed to a $40,000 disability discrimination settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s lawsuit alleged that DHS fired an employee when she returned to work after being hospitalized for stroke-like symptoms, because management officials believed she had suffered a stroke. The […]
Personal Injury
Vanessa Stewart awarded $937,500 for her injuries after being struck by a San Francisco cab. According to court documents, Stewart was walking in a cross walk when she was hit by a Yellow Cab driven by Ram Dhakal while he was making a left turn. Dhakal allegedly kept driving after Stewart was thrown on to the hood and plummeted […]
Personal Injury
In a wrongful death suit, a jury awarded $15 million to the family of two sisters who died in a car accident after their Enterprise Rent-A-Car rental car caught fire. Raechel Veronique Houck, 24, and Jacqueline Marie Houck, 20, were on the 101 freeway in Monterey, California when a fire started under the hood of their rented Chrysler PT Cruiser. The fire caused the […]
Employment Law
Two former Jenny Craig employees Tammy Weinstein and Melissa Pallini have filed an unpaid wages class-action lawsuit, alleging that the diet chain giant shortchanged them by a 1/2 hour per day for every shift they worked, even though they worked during their 30-minute break times. If this is found to be true it is a in violation of employment law. […]
Employment Law
Gamestop, the self-proclaimed, ” world’s largest video game retailer with over 6600 stores in 15 countries worldwide and online, ” is facing a wage and hour class action lawsuit following allegations that systematically neglected to pay their employees for all hours worked. (Case No. 37-2012-00098353-CU-OE-CTL) According to the plaintiffs, they were required to clock-out, but continue working off the […]
Consumer Rights
Game Theory LLC, a mobile-content corporation based in San Jose, California was investigated for sending unsolicited spam text messages to consumers and then tricking them into signing up for costly texting services. Game Theory has agreed to correct its business practices and pay $500,000 in penalties for deceptive and fraudulent advertising of its premium text message service. […]
Consumer Rights
A text message marketing company investigated by the FTC for allegedly sending millions of illegal spam text messages to consumers is banned from sending any unsolicited text messages, under a settlement agreement entered by a federal court. According to the FTC millions of text messages were sent pitching mortgage modification services to consumers and instructing them visit various websites advertised […]
Consumer Rights
Debt Collectors, Luebke Baker and Associates have reached a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, (FTC) following charges that they illegally harassed consumers to pay for bogus magazine subscriptions. According to the FTC, the defendants knew, or should have known, that many of magazine debts were invalid. The proposed settlement order, bars Luebke Baker and Associates, Inc., from representing that […]
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