#1 Is Tampa's population growth causing dangerous roads?Santa Clara, CA - Florida is a prime destination not only for occasional vacationers, but also for people looking to settle down. With its warm climate, sunny skies, endless beaches and tourist attractions, there are so many reasons why people are choosing to call Florida their home. Florida has a population of 20.6 million, making it the third most populated state in the United States. This number does not account for the millions of visitors who descend upon Florida each year.
#2 Zetia and/or Statins: The Good, the Bad and the UglyHalle-Wittenberg, Germany - Can a drug designed to curb heart attacks also cause heart attacks in some people? Apparently, it's possible with statins or medication like Zetia when used in combination with a statin. Statins are designed to lower the "bad" cholesterol thought to be a contributing factor for heart attack and stroke, while leaving the so-called "good" cholesterol to do the good work that good cholesterol, ultimately, does.
#3 MetLife to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $4.5 MillionNew York, NY - On November 20 MetLife Group and a group of participants in the MetLife 401(k) Plan agreed to settle an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit for $4.5 million. In their amended class-action complaint, plan participants accused plan fiduciaries of failing to act solely in the interest of plan participants and beneficiaries by including proprietary investment options in the plan when similar, cheaper and better-performing investments were available in the marketplace.
#4 Camp Lejeune Litigation on Track, First Settlements Reached, and Unpublished Cancer StudyJacksonville, N.C - November has been a big month for Camp Lejeune attorneys. Litigation is on track – literally. Discovery is divided into two tracks of five illnesses each and the first lawsuits are slated for 2024. The first government settlements have finally been accepted and Reuters reported an unpublished study finding elevated Camp Lejeune cancer rates at the U.S. military base, which could result in even more Camp Lejeune lawsuits.
#6 Bayer Reeling After Plaintiffs’ Roundup Lawsuit VictoriesPhiladelphia, PA - After Bayer lost the last four Roundup trials--breaking its nine-trial winning streak, the outcome of the trial underway in Philadelphia is crucial to its investors, and to about 50,000 Roundup lawsuits it currently faces. Bayer likely rues the day in 2018 when it bought Monsanto for $63 billion.
#7 Almost All Pressure Cooker Lawsuits Settle out of Court, says AttorneySanta Clara, CA - Pressure cooker retailers and distributors are literally under pressure to settle defective pressure cooker lawsuits. “We have successfully gone after the retailers and distributors here in the U.S. because the manufacturers in China are hard to reach,” says attorney Kirk Pope at Pope McGlamry law firm. “They all settle out of court, and most of them very quickly. Not one of our pressure cooker lawsuits has gone to trial, mainly because the defendants don’t want to expose the issue.”
#8 Amazon Retaliates against Women Demanding Fair PaySeattle, WA - In Wilmuth v. Amazon, three professional research team leaders filed a proposed class and collective lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc. for its established practice of paying women less than men for similar work. It’s the usual gross, dreary, demeaning stuff that women deal with at work. But the Amazon researchers also claim that the company retaliated against them for raising the issue of gender pay discrimination. The retaliation they describe may amount to a form of wrongful termination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
#9 Amazon Facing California Wage and Hour Proposed Class ActionSanta Clara, CA - A proposed class action filed in California federal court on behalf of Amazon warehouse managers accuses Amazon of violating California labor laws, including failure to pay overtime, not providing adequate meal and rest breaks, and failure to keep accurate payroll records. And this isn’t the first Amazon overtime lawsuit.
