San Francisco consumer attorneys, Keller Grover, reached a $295 million class action settlement with 24-Hour Fitness Center Worldwide Inc., on behalf of 1.5 million consumers for violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA). After extensive negotiations and mediation, the U.S. District Judge Howard Matz in the Central District of California finally approved the settlement on July 12, 2010. The 2006 class action … [Read more...]
Some of the Biggest Labor & Safety Law Violators are U.S. Government Contractors
An estimated 22 percent of the U.S. workforce is employed by the nation's biggest violators of federal workplace safety and wage laws-government contractors. A study by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee not only highlighted the rampant labor law compliance problem in the U.S., it showed that the problem is so rampant that not even employees working for the government are immune from being affected by wage theft and other labor law violations. The study also revealed that … [Read more...]
In re Visa Check/MasterMoney Antitrust Litigation, Case No. CV-96-5238, (E.D.N.Y. 2003)
In re Visa Check/MasterMoney Antitrust Litigation, Case No. CV-96-5238, (E.D.N.Y. 2003);The Visa/MasterCard antitrust case, in which the Mr. Keller was class co-counsel and co-trial counsel for five million of the nation's merchants, was settled in April 2003 for compensatory relief of $3.383 billion and injunctive relief valued by the Court at $25-87 billion over the following decade. The Court found that this was the largest federal court antitrust settlement in history and the largest … [Read more...]
FTC Says 20 of Nation’s Largest 100 Advertisers Engage in Deceptive Advertising
Advertisers have been hiding too much information in the fine print, said the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in letters it sent to more than 60 companies on Tuesday, including 20 of the United States' 100 largest advertisers.The letters are part of "Operation Full Disclosure," an operation initiated by the FTC on September 23, 2014 that targets deceptive and misleading advertisements which fail to clearly and conspicuously disclose information that is important to consumer buying … [Read more...]
Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Bill Holding Businesses Liable for Subcontractor’s Labor
California workers, especially those who employed at companies who receive work through subcontracts, will be receiving more protections in the workplace from new legislation that holds businesses liable for labor law violations committed by companies they subcontract work to. Under Assembly Bill 1897, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, companies using subcontractors will now be held responsible when their subcontractors violate wage, workplace safety or workers' compensation laws."California … [Read more...]
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