News about Keller Grover, and current events in whistleblower & employment law

The employment law attorneys of Keller Grover applaud the release of a landmark new report, "Do As I Say, Not As I Sue: Exposing the Lawsuit-Happy Hypocrites of U.S. Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform," by the American Association for Justice. The AAJ's paper finds support for the civil justice system in the most unlikely of places: the very multinational corporations behind tort reform that are working to restrict Americans' access to the courts."What the AAJ's eye-opening paper reveals is … [Read more...]

California employment attorneys, Keller Grover LLP and the Law Office of Scot D. Bernstein, A Professional Corporation, secured a $500,000 settlement on behalf of HCR ManorCare workers that were members of the class who received inadequate wage statements and paid check cashing fees in order to cash their paychecks. HCR ManorCare was accused of violating California Labor Code sections 212 and 216(a) and 2699, as well as the Business & Professions Code sections 17200, et seq. Eric A. … [Read more...]

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...]

An estimated 22 percent of the U.S. workforce is employed by the nation's biggest violators of federal workplace safety and wage laws: the government contractors behind many of the largest OSHA violations and back wage assessments on the Senate's list. 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 … [Read more...]

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 FTC deceptive advertising operation initiated 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...]