Category: employment

Short Description of This Case Anthem has agreed to pay $23.65M to settle claims that the insurance giant failed to comply with its duties based on management, operation and administration of the 401K Plan and caused participants to pay excessive fees for the Plan’s record keeping services, which violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Who’s…

Short Description of This Case A $43.45M settlement will solve claims that Spotify failed to pay royalties to songwriters for their original songs, which violated the Copyright Act. Who’s Eligible Class member who were owner of a copyright that has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office (or for which an application for registration has been filed) for…

Short Description of This Case Illinois LSC Communications and Fairrington LLC have agreed to settle claims that the companies provided scans of hands, palms or fingers of employees for employment timekeeping purposes without authorization, which violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Who’s Eligible Class member who were required to provide a scan of palm, hand or finger for…

Short Description of This Case Aetna has agreed to pay $6.2M to settle claims that the company improperly deny coverage for TMS treatment. Plaintiff alleges that Aetna unlawfully failed to pay TMS claims by determining that TMS was an experimental, investigational, or unproven treatment, which violated the plans that Aetna administers and federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act…

Short Description of This Case The class-action lawsuit alleged that California Seventh Veil and Royal Palace failed to pay dancers wages by improperly classifying them as independent contractors, which violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and and California wage laws. Who’s Eligible Class members who signed an independent contractor agreement and performed at the Seventh Veil and/or…

Short Description of This Case The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleged that Washington Taco Restaurants operated by Pacific Bells LLC failed to pay the missed rest, meal breaks and overtime wages of crew members by altering time records, which violated the law of Washington. Who’s Eligible Class members who worked as non-exempt crew members at Washington Taco…

Short Description of This Case The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2017, alleged that Pioneer Natural Resources USA failed to comply with its duties based on management, operation and administration of the 401K Plan and caused participants to pay excessive fees for the Plan’s record keeping services, which violated the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Who’s Eligible…

Short Description of This Case The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2013, alleged that California Cinemark failed to provide accurate, itemized wage statements of the overtime compensations of its employees, which violated the law of California. Who’s Eligible Class members who are current and former non-exempt employees of California Cinemark theaters and who worked as an usher or concession…

Short Description of this Case The class-action lawsuit, filed in July, 2008, alleged that Arizona United Healthcare improperly denied coverage for nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy treatments and failed to pay therapy reimbursement, which violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Who’s Eligible There are 2 groups of class members: Group 1: Class member who is a…