Phil Law Weblog

A proposed settlement in a class-action price-gouging lawsuit that called for hospital group Catholic Healthcare West to reimburse as many as 800,000 uninsured patients for excessive charges is scuttled by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer.

A class action lawsuit that was filed over a bouncy-castle incident that killed Jessica Gorostiaga, 8, and injured several other children

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of all purchasers of Herley Industries, Inc. (“Herley” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:HRLY - News) securities between October 1, 2001 and June 14, 2006, inclusive (the “Class Period”) alleges that the company has violated the [...]

U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly has dismissed the lawsuit against AT&T aimed at blocking the company from giving telephone records to the government for use in the war on terror.

A class action lawsuit has been launched against Janssen-Ortho Inc., the makers of a contraceptive skin patch Ortho Evra.

The widow of a Jonathan U who died after trying to stop a purse snatching has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Johnson County District Court against the staff of Overland Park Regional Medical Center..

Parkland Medical Center is going to settle a class action lawsuit alleging 793 violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A class action lawsuit, filed in April alleging HCA Inc., the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain defrauded patients by directing its affiliated hospitals to staff its nursing units below generally accepted levels has been dismissed by U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten on the ground that the cases need to be examined individually.

A class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of purchasers of common stock of FoxHollow Technologies, Inc. (”FoxHollow” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:FOXH - News) during the period May 13, 2005 through January 26, 2006 (the “Class Period”) alleges that FoxHollow, and certain [...]

A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois on behalf of Northfield shareholders alleges Northfield and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by virtue of the Company’s issuance of a series of materially false and misleading statements concerning [...]