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The Top 10 legal news stories our readers were most interested in this week.
#1 Amazon Studios Unpaid Wages Class Action GreenlightedSanta Clara, CA - A California federal judge has given the greenlight to a background actor’s class action lawsuit against Amazon Studios for wage law violations. U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall determined that federal labor law doesn't preempt the claims, which involved hourly rate payments that didn't fall under collective bargaining agreements with the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
#2 Student-Athletes Sue Ivy League Colleges for Antitrust ViolationsSan Francisco, CA - On September 3, Tamenang Choh and Grace Kirk, one a former and the other a current student-athlete at Brown University, withdrew their objection to a $2.78 billion settlement proposed by a consortium of Ivy League colleges to end athletes’ “name, image and likeness” (NIL) lawsuit.
#3 PFAS Banned in Two States, Firefighters Still Wearing Carcinogenic GearWashington, DC - When firefighters wear their personal protective equipment made with known PFAS chemicals, they are going beyond the call of duty. Firefighters signed up to fight fires, but they didn’t sign up to die from the carcinogenic gear they wear. PFAS health risks have been known for decades, so why can’t the federal government ban PFAS firefighting gear?
#4 Vet Congressional Testimony Speeds Medical Malpractice FixWashington, DC - Many readers know the story of U.S. Army Specialist (Ret.) Dez Del Barba whose strep infection was mistreated by military medical professionals. It morphed into necrotizing fasciitis and cost him a leg, his career and nearly his life. A penicillin shot would likely have prevented this.
#5 Ozempic Linked to Serious Pain in the PocketbookWashington, DC - On September 24, the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hear testimony from Lars Jorgensen, Novo Nordisk CEO, about why American consumers pay as much as ten times more for Ozempic and Wegovy than patients in the U.K. and the Netherlands. The popular diabetes and weight loss drugs have already been linked to serious side effects. These well-documented Ozempic side effects include stomach paralysis, a rare form of blindness, thyroid cancer and bowel obstruction.
#6 Wells Fargo Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for 22.1 millionCharlotte, NC - A former Wells Fargo Securities supervisor was awarded $22.1 million by a federal court jury in Charlotte in July. Christopher Billesdon’s disability and age discrimination lawsuit accused the San Francisco-based bank of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and wrongful discharge under North Carolina state law. However, the bank asked the court in August to toss the jury’s decision.
#7 Exactech Knee Lawsuit Trial UpdateSanta Clara, CA - The first Exactech knee bellwether trials in multi-district litigation are slated for July and September 2025. At least 1,670 Exactech lawsuits are involved, blaming a packaging problem that caused hip, knee, shoulder and ankle implants to degrade and fail long before their time. Some patients required replacement surgery within a few years of receiving the implant.
#8 Pre-Settlement Funding Becoming More Commonplace, but Do Your HomeworkNew York, NY - Anyone wary of this latest phenomenon known as pre-settlement funding need only remember back to the genesis of other financial products and strategies commonplace and accepted today.
#9 Suboxone Tooth Decay Lawsuits Reflect Only Part of HarmCleveland, OH - As of September 2024, 674 lawsuits have been consolidated in the multidistrict Suboxone Film Productions liability litigation (MDL) in the Northern District of Ohio. These dangerous drug lawsuits allege that the sublingual film prescribed to treat opioid addiction also caused devastating tooth decay and long-term dental damage. For many patients, this led to costly treatments and a diminished quality of life.
#10 Duane Morris Lawyer Charges Firm with Discrimination, Employee MisclassificationOakland, CA - On July 31, Megan Garland filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California alleging that BigLaw firm Duane Morris discriminated against attorneys of color and female attorneys in violation of the California labor code. Garland v. Duane Morris alleges that the firm promoted women and people of color primarily to salaried partnerships rather than equity partnerships. There is a big difference.
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