A Florida federal judge has certified a class of consumers who say Grand Bahama Cruise Line LLC sent them robocalled offers of “free” cruises in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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We want to congratulate our trial team, Stuart Ratzan and Stuart Weissman from Ratzan Law Group and Ed Zebersky from Zebersky Payne, LLP, for the historic win we achieved on behalf of the Gloger family against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris USA.
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Key Biscayne, FL: In one of the more complex and high-profile divorce appeals pending in the country—functionally, a commercial dispute in the guise of a family law case— Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal recently reversed a near-$40 million judgment that attorney Ashley Kozel obtained against her ex-husband, Todd Kozel, the founder and former CEO of London-based Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.
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“The motion for attorneys’ fees signals a possible end to winding contract litigation filed nearly three years ago by several drivers over a fee implemented by the ride-hailing app company to cover safety initiatives that drivers were forced to pay under some circumstances.”
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A Ninth Circuit judge on Tuesday criticized lead counsel for indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes who secured a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements with tech giants like Philips and Panasonic, saying it’s a “problem” that they secured the nationwide deals without looking out for people in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Missouri.
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A certified class of drivers accusing Uber Technologies Inc. of improperly taking a cut of their fares by instituting a $1 “safe rides fee” moved Friday to seek punitive damages against the company and slammed Uber’s attempt to split off that portion of the case.
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Uber Technologies Inc. paid thousands of drivers less than they were entitled to, a federal judge in California ruled. Now the ride-hailing company likely heads to trial to determine how much the drivers are owed.
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A federal judge in California has ruled that Uber Technologies Inc violated its agreements with drivers by subtracting a one-dollar “safe rides fee” from their pay on some trips.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland on Thursday granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and said that under the agreements, Uber was required to charge the fee to passengers, and not drivers.
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U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Thursday found that Uber’s agreement with drivers didn’t allow the company to deduct its $1 “Safe Rides” fee from the total used to calculate what drivers received from short, low-fare rides.
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MIAMI – November 7, 2017 –Former Third District Court of Appeal Judge Linda Ann Wells—a Florida Bar board-certified appellate specialist for over 20 years—joined the Crabtree & Auslander appellate practice law firm.
