Judge Certifies Class of Home Healthcare Workers for Overtime Law Violations
Class of Home Healthcare Workers Certified for violations of federal and state law.
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Judge Denies US Steel Motion
Judge denied quick appeal of class certification in PA pollution case.
U.S. Steel Class Action Certified
May 12, 2023. Judge Philip A. Ignelzi of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, entered an Order certifying Hernandez v. U.S. Steel as a class action and issued an Opinion regarding class certification. This class action was…
NY Auto Insurance Class Certified
Auto insurance class action against Progressive Advanced Insurance Co. for physical damage claims
Ellen M. Doyle
Ellen M. Doyle Ellen—one of the founding partners of FDPK—retired in December 2021, after more than 46 years of practicing law. Throughout her career, Ellen litigated complex class actions against many large financial and corporate defendants in federal and state…
Southern District of New York Certifies Consumer Class Action for Labeling Kind Bars as “All Natural” and having no GMOs
A federal judge in New York certified classes of New York, California, and Florida consumers this week in an “all-natural” product mislabeling class action case, finding all three states’ consumer protection laws contain important, similar elements. On March 24th, 2021,…
PA Supreme Court Rules Consumers Do Not Need to Prove Intent Under ‘Deceptive Acts’ Provision of the UTPCPL
In a recent decision in Gregg v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the unlawful deceptive conduct provision in the “catch-all” section of Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL) imposes liability on commercial vendors…
Minding your Peas and … Arsenic? Recent House Report Exposes Toxic Metals in Baby Foods
On February 4, 2021, the US House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy under the Committee on Oversight and Reform published an alarming report that some of the nation’s most popular baby food brands contain unusually high amounts of toxic…
Fluctuating Work Week
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Fluctuating Work Week Method The PA Supreme Court ruled that the “Fluctuating Work Week” method of calculating overtime pay is not permissible under Pennsylvania law. Tawny Chevalier, et al. v. General Nutrition Centers, Inc., et al., Case…
CBD (Cannabidiol)
CBD Products. Hard-working Americans Across the Country Are Losing Their Jobs After Using CBD CBD, or cannabidiol, is a chemical found in hemp that is sold in a variety of forms. Those products include pills, oils, creams and tinctures, and…