CBS News reports: In a stunning new development, WJZ learns there may be as many as 9,000 victims of a Johns Hopkins gynecologist. Dr. Nikita Levy killed himself after allegations surfaced that he secretly videotaped his patients during exams. Mike Hellgren tells us what else his victims claim…
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Internet Auto-Fraud and Other Internet Fraud Scams
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com How to avoid internet auto fraud, intimidation and extortion. Our Chicago autofraud and Lemon law attorneys near Hinsdale and Western Springs bring individual and class actions suits for defective cars with common design defects and auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams…
Ford Settles F Series Truck Class Action
As with all relationships, business partnerships can sometimes turn out to be more trouble than they are worth. Such was apparently the case in the relationship between Ford Motor Co. and Navistar. Beginning in 1994, Ford had Navistar build every Power Stroke engine used in Ford’s F-Series. However, the…
Covenants Not to Compete Used to Tie College Football Coaches to a School
As of late, employers have been using non-compete provisions in their contracts with their employees with increasing frequency. A non-compete provision is part of a contract which prohibits a worker from going to work for a competitor of the employer after they leave the company’s employment. These provisions usually…
Virginia Federal Court Certifies Class Alleging That Energy Companies Cheated Property Owners Out of Natural Gas Royalties
It is an age old question. If a company finds and harvests gold on someone else’s property, to whom does the gold belong? The company that harvested it or the person who owns the property that the gold was found on? This is the question around which several class action…
Aaron’s Furniture Rental Chain Sued in Class Action For Allegedly Spying on Computer Rental Customers
Many people these days have come to accept as a fact of modern life that corporations have, and use, some of our personal information. Our browsing history, our shopping history, etc., all get recorded and sold by companies like Facebook and Google. However, according to a new class action…
Overtime Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against BJC Healthcare System
A St Louis news station reports: A class-action lawsuit was filed this week in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of former and current nurses and medical personnel employed by BJC Healthcare System … The lawsuit, Speraneo v. BJC Health System Inc., d/b/a BJC Healthcare, accuses BJC of failing…
Virginia Supreme Court Rules That Non-Compete Agreements Need to be Tested on a Case-by-Case Basis — Our Chicago Non-Compete Agreement Lawyers Litigate Non-Compete Claims For Employees and Employers Throughout Illinois
In recent years, courts have largely been ruling against employers in cases of disputed non-compete agreements. A non-compete agreement is a provision in an employment agreement which states that the employee, after leaving the employer, will not compete with the employer for business within a certain time frame and…
Class Certified in Contaminated Property Case Against Shell Oil in Down State Illinois
The issue of ground contamination is an extremely important one for homeowners. With the collapse of the housing market, many people have already found that their homes are worth far less than what they paid or still owe on them. If there has been any kind of chemical leak in…
7th Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification in ATM Fee Lawsuit
While many people grumble about paying the exorbitant ATM fees that are being charged these days, few people know that there may be legal recourse. Until recently, the Electric Funds Transfer Act required ATMs charging a fee to provide two notices to customers: one notice in a sticker on…