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TurboTax agreed to shell out $141 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers by promising free tax-filing services. The settlement called for reimbursing nearly 4.4 ...
The lawsuit asserts that management of Activision Blizzard allowed and at times encouraged sexual misconduct towards female employees, that the company maintained a "frat boy" culture, [1] and that the company's hiring and employment practices were discriminatory against women.
Facebook recently paid 1.4 million Illinois residents $397 in 2022 as part of a class action lawsuit for facial recognition breaches through its “Tag Suggestions” feature, per CNBC.
Usually, lawsuits end in a settlement, with an empirical analysis finding that less than 2% of cases end with a trial, 90% of torts settle, and around 50% of other civil cases settle. [6] In American law, settlement agreements are normally private contracts , not court orders, except for consent decrees , which are relatively uncommon in the ...
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), is an employment discrimination decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. [1] The result was that employers could not be sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 over race or gender pay discrimination if the claims were based on decisions made by the employer 180 days or more before the claim.
Factors Affecting a Lawsuit Settlement how to avoid paying taxes on a lawsuit settlement According to Internal Revenue Code Section 61, all payments from any source are considered gross income ...
On March 8, 2019 (International Women's Day) the 28 players of the USWNT filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation in the United States District Court in Los Angeles. [15] [16] Their class-action lawsuit asserted that the USSF violated the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) and Title VII. [17]
In a tentative settlement, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to repay customers who were charged too much for sewer service from May 2016 to June 2022.