FINRA Arbitration Victory: Ford & Diulio PC obtains damages and expungement of defamatory statements for former Edward Jones Broker
On June 30, 2017, Ford & Diulio PC Partner Kristopher Diulio obtained a resounding victory for forme...
CFPB Bans Class Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Agreements
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that financial companies will no lon...
Qui Tam Relators Can Be “Original Source” Despite Prior Public Disclosures of Alleged Fraud
Steven Hartpence and Geraldine Godecke (“Relators”) each brought a qui tam case against their ...
Truck Drivers Misclassified as Independent Contractors:
In Garcia v. Seacon Logix, Inc., Romeo Garcia and other plaintiffs were truck drivers who transporte...
Bike Accidents
In Orange County as a whole, 13 people died and 1,441 were injured due to bicycle accidents in 2012....
McDonald’s May Be A Joint Employer With Franchisee
A California federal judge on Friday tossed some claims from a putative class action seeking to hold...
DirectTV Installation Technicians Not Exempt Employees
An Illinois federal judge has dismissed a wage-and-hour suit against DirectTV saying that the instal...
Citi Shareholder Argues That 2nd Circuit Trial Court Incorrectly Applied In re Caremark Standard
A plaintiff accusing Citigroup’s board of being disloyal to shareholders by disregarding indic...
Did Mercedes Benz Fraudlently Claim It Used Name-Brand Parts?
Mercedes Benz has been lying to customers about the origin of the parts it uses in repairs, accordin...