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Class action lawsuits involve illegal practices or policies that have affected a number of employees at your workplace. When you call Harris & Kaufman, you'll receive the services of a California lawyer qualified to represent you in state court and U.S. District Court. Trust Harris & Kaufman to protect your rights in pay disputes, and other employment issues like wrongful termination and racial discrimination.
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Class Action Lawsuit merges several suits where the plaintiffs have the same compensations and complaints. Filing a Class Action Lawsuit, plaintiffs must have the united power to deal with the prosperous corporations in a court of law. This lawsuit can address any subject covered by typical lawsuits: product liability, toxic exposure, and fraud.
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Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 23 governs class action lawsuits in Colorado. It is nearly identical to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. Because of this similarity, Colorado courts look to federal law when deciding class action issues. Consequently, Colorado faces fewer abuses than other states. Nonetheless, Colorado has seen an increase in class action lawsuits.
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Class actions almost always start out as regular law suits. One person who has been harmed goes to an attorney to talk with them about the injury they have suffered. Either prior to filing the lawsuit, or in the course of conducting the lawsuit, the attorney discovers that their client is not the only person who has been affected by the act or event which injured their client. And if it turns out that many people have been affected, the attorney will consider asking the court to allow for a class action, so that each person does not have to file their own separate lawsuit.
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On April 20, 2007, two putative class action lawsuits were filed in Federal Court for the Central District of California. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of affiliates and merchants, allege that defendants ValueClick, Inc., Commission Junction, Inc. and Be Free (collectively, “ValueClick”) have engaged in unfair business practices resulting in harm to affiliates and merchants on their affiliate networks. According to the complaints, ValueClick has failed to take reasonable steps to address malicious adware and adware users on its networks. The following are a few examples identified in the complaints of how adware may result in harm to ValueClick’s affiliates and merchants:
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O&G represents former Constantin Control Associates employees who filed a class action lawsuit in federal court seeking unpaid overtime and related remedies. The suit alleges that Constantin Control Associates has avoided paying overtime wages by misclassifying certain employees as hourly "consultants" in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and New York's Labor Law. The employees contend that they were placed into clerical positions at various financial institutions such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of New York, Trust/Deutsche Bank, Rabobank, and ABN-AMRO while only receiving payment at their straight hourly rate for hours worked in excess of 40 in the work week.
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