After nearly eight years of legal wrangling, Wal-Mart and attorneys for a class action wage lawsuit in Missouri have reached a $90 million settlement. Under the terms of the preliminarily approved agreement, which Jackson County Circuit Judge Sandra Midkiff unsealed ...

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A group of residents from Sauget, Ill., have filed suit against Monsanto, and its subsidiaries alleging that for years the company dumped toxic, carcinogenic chemicals that poisoned their town. The suit asked for two class certifications: a medical monitoring class ...

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A lawsuit filed last week against Don Brown Automotive in St. Louis alleging an illegal practice of law is the most recent in a string of dozens of lawsuits filed in the wake of a 2007 Missouri Supreme Court decision, which upheld similar claims against a mortgage company. The suit filed by Joe Partney, which is seeking class action status, alleges that the car dealership engaged in an illegal practice of law when it charged documentation preparation or processing fees in connection with the lease or purchase of a car. Partney purchased a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer from Don Brown Automotive and alleges he was charged a $65 "Notary & Doc Fee."

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A federal judge allowed a group of McDonald’s employees to go ahead with their lawsuit to collect McOvertime. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Shaw said the plaintiffs could continue with their class action lawsuit against the fast-food giant, although ...

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Steve Hamburg has stepped down as principal in the firm that bore his name. Hamburg, who has a class action and complex litigation practice, now is of counsel, according to a press release issued by Hamburg and the firm, now ...

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Two more attorneys will be following class action defense lawyer Charles Newman to Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. Newman, formerly of Bryan Cave, started at Sonnenschein’s St. Louis office last week along with fellow partners Jason Maschmann and Elizabeth Ferrick. A ...

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Five Missouri plaintiffs’ firms and an Illinois firm nailed down a $19.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over an underground gasoline lake in Hartford, Ill. Madison County, Ill., Circuit Court Judge Daniel Stack on Monday gave final approval ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by General Motors Corp., refusing to stop a lawsuit that accuses the automaker of concealing a parking-brake defect on almost 4 million pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles. The justices, without comment, left intact ...

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