The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is ramping up their encouragement of whistleblowing for employees of automakers. Under 2015 legislation aimed at protecting whistleblowers and making reporting more appealing, NHTSA originally began publicizing this guidance. NHTSA is hoping to help insiders of the auto industry share, in many cases anonymously, “information relating to a […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating Safe Catch after the National Advertising Division (NAD), a unit of BBB National Programs, investigated and found some false and misleading claims in the marketing of their canned tuna products. Specifically, the NAD recommended that Safe Catch discontinue or modify each of the following fully or partially unsupported […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating Haldex Group over reports that certain Haldex air brake chambers, installed in an estimated half-million semi-trucks, possess a defect that can cause air loss and vehicle fires. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced a probe into the failure of Haldex Gold Seal 30/30 Long Stroke […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating The Proctor & Gamble Company (P&G) over reports that they marketed their new Crest Whitening Emulsions teeth-whitening product using false and misleading claims. The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs recently concluded that P&G’s marketing for this product relied in large part on claims not supported […]
On April 19, 2021, Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., Chief Judge of the federal district for the Western district of New York granted preliminary approval for a $120,000 settlement in a nationwide collective action brought against Feast American Diners, LLC on behalf of Denny’s employees: Frisbie, et al. v. Feast American Diners, LLC, et al., […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating a series of data breaches that affected the personal information of oncology patients. The data breaches were caused from Elekta, a software platform used for clinical radiotherapy treatment. The software was frequently used for patients with cancer and brain disorders. In April 2021, Elekta had its systems compromised in […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating Vava for false advertising in their Vava 4k Ultra Short Throw Laser TV. Recently, their competitor Epson filed a case against Vava claiming that these projectors have nearly 250 percent less lumens than those advertised by the company. Essentially, the case alleges that brightness of the projector is […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating employers who violate state labor laws by failing to pay certain workers on a weekly basis. In certain states, listed below, state labor statutes require that employees pay manual workers manual laborers on a weekly and not bi-weekly basis. Manual labor includes tasks requiring the employee to use […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating Western Digital for their failure to protect user data saved on My Book Live hard drives. Their system fell victim to a third party hacker who, for many consumers, has remotely factory reset their device. Impacted consumers report that they lost all data on the My Book Lives […]
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is currently investigating T-Mobile & Sprint, who merged back in 2019, for their failure to integrate networks and subsequent failure to meet Sprint customers’ contracted service needs. Sprint’s CDMA network is incompatible with T-Mobile’s current configurations, so T-Mobile has decided to shut down Sprint’s CDMA network entirely. In turn, any the […]