Walmart heads to Supreme Court December 6, 2010 The Supreme Court said yesterday it would decide if the largest sex-discrimination class-action lawsuit in US history against Wal-Mart can proceed. It agreed to hear an appeal by the world’s largest retailer and the largest private employer arguing the claims of as many as 1.5m current and former female employees were too diverse to proceed [...]
Toyota loses lawsuit challenge November 22, 2010 Carmaker Toyota suffered a fresh blow in its class action lawsuit at the weekend, after a judge in the US said customers stand to recover compensation for the lost resale value of their cars, regardless of whether their car had suffered the notorious break fault. Toyota’s lawyers had challenged the ruling, arguing the case could [...]
BA wins appeal in cargo case November 18, 2010 BRITISH Airways (BA) yesterday won a high court battle to prevent hundreds of air cargo customers suing it in a US-style class action lawsuit. Two UK flower importers that sued BA in 2008 cannot represent all direct and indirect customers of the carrier, because there was no way to know if they had the same [...]
What A Friend Sir Alex has in tomorrow’s Betfair Chase November 18, 2010 IT was nice to finally be back amongst the winners last week and I hope you managed to snap up some of the 15/2 available about Menorah early on Sunday morning. Long Run was a little disappointing in the Paddy Power Gold Cup, but all those who followed our each-way tip on Poquelin were in [...]
What A Friend Sir Alex has in tomorrow’s Betfair Chase November 18, 2010 IT was nice to finally be back amongst the winners last week and I hope you managed to snap up some of the 15/2 available about Menorah early on Sunday morning. Long Run was a little disappointing in the Paddy Power Gold Cup, but all those who followed our each-way tip on Poquelin were in [...]
Learn He-Man’s recipe for great guns November 15, 2010 WHATEVER your feelings about the acting skills of Swedish action film star Dolph Lundgren, the man has guns. That is, insanely sculpted arms and a physique that suggests super-human strength. So when an opportunity arose to go and train with him while he was in London to promote his new film the Expendables, I couldn’t [...]
Venables: Defeat to France is alright as long as Capello bloods new talent November 15, 2010 FORMER England manager Terry Venables has accused current boss Fabio Capello of becoming too reliant on strike pair Wayne Rooney and Jermain Defoe, and believes the Italian can afford to lose tomorrow’s friendly with France if it means discovering a reliable alternative. Injuries to first-choice pairing Rooney and Defoe, as well as knocks to Sunderland’s [...]
The man who is set to bring more luxury to London’s five-star hotels November 14, 2010 LONDON’S five-star hotel market is set to take off over the next six months and a septuagenarian Maltese businessman called Alfred Pisani will be at the heart of the glamorous action. His £300m luxury Corinthia Hotel London, on Whitehall Place, is being completed and will take its first paying guests in April 2011. It is [...]
JP Morgan faces lawsuits over mortgage foreclosure November 9, 2010 JPMORGAN Chase faces two possible class action lawsuits, including fraud, related to its decision to halt foreclosures, the US bank said in a regulatory filing yesterday. The suits allege “common law fraud and misrepresentation, as well as violations of state consumer fraud statutes,” JPMorgan said, adding to the chorus of major banks facing legal action [...]
Cabin crew lose appeal against BA November 3, 2010 BRITISH Airways won the latest round in its bruising battle with cabin crew union Unite yesterday, after the Court of Appeal ruled that reductions in crew numbers were legal. The Court of Appeal upheld an earlier judgement from the High Court, which ruled that BA’s decision did not constitute a breach of contract. In November [...]