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		<title>GEICO Settles Call-Center Worker Suits for $940,000; Attorneys Get Half</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[GEICO has agreed to pay more than $900,000 plus administrative costs to settle lawsuits from almost 1,500 call-center workers who said the insurer failed to pay overtime, including for time spent booting up computers and logging into a GEICO network. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Few Households Opt Out of $600M Ohio Train Derailment Settlement</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents&#8217; reservations about whether the deal offers enough, so lawyers argue the agreement should be approved later this &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Judges Target Class Actions That Benefit Lawyers Over Consumers</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Federal judges in California are cracking down on warped incentives in class-action lawsuits, exerting tighter oversight of settlements that provide hefty fees for plaintiff lawyers but no meaningful benefit for those harmed by corporate misdeeds. A recent example was the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In 2017, Labor Lawyers Raced to Settle Class Actions Before Trump Effect</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[While employers across the U.S. paid a record amount in settlements for workplace violations last year, don&#8217;t expect this to mark the beginning of a trend. Think of it more as the storm before the calm, as labor lawyers rush &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Risk Settlements Adds Schienvar as Managing Director in Dallas</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Risk Settlements has added Steven Schienvar as a managing director in Dallas. Schienvar previously spent 13 years at AIG in various positions including president of AIG&#8217;s assumed reinsurance division (AIG Re), and executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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