May 1, 2016

Restaurant and Developer Groups Are Piling Onto a Camping Lawsuit Against the City

The list of people suing the city over new camping policies is growing. In a motion filed today, a group of organizations that believe Mayor Charlie Hales’ lenient stance on camping is illegal say they’ve found three new plaintiffs to sign onto a lawsuit filed last month. They are the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association (ORLA), the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties …


Arizona Prisons Ordered to Improve Health Care for Inmates

A judge in a class-action lawsuit that protests the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons has ordered the state to improve medical and mental health services for inmates after attorneys who won a settlement in the case complained that officials were dragging their feet in making required changes. The order Friday from U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan requires the state to come up with a …


Pittsburgh-Area Drilling Opponents Have Their Say in Court

It may be spring in Western Pennsylvania, but there’s a new chill in the air in Butler County, where opponents of shale gas drilling and fracking near the Mars School District campus say they feel intimidated by gas leaseholders’ legal efforts to silence them. “Our focus is all about protecting the 3,700 children at the Mars schools, but because of these lawsuits there are already people who …


Facebook Sued for Illegally Scanning Private Messages

Facebook is in trouble again. The social network may have violated federal privacy laws by scanning private messages without user consent. A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Northern California District Court, over allegations that the company systematically scans its users’ private messages for links.


Indy Law Firm to Represent AHA in Westvale Lawsuit

Based on the advice of its insurance carrier, the Anderson Housing Authority has hired Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg to represent it in a federal lawsuit. The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and two tenants filed a class-action lawsuit against AHA, citing sexual harassment, racial discrimination and health problems related to conditions that the management failed to …


Strange Praises SCOTUS Decision Limiting Lawsuits

Attorney General Luther Strange recently hailed a U.S. Supreme Court decision clarifying that persons filing lawsuits must be able to prove actual harm. The ruling serves to place limits on costly class action lawsuits based on technical violations of the law in which persons have suffered no actual damage. On May 16, the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in favor of the on-line company …


Maine Woman Sues to Stop Collection of Student Loans She Says She Doesn’t Owe

When Jane C. Forrester Winne’s federal student loans were dismissed after she became disabled because of complications from diabetes in 2011, she believed all the money she borrowed between 1980 and 2008 to attend the University of Maine had been accounted for and that she was free and clear of debt. Three years later, Forrester Winne, 64, of Orono began getting letters and …


BMW Sued Over I3’s Extended-Range Electric Powertrain

2,885 views May 22, 2016 2014 BMW i3 REx, Catskill Mountains, New York, Oct 2014 BMW has been hit with a class action lawsuit regarding a potential issue afflicting the extended-range version of the automaker’s i3 electric car. According to the suit, which was filed in a District Court in Los Angeles last week, the extended-range i3, known as the i3 REx, can reduce power to unsafe levels …


America’s Largest Native American Tribe Not ‘Famous’ Enough to Win Trademark Lawsuit

“I mean, they got there first. But now you want to take it from them? Sort of ironic.”

The only people that wish to “take” anything in this case is people that wish to apply the term native American only to themselves, or other people, while excluding other native Americans. They are shamefully and disgracefully taking the word native for themselves.

As to what’s “ironic,” that would be a group of people misappropriating …


Minnesota Judge Says Concussion Lawsuit Against NHL Can Proceed

Minnesota Judge says concussion lawsuit against NHL can proceed after refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by ex-players accusing the National Hockey League to protect them from head injuries while withholding information about the long-term effects of concussions. Six retired players filed the class-action lawsuit with similar claims as the legal action brought against the National Football …