May 1, 2016

City of Chicago: Huge Lead Water Pipes Class Action Can’t Prove Injuries, Impinges City Sovereignty

Saying the Chicago city residents who brought the legal action can’t prove they were injured by lead in their water and arguing the lawsuit comes directly against the city’s rights under the law to set its own governmental policy, Chicago city attorneys have asked the court to toss a class action demanding the court order the city to replace lead water pipes leading to homes throughout the city …



Arizona Joins Lawsuit Over Obama’s Transgender Directive

Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announced Wednesday that they have joined nine other states in a federal lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s mandate requiring all public K-12 schools to open up boys’ and girls’ locker rooms and restrooms to students of the opposite sex, based on student perceptions of their “gender identity.” …


Eleven States Sue Obama Administration Over Bathroom Guidance for Transgender Students

Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. (AP) Eleven states and state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Obama administration over federal guidance directing schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms and …


A Big Legal Question Behind the Texas Transgender Lawsuit

A federal lawsuit brought by states against the Obama administration marks the first major court test of its new policy that transgender students should be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice. On one level, the case is about whether civil rights laws that Congress enacted decades ago envisioned such …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Against Endo International Plc and Certain Officers – ENDP

Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Endo International plc (“Endo” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:ENDP) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-03912, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities …





Inglewood Cooked Its Books to Lure NFL Team, Former Accounting Manager Says

The lure of the NFL was just too much for Inglewood, a former city employee charges in a federal lawsuit. Barbara Ohno, Inglewood’s former budget and accounting manager, claims that the future home of the Los Angeles Rams massaged its accounting books to mask its financial problems. In the complaint, Ohno says that Mayor James T. Butts ordered employees to “create a facade of financial …