A judge today allowed a lawsuit over pay raises for county officials to move forward, despite efforts by attorneys to quash it. At a preliminary hearing, Judge Spencer Ludington denied motions by defense attorneys to dismiss the lawsuit as “non-justiciable.” The hearing was the first in a six-month-old lawsuit from County Comptroller Bob Antonacci.
Anthem threw punches back at the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to block the insurer’s acquisition of Cigna Corp. The response signals Anthem will indeed litigate the case to the end even though many analysts and policy experts say the company is unlikely to win In a newly filed legal response, Anthem’s lawyers argued the deal to buy Cigna is “procompetitive” and specifically would allow …
A member of one of Saskatchewan’s most prominent business families, and his associate, are facing allegations in a lawsuit including self-dealing, mismanagement, and a scheme to wilfully devalue investments in several retirement communities so they could be bought at a fraction of their real value. The allegations against Darrell Remai and his business associate, Sirous Tosh, are contained in a …
A lawsuit claims that Pamela Smart was wrongly put into solitary confinement after a prison guard found a plastic cake knife in her cell. Pame Smart is serving a life sentence in a New York prison for her role in the 1990 murder of her husband, Gregg Smart, in Derry. In a federal lawsuit, Pame Smart alleges that the guard confiscated the knife in 2012, even though she had it for 17 years and it …
A coalition of Civil Rights groups say they will sue the State of Texas to get the justices on the state’s two highest courts, the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, be …
A major lawsuit is on the precipice of being filed by the Institute for American Democracy and Election Integrity, the implications of which could dramatically alter the landscape of the 2016 U.S. presidential race. The group claims that in about eleven states, there has been noted a significant difference between the exit polls …
Jackson’s nephews announce legal action over recent Neverland pornography claims. Michael Jackson’s nephews have sued Radar Online for libel over sexual abuse reports published last month, which they describe as a “vicious and unrelenting attack” on the late singer. In June, Radar Online published police documents from a 2003 raid on Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in California, which detailed items …
Gay rights groups are warning that if the governing body for Texas high school athletics continues to hold firm on their rules regarding transgender students, they’re opening the state up to a lawsuit. An informal policy by the University Interscholastic League, which requires student athletes to play on the team that corresponds to their birth certificate, is poised to become official on August 1. Attorney Paul Castillo with the Texas office of the LGBT rights group Lambda Legal, says …
A memorandum sent last week by the Androscoggin County Commission to all municipal officials in the county was met with anger when commissioners stated that the municipalities failed to offer a “comprehensive settlement proposal” during mediation in their ongoing legal battle. Commissioners sent the memo to explain their side in the dispute and to make certain that the municipal …
The private company that operated Ann Arbor’s recycling plant for the last several years is suing the city. Resource Recovery Systems LLC and FCR LLC, commonly known as ReCommunity, filed a complaint in federal court on Wednesday, July 27, claiming the city wrongfully terminated its contract. The company claims the city breached its contract, broke promises and unjustly enriched …