Columbia Faces $100 Million Lawsuit Over Retirement Plan Mismanagement
Last Tuesday, a proposed class action lawsuit naming Columbia University was filed in the New York federal district court.
Aug 1, 2016
Morgan Stanley Faces $1.5 Billion Lawsuit for Mismanagement of Employee Retirement Funds
Morgan Stanley faces $1.5 billion lawsuit for mismanagement of employee retirement funds Submitted by Valerie Rogers on Sat, 08/20/2016 – 08:32 Morgan Stanley’s 401 (k) plan participants have filed a lawsuit claiming that the financial services major mismanaged the funds. The lawsuit claims that nearly 60,000 participants in Morgan Stanley’s fund faced significant financial loss as the fund …
Lawsuit Against Kim Davis Dismissed by Judge
(Associated Press) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. U.S. District Judge David Bunning issued orders on Thursday dismissing the lawsuit brought by two gay couples and two straight couples against Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Bunning’s orders come after the 6th U.S.
Spyware Used to Reveal Affair Leads to Lawsuit With Wide-Reaching Implications
An Ohio man will be allowed to sue a web monitoring software maker for breaking US state and federal wiretap laws, the US Court of Appeals has ruled this week. In 2009, Javier Luis forged an online friendship with Catherine Zang, married at the time to her husband, Joseph Zang. Even if later it would be proven that the relationship was platonic, Mr. Zang became suspicious of his wife, which led …
Judge: No Deposition by Hillary Clinton in Email Lawsuit
A federal judge has ordered Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to answer written questions posed by a conservative watchdog group about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. That means she will not have to sit in a lengthy deposition and answer questions from lawyers during the campaign. As NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports for our Newscast unit, “U.S. …
Lawsuit Fights to Regain Homeowners’ First Amendment, Private Property Rights
Walton County’s new blanket ban on signs on private beach property violates a retired couple’s First Amendment free-speech rights, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Christina Martin told me Friday. And PLF has filed a lawsuit in the in federal court on the couple’s behalf. Edward and DeLanie Goodwin, who have owned their beachfront home in the Panhandle community Santa Rosa Beach, since 1978, …
Lawsuit Spurs Sheriff Glenn Palmer to Turn Over Public Records
The Oregonian/OregonLive for months sought records from Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer that he refused to provide or delayed turning over until the news organization filed a lawsuit to get them. The suit in Grant County Circuit Court, filed May 20, continues to press for access to documents that the sheriff hasn’t yet released. By law in Oregon, the public is entitled to see all but certain …
Severe Electrical Shock at Teleport Sparks Lawsuit
Severely burned when he was shocked by electricity while installing a switch at the Teleport in Bloomfield earlier this year, a New Dorp man is creating a few sparks of his own. Juan Garcia has sued the Port Authority and others for negligence over the Jan. 5 incident. Garcia, 31, an employee of Control Electrical Contracting Corp. in Stapleton, alleges the defendants …
Pennsylvania School District Denies Refugees Proper Education
A Pennsylvania school district is being sued for allegedly forcing refugees to attend schools that were unfit to serve their unique educational needs, instead sending them to receive boot camp-style discipline at a private academy. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania announced earlier this summer the federal lawsuit against the School District of Lancaster for “illegally …
Unelected Panel Shouldn’t Decide Pay Raises for Lawmakers
An appointed panel considering 47 percent raises for state lawmakers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state officials faces a legal challenge: a lawsuit contending that Cuomo and the Legislature violated the state constitution by relinquishing the touchy pay decision to an unelected panel. James Coll, a New York City police detective and college teacher from Long Island who leads an Albany reform …