The NFL’s definition of “making it right” may not mesh with Ohio’s definition of the term. The lawyer who sued on behalf of fans who showed up for Super Bowl XLV with tickets that didn’t correspond to actual seats plans to sue the NFL for fans who showed up in Canton on Sunday night with tickets for a game that wasn’t played. “We plan on filing a class [action] within days,” Michael Avenatti …
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is vowing to keep fighting after a judge dismissed his lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates. Johnson and one of his rivals, presumptive Green …
So here’s something we should have all seen coming: A guy is trying to sue pretty much everyone involved with Pokemon Go because the game placed Pokemon in his yard without asking his permission first. Yes, he is quite literally suing Niantic, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company because those damn kids won’t get off his lawn. A quick bit of back story, in case you’ve missed the other 5,362 …
Attorneys filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Friday on behalf of the family of Joseph Mann, who was fatally shot by Sacramento, California, police last month. The lawsuit says Mann displayed “overt signs of being in the midst of mental crisis” before he was shot, and that police should not have used lethal force. Video shot by a bystander and released at a news conference Friday …
California’s Second District Court of Appeals ruled against the California Highway Patrol this week in a case addressing how the law enforcement agency classifies the arrests of people who are then released without being charged. The class-action lawsuit was brought by John Schmidt, who was arrested by the CHP in 2011 on suspicion of driving under the influence, was booked into the Santa …
In this May 4, 2016 file photo, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory make remarks concerning House Bill 2 while speaking during a government affairs conference in Raleigh, N.C. McCrory has taken a beating from critics over a law dictating which restrooms transgender people can use, highlighting what they call the economic harm and reputation its causing North Carolina. McCrory is retrying to …
Los Angeles will pay $50,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a police detective who lost his job after making racially charged comments in a training session. The city signed a settlement agreement Friday. But Frank Lyga won’t get his job back.
An unarmed man who was shot by a South Miami police officer is now suing the cop and the city, while NBC 6 obtained exclusive video of the moments when the shooting happened. Michael Gavins was pulled over by two officers in South Miami late last year for an alleged traffic violation at a gas station on U.S. 1, near the University of Miami. Gavins didn’t have a weapon, but said he ended up …
Whatever happens in Alberta’s bizarre legal power struggle, the entire electrical system may be very different by the end of it. First, finances will be upended. There’s no way for Calgary ratepayers to escape higher costs, even if city-owned Enmax is allowed to return its power purchase agreement to the provincial balancing pool.
A liberal-leaning government watchdog group on Friday filed suit over North Carolina congressional districts they say give Republicans an unfair advantage, launching a new round of litigation that could have far-reaching effects for years to come. The lawsuit, filed by Common Cause in U.S. District Court, alleges Republicans in the North Carolina state legislature improperly considered the …