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Lawsuits Sep 30, 2016

Justice Department and Pittsfield Charter Township Resolve Lawsuit Over Denial of Zoning Approval for Islamic School

The Justice Department today announced a settlement with Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan, resolving allegations that the township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) in denying zoning approval to allow the Michigan Islamic Academy (MIA) to build a school on a vacant parcel of land. The settlement, which must still be approved by the U.S. …

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News Sep 30, 2016

ClassAction.com Sues Florida Restaurant That Allegedly Gave Black Customer Receipt Printed With Racial Slur

Court documents show that the customer was allegedly given a receipt containing a racial epithet. Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 29, 2016 On September 29th, 2016, ClassAction.com civil rights attorney Michael Hanna filed a discrimination lawsuit against Florida restaurant Los Perros, alleging that the restaurant violated state and federal public accommodations and anti-discrimination statutes. …

News, Settlements Sep 30, 2016

Convention Center Seeks $2M Loan to Settle Lawsuit

Buy Photo Rochester’s Douglass-Anthony Memorial Bridge, with the city skyline. (Photo: Democrat and Chronicle file photo)Buy Photo Taxpayers could be on the hook for $2 million to help the downtown convention center settle a lawsuit in which banquet staffers claimed they never got a cut of a service charge billed to customers. The city and its Rochester Convention Center Management Corp., a …

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Lawsuits Sep 30, 2016

Exxon Faces a First-Of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Over Climate Deception

The Conservation Law Foundation wants to take Exxon to court over water pollution in Massachusetts. The Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Thursday, arguing that the company is violating several key water regulations at one of their Boston storage and transfer locations. The site in …

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Settlements Sep 30, 2016

Islamic School, Township Settle Lawsuit Over Zoning Denial

An Islamic academy will get $1.7 million and be allowed to build a new school after it settled a federal lawsuit against a Michigan township that initially denied its zoning request. The Michigan Islamic Academy will move ahead with plans to build the school and housing on land in Pittsfield Township, near Ann Arbor, after township officials approved the settlement Wednesday. The academy sued …

Class-Actions Sep 30, 2016

Wells Fargo Shareholders File Class Action, Allege Bank Execs ‘concealed’ Source of Record Sales

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Wells Fargo shareholders this week filed a class action lawsuit against the bank, its chairman and CEO, CFO and the former head of its community banking division, alleging the Wells Fargo executives “concealed” the fact that the source of the bank’s record so-called “cross-selling” was based on fraudulent activity. “While bragging about the Company’s cross- …