Sep 1, 2016

Investor Sues Twitter for Failing to Meet Growth Targets

Twitter debuted options to improve the content that appears in your notifications tab, finally giving everyone the ability to only see notifications from people they follow on the social network. Additionally, the “quality filter,” now to be rolled out broadly, will filter replies and potentially limit harassment when turned on.


INVESTOR ALERT: Goldberg Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against MoneyGram International Inc. And Encourages Investors With Losses to Contact the Firm

Goldberg Law PC (the “Firm”) announces a class action lawsuit has been filed against MoneyGram International Inc. (“MoneyGram” or the “Company”) (MGI). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares pursuant to the company’s secondary public offering completed on or around April 2, 2014, are encouraged to contact the Firm in advance of the November 14, 2016 …


Yale Responds to Montague’s Lawsuit, Denies Punishing Him

Yale University says it wasn’t trying to make an example of former basketball captain Jack Montague when it expelled him over a sexual assault allegation. The school on Friday filed its formal response to Montague’s federal lawsuit filed in June. The lawsuit accuses the Ivy League university of punishing Montague over what he believes was consensual sex.


Boyfriend of Whitney Houston’s Daughter Bobbi Kristina Loses Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Nick Gordon, who was the partner of Whitney Houston’s late daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, has lost a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her estate. Brown, 22, died in July 2015, six months after being found unresponsive in a bath by Gordon and a friend at her home in Atlanta. An autopsy found drug intoxication and the immersion of her face in the water contributed to her death.


Philly Soda Tax Opponents File Expected Lawsuit

It’s been three months since the city of Philadelphia became the largest city in America to enact a soda tax, and — as was expected — it’s now facing a legal challenge. The American Beverage Association, several beverage companies and associations as well as individuals and local businesses (like City View Pizza and John’s Roast Pork), are suing the city of Philadelphia in county court, …


Woman Wrongly Classified as Man by Fla. Jailers Files $5M Lawsuit

A Dominican woman wrongly classified as a man and held with male inmates for 10 hours in a Miami prison three years ago has filed a civil rights lawsuit. Fior Pichardo de Veloz was arrested at a Miami airport in November of 2013 on what lawyers say was a decades-old drug charge that was eventually dismissed. She was initially booked as a female but medical staff reclassified her as a male …



Tom Cruise Movie Production Companies Hit With Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The production companies involved with Tom Cruise‘s “American Made,” formerly known as “Mena,” is getting hit by a wrongful death lawsuit, TheWrap has learned. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of Carlos Berl, the pilot who died when a plane carrying him and two others crashed during production in Colombia in September 2015. The complaint alleges that the production companies …


Lawsuit Confuses Partisan Preferences With Discrimination

A liberal group that has filed suit to change the way Alabama judges are elected isn’t likely to get very far, according to a constitutional law expert in the state. The lawsuit – filed by the NAACP Alabama chapter and four black voters – alleges the state of Alabama violates the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against African Americans. John Eidsmoe, senior counsel for the Foundation for …


Fed Judge to Decide Whether Climate Change Lawsuit Proceeds

A federal judge in Eugene, Oregon, is considering arguments about whether a lawsuit brought by a group of children and a leading climate scientist can go forward. The plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleges that the federal government has known for more than 50 years that carbon pollution causes climate change, but it has failed to implement plans to phase out greenhouse gas emissions. …