Sep 1, 2016

Hollywood Piracy Lawsuit Now Features Disney Porn, WikiLeaks and Jar Jar Binks

The lawsuit filed by Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. against VidAngel is stepping on some bizarre territory. To quickly review, the three studios (including Disney subsidiary LucasFilm) filed a copyright infringement complaint in June with the allegation that VidAngel was operating an “unlicensed VOD streaming service” by selling movies and TV shows for $20, providing the means so …


Welspun Lawsuit – Fake Egyptian Cotton Sheets

Egyptian cotton is characterized by extra-long fibers that are used to produce high quality products, including sheets and pillow cases. Consumers pay a premium price because this particular type of cotton is superior in quality to other cottons. The fabric is light-weight, smooth and feels …




Clinton Fails to Respond to Benghazi Lawsuit Filed by Victims’ Parents — Here’s What That Could Mean

The attorney representing parents of two Benghazi victims filed an affidavit in federal court asking for a default judgment against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she didn’t respond to a lawsuit they filed against her in August, LawNewz reported. The lawsuit from Pat Smith and Charles Woods — parents of U.S. Foreign Service member Sean Smith and Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods who died …


William Riback LLC and Carl D. Poplar, P.A., Announce Class Action Settlement in Takacs/Allen v. Union County (Strip Search Case)

A $2,286,000.00 (two million two hundred eighty-six thousand dollar) settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit about the strip search policies of the Union County Correctional Facility (the “Jail”). If you meet the criteria explained below, you can share in this settlement. The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey authorized this notice.


Local Academic Dean Joins Growing List of Lawsuits After ITT Tech Shutdown

A former academic administrator at the ITT Technical Institute in Springfield has joined the growing number of former employees and students filing suit after the abrupt shutdown last week of the national for-profit college. Ruby Blackwell was an academic dean at the Springfield school, located inside White Oaks Mall. St. Louis attorney Brandon Wise, who is representing Blackwell, said Monday …


Google, Apple Back Microsoft in Gag Order Lawsuit

Many civil rights groups, trade bodies and companies, including Google, Amazon, Cisco Systems, Apple and Twitter, have filed briefs in a federal court to back Microsoft’s move to prevent the indiscriminate use by US law enforcement of orders that force companies not to inform their users about requests for their data. Under the Stored Communications Act, a part of the Electronic Communications …


Million Dollar Nitrogen Pollution Lawsuit Settled in Maryland

Among continued struggles with algae in the Chesapeake Bay, regulators are cracking down on nutrient contributors. State Attorney General Brian Frosh and Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles announced late last month that the owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs would have to pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit, according to The …


Is It OK to Segregate Students With Disabilities? Separate Springfield and Georgia Cases Race to Decide

In August the Department of Justice announced they were suing Georgia for “unnecessarily segregating students with disabilities.” A similar lawsuit has been going on in Springfield since 2014. On June 27, 2014, a parent of a student at the Springfield Public Day School, a school specifically for children with disabilities, filed a federal class suit against the city of Springfield and the …