A group of German NGOs filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, asking the nation’s highest judges to block the early – albeit temporary – implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The organizations, Campact, Foodwatch and Mehr Demokratie, say CETA subverts the German constitution because it does not leave room for parliamentarians to interpret …
The family of a woman killed in car crash with a state police trooper is taking the state to court. Sgt. Jeff Denning was on his way to Mahomet after an officer was shot in early may.
Former Sen. John Edwards has pledged to support hundreds of U.S. sailors, Marines and airmen who say they were sickened by radioactive fallout from the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. U.S. forces participated in relief efforts after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that battered swaths of northeastern Japan, including the plant. Edwards — the 2004 …
A judge’s recent decision favoring AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. in a lawsuit over excessive mutual fund fees in variable annuities was a win of sorts for insurance companies, in that it upholds a traditional structure of offering investment options. At issue in the lawsuit, Sivolella v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. et al, is whether the insurer and an RIA subsidiary, which act as …
The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles will pay $40,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by an undocumented immigrant from Jordan following his illegal detainment two years ago. The Burlington Free Press reports (http://bfpne.ws/2bHrarr ) the payout settles a Vermont Human Rights Commission complaint filed by Abdel Razaq Rababah. Rababah went to a DMV location …
A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Illinois by a coalition of social services providers trying to force the state to pay more than $100 million in overdue bills. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Rodolfo Garcia ruled that the fiscally shaky state, which has racked up $8 billion in unpaid bills, was immune from lawsuits of this …
The Superior Court of California has issued a tentative ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed over a hotelier-approved assessment on hotel room bills, which funds operations of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District. Judge Joel Wohlfeil said the court found that San Diegans for Open Government, represented by local attorney Cory Briggs, does not have standing since it does not include parties …
A convicted felon walked into an Indianapolis sporting goods store with a friend in December 2011. In the presence of a store employee, the felon pointed out the handgun he wanted, and the friend purchased it for him a few hours later, a lawsuit alleges. Two months later, the felon, Demetrious Martin, used the handgun to shoot Dwayne Runnels, an …
The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against
Deere’s planned purchase of Monsanto’s Precision Planting
business. The lawsuit, filed in a Chicago court, said the deal would remove
competition and raise costs for farmers, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Deere, which is the world’s largest maker of agricultural
machinery, agreed to buy the unit from Monsanto in November.
A former U.S. Olympian has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging Mike Garrett, the 1965 winner of the Heisman Trophy and former athletics director at USC, sexually harassed her and other female employees at Cal State Los Angeles, where Garrett recently served as the athletic director.