There’s a new federal lawsuit demanding that Georgia extend the voter registration deadline for the coastal area of Chatham County because of Hurricane Matthew. The Plaintiffs, which includes the local NAACP, also request that the extension affect the entire state. If they’re the successful, Georgians would have until October 18 to sign up .
CEO John Stumpf’s resignation, announced Wednesday , doesn’t come close to ending the troubles at Wells Fargo. The bank is still the subject of criminal probes and boycotts.
The complaint alleges that on September 8, 2014 , Seres announced final data from its Phase 1b clinical trial of SER-109, which yielded positive results including clinical cures and a favorable safety profile. Seres proceeded to Phase 2 of the clinical trial to further evaluate the efficacy of SER-109. Meanwhile, the company shed SER-109 in a positive light, stating that it believed SER-109 …
On Wednesday, The New York Times published an article featuring two women accusing Donald Trump of touching them inappropriately years ago. Trump has denied the allegations and threatened to sue the paper for libel. Trump’s lawyer demanded the Times retract the story and issue an apology.
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the solicitor general to weigh in on a jurisdiction question for a federal securities lawsuit out of California. The case of Cyan Inc. vs. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund is currently in front of the nation’s highest court. The issue at hand is whether state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over specific class actions.
The winner of a $9 million state lottery jackpot can continue a lawsuit that contends he would have won millions more if the prior drawing had not been rigged by a rogue insider, an Iowa judge has ruled. District Court Judge Karen Romano rejected requests Wednesday to dismiss the case, which is the first filed against the Multi-State Lottery Association over a major jackpot-rigging scandal …
When Mylan ( $MYL ) quickly settled its Medicaid allegations a week ago with a $465 million payment, analysts and politicians predicted the company’s EpiPen trouble would be far from over. Now, that’s ringing true as the pharma faces a shareholder lawsuit pressing for damages from related share price drops. Bernstein Liebhard announced a class action suit claiming securities violations at Mylan …
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Mylan N.V. (“Mylan” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MYL ) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-08000, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased …
Black civilian employees of the Fire Department of New York are still dealing with discrimination. This week, at a City Hall news conference, FDNY’s civilian employees announced that they had filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They also announced that a $150 million anti-discrimination class-action lawsuit will be filed against the FDNY and the City of New York …
Utah seized control of the trust in 2005, but church loyalists have mostly refused to comply with court orders concerning land-use issues. According to the lawsuit, Pipkin and Cooke secured a lease from the court-appointed trust managers for commercial development on the zoo property and had legal rights to access the grounds. But in October 2015, Pipkin and Chatwin found the zoo had been …