Nov 1, 2016

Scottish Filmmaker Risks Lawsuit by Streaming Anti-Trump Doc on Facebook Live

Earlier this month , we reported on a Kickstarter for a film called You’ve Been Trumped Too that focuses on Scotland’s Forbes family, which refused to sell their land to Donald Trump for his golf resort. According to filmmaker Anthony Baxter, the people running Trump’s resort have been actively antagonizing the family, going so far as to cut off their water supply five years ago and then refuse …


J.P. Morgan Withheld Payment From Tech Client, Lawsuit Alleges

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. allegedly withheld a $12 million payment to Good Technology Inc. last year, worsening a cash shortage that forced the mobile-security company into a sale brokered by the bank, according to newly public claims in a continuing legal dispute. The new details allege that the bank, in its capacity as a customer of Good Technology, hastened the company’s demise, even while the …


Lawsuit Over West End Wal-Mart Dismissed

King Solomon Baptist Church Rev. Charles Elliott, Jr., left, a supporter of the new west end Wal-Mart, fires up attendants near the proposed location for the west end Wal-Mart on Wednesday during a prayer vigil.


Bieber Settles Lawsuit That Brought Judge’s Arrest Threat

Pop star Justin Bieber has settled a lawsuit in which a judge threatened the singer with arrest if he didn’t appear for a deposition. Miami attorney Mark DiCowden said Monday in an email that photographer Manuel Munoz’s lawsuit against Bieber was resolved. Terms of the settlement are confidential.


INVESTOR ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Reminds Shareholders of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Of a Class Action Lawsuit and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of November 21, 2016 – SPPI

The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Spectrum Pharmaceuticals”) (NASDAQ:SPPI) between December 16, 2015 and September 16, 2016 . You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United …


McDonald’s Settles Lawsuit With California Franchise Workers

McDonald’s has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it was liable for labor law violations by a California franchisee, marking what lawyers said was the first time the company has settled legal claims by a group of U.S. workers at one of its franchises. In a filing in U.S. district court in San Francisco on Friday, lawyers representing about 800 employees at five restaurants …


UC Regents File Lawsuit Against Medical Corporations for Patent Infringement

The UC Board of Regents filed a lawsuit against St. Jude Medical and Boston Scientific Corporation for patent infringement last week , alleging that the two companies used various medical technologies without authorization from the regents, who own the patent. Michael Lesh , a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco , invented a device and method for preventing atrial fibrillation , which …