Attorney General Brian Frosh (D). (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) By Fenit Nirappil August 29 at 4:21 PM Follow @FenitN The owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs will pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging illegal releases of nitrogen into rivers, a leading cause of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. State Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) and Maryland …
The Shareholders Foundation announced that a deadline is coming up on August 22, 2016 in the settlement reached in the securities class action lawsuit filed on behalf of investors in NYSE: GNW shares between October 30, 2013 and November 5, 2014. Investors who purchased a significant amount of shares of Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE: GNW) between October 30, 2013 and November 5, 2014, have …
Defense attorneys in the wrongful-death lawsuit by Michael Brown’s parents cite recent rampages that killed police in warning against expanding who can see unredacted grand jury transcripts related to Brown’s death. A St. Louis federal judge agreed in June to letno more than two attorneys for the defense and each of Brown’s parents see transcripts of grand jury proceedings involving …
There are now 35 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A that are connected to frozen strawberries from Egypt used at Tropical Smoothie Cafes across Virginia, according to a new report from the Virginia Department of Health. The number has grown by seven in just one day. The previous report given Thursday by the VDH listed the confirmed number of cases at 28.
Hipster Gold Coast cafe faces mass lawsuit after putting 22 customers in hospital with salmonella poisoning from Eggs Benedict Published: 04:39 EST, 28 August 2016 | Updated: 07:20 EST, 28 August 2016 9shares A cafe that gave more than 40 diners salmonella poising after serving contaminated eggs is now facing a mass lawsuit from the victims. Grocer and Grind cafe, on the Gold Coast was last …
New York — A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman and other top executives, claiming they retaliated after she detailed unwanted sexual advances made by her onetime boss, Roger Ailes. Andrea Tantaros described Fox in the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York, as a “sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult.” She said after she complained last spring about Ailes, one of his top …
Helen Christophi, Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine breathed new life into its lawsuit accusing the government of downplaying the risks of high cholesterol from eating eggs, even as a federal magistrate indicated she would toss it. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing on Thursday that she was prepared to dismiss the …
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa is facing a lawsuit from a Northern California family after bedbugs at the acclaimed hotel allegedly ruined their 2014 vacation. According to a lawsuit filed by the family in Los Angeles Superior Court, they were bitten by bed bugs during their stay at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. Joseph and Danielle Jones filed on behalf …
The logo of PricewaterhouseCoopers is seen on the local offices building of the company in Luxembourg, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (Reuters) – PricewaterhouseCoopers has settled a lawsuit accusing the auditing firm of failing to detect the fraud that brought down Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp in 2009, a lawyer for the mortgage lender’s bankruptcy trustee said on Friday. The …
A U.S. court has the authority to hear a trademark lawsuit by grocery chain Trader Joe’s against a man who purchased the company’s products and resold them in Canada at Pirate Joe’s, a store designed to mimic a real Trader Joe’s, a federal appeals court said Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s decision to dismiss California-based …