A California judge, in tossing lemons in the direction of Uber, has given the ride-hail company the most perfect excuse yet to make some lemonade. Hereâs why: Thursday, United States District Judge Edward Chen rejected Uberâs proposed class-action settlement with drivers in California and Massachusetts. The original suit sought to change the way drivers are classified, from benefitless …
An environmental group has sued the U.S. Forest Service, arguing that a plan to thin trees surrounding popular Walton Lake in Ochoco National Forest needed a fuller environmental review and public comment process. The nonprofit League of Wilderness Defenders’ lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Oregon argued that the Forest Service had illegally avoided an environmental review of the …
Environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit to stop a 516-miles natural gas pipeline project that would travel through three Southeastern states. Groups including the Sierra Club filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
A man arrested after posting his encounter with Wetumpka police officers to YouTube in June has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated. Lynwood Keith Golden, of Coosada, was arrested June 7, five days after filming outside the Wetumpka Police Department. He was charged with interference with public safety communications.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. refilled patients’ prescriptions without their permission and steered them to more expensive drugs in order to boost sales and profits, according to a lawsuit that sheds new light on the drug company’s secret operations. T. Rowe Price Group Inc. sued Valeant and its top executives, using information from former employees to back its claims that the …
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the University of Missouri Board of Curators in support of a university law professor’s challenge to the campus firearms ban. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Boone County, Andrew Hirth, deputy general counsel for Attorney General Chris Koster, wrote that the campus ban on guns conflicts with state law.
A US district judge has rejected a proposed $100 million settlement in a pair of class action lawsuits filed in California and Massachusetts, saying the proposed settlement was neither fair nor adequate. “The settlement, mutually agreed by both sides, was fair and reasonable,” said Uber in a statement. “We’re disappointed in this decision and are taking a look at our options.”
A provisional $18 million court settlement is very much in the interests of residents affected by the devastating 2013 Blue Mountains bushfires, a judge has found. Winmalee resident Sean Johnston launched a NSW Supreme Court class action against Endeavour Energy, claiming it failed to …
Footwear maker Crocs isn’t commenting on a Texas couple’s lawsuit alleging negligence after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator at a Waikiki resort. Crocs, Inc. spokesman Patrick Rich said in an email Thursday that company policy is to not comment on pending …
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Cleveland State University law professor and the former assistant dean of the school, who claimed former Dean Craig Boise retaliated against them because the faculty formed a union. Professor Sheldon Gelman and his wife, former assistant dean Jean Lifter, contended in the lawsuit in U.S. District Court that they lost income and …