Bill Cosby’s wife has completed her deposition in a Massachusetts defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who contend the comedian branded them as liars after they went public with sexual assault allegations against him. A lawyer for the women says Camille Cosby answered questions under oath for about 5 1/2 hours in a civil deposition Tuesday in Boston. Lawyer Joe Cammarata wouldn’t discuss …
Two West Hartford physicians have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing one of the country’s largest medical-waste disposal service providers of illegally jacking up service fees. But they aren’t alone. The April 28 complaint against Illinois-based Stericycle — filed by Drs.
Even if Facebook is banned in China, the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg won a trademark lawsuit in the Asian giant. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that in April, the Beijing Higher People’s Court …
Court documents show Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam has agreed to be deposed under specific conditions in civil lawsuits against his truck-stop chain over failing to pay promised fuel rebates. Haslam was ordered deposed next Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Alabama-based Wright Transportation, one of several companies suing Pilot Flying J. Haslam wants the deposition delayed until after an …
Black troopers say they’ve faced retaliation after winning lawsuit against department struggling with diversity Buy Photo Michigan State Trooper Darzeil Hall assists at the scene of an accident on the Southfield Freeway in Detroit n April 2013. (Photo: Kathleen Galligan, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo In 2013, two black Michigan State Police troopers won a high-profile lawsuit against their …
A $5 million lawsuit was filed against singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor in relation to the death of musician, Prince. The lawsuit comes after the Irish singer alleged Arsenio Hall of providing drugs to the late singer on a social media post. Comedian Arsenio Hall filed a defamation lawsuit against Sinead O’Connor last Thursday following the singer’s Facebook post wherein she alleged that …
The trial started today in federal court for the Pittsburgh Police officer who is suing the city, claiming her civil rights were violated. In 2013, Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford was suspended with pay. It was one day after former Pittsburgh Police chief Nate Harper resigned as the FBI investigated possible corruption in the police bureau.
Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC issued the following statements in response to the news that Governor Pat McCrory has filed a lawsuit defending his deeply discriminatory HB2. “North Carolina’s HB2 law is blatantly unconstitutional and violates federal civil rights law,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “The Department of Justice has already been clear that it violates the civil …
This January, we reported on a proposed class action sweepstakes lawsuit filed on behalf of all runners who entered the New York City Marathon’s (“Marathon”) general entry drawing (“Drawing”) between 2010 and 2015. Last month, two of the named plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their claims against the Marathon’s organizer and operator – New York Road Runners, Inc. (“Road Runners”) – after Road …
Stop that tag! A judge ruled last week that a US class-action lawsuit arguing that Facebook’s use of its facial recognition tech violates Illinois law will go ahead, despite the company’s attempts to dismiss it. People upload millions of photos to Facebook every day.