In the dojo of frivolous litigation, Donald Trump is to men’s rights activist Steve Frye what a sensei is to a janitor. Frye, a resident of Huntington Beach, California, likes to sue service industry companies that offer any sort of “ladies’ night”-type promos. In 2013, for instance, he filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against Cha Cha’s Latin Kitchen, from which he demanded $4,000 in compensation …
An African-American man who sued Airbnb over alleged racial discrimination has lost because of the fine print he agreed to when signing up. Gregory Selden, whose complaint prompted the Twitter hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack, contended a Philadelphia host had denied him a room because of his race. Selden filed what he intended as a class-action lawsuit against the San Francisco-based company.
Judicial Watch announced an appeals court hearing will be held Thursday, November 3, 2016, on whether to reinstate Judicial Watch’s taxpayer lawsuit seeking to end University of California Regents expenditures of as much as $27.1 million for non-resident tuition waivers and financial aid to illegal alien students attending University of California schools ( Earl De Vries v. …
Law firm Pomerantz LLP has announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Tyson Foods, Inc. and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, is on behalf of investors who acquired Tyson securities between November 23, 2015 and October 6, 2016. This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for …
Late Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver made public the “term sheets” in tentative class-action settlements with West Virginia American Water Co . and Eastman Chemical Co . aimed at resolving litigation over the role both companies played in the water crisis that followed the Jan. 9, 2014, chemical spill at Freedom Industries.
Today in DC District Court, Airbnb successfully blocked a proposed class action alleging racial discrimination on the company’s platform. The lawsuit alleged systematic discrimination by Airbnb hosts, enabled by various design choices made by the company. But after today’s decision, there won’t be a public ruling on the discrimination itself.
An appeals court has reopened a lawsuit challenging a North Carolina county commission’s practice of starting meetings with Christian prayer. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Monday that the Rowan County case will be reviewed next year by its full 15-judge bench. In September, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based court issued a divided ruling upholding commissioners’ right to open …
The lawsuit that was filed against Wen haircare products creator Chaz Dean and marketer Guthy-Renker back in July is every beauty lovers’ worst nightmare. At this point, more than 200 customers have joined the class action suit alleging that the company’s cleansing conditioner led to hair loss, scalp irritation and balding. And today, that case just got its first ruling from a Los Angeles …
Universal Orlando’s parent company is facing a lawsuit that could slow down its plans to develop a new theme park off International Drive in Orlando. The lawsuit claims there are restrictions on building a theme park on that property on Sand Lake Road. Channel 9’s Jamie Holmes found out Universal’s own effort to limit competition that is …
On the first day of Obamacare open enrollment, a consumer group sued Anthem Blue Cross for attempting to automatically renew policies that no longer cover out-of-network costs for hundreds of thousands of Californians. A lawyer for Consumer Watchdog said Tuesday that Anthem was “railroading existing members into bare-bones plans” without properly disclosing the change to them in recent renewal …