Nov 24, 2024

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats Back Obama Against GOP Lawsuit Over Health Law

Nearly a dozen House Democratic leaders who fought to pass President Obama’s health care law in 2010 asked an appeals court Monday to toss a GOP lawsuit that accuses the administration of unlawfully reimbursing insurers under the program. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , her top lieutenants and committee chairman said the Affordable Care Act allowed the Treasury to fund its cost-sharing …


Wells Fargo Paying $50 Million to Settle Mortgage-Fee Lawsuit

More than 250,000 homeowners who had loans serviced by Wells between 2005 and 2010 and paid for this type of appraisal could receive at least $120 each. Under its mortgage servicing agreement, Wells can require borrowers who default on their loan to provide an informal estimate of the home’s value, usually from a real estate broker. Starting in 2001, Wells Fargo began ordering these “broker …


Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Announces That a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Sanderson Farms, Inc. (SAFM) and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons or entities who acquired Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ : SAFM) securities between December 17, 2013 and October 6, 2016 (the “Class Period”). The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, …


Class-Action Suit Accuses Florissant of Operating Debtors Prison

Police, jailers and court officials in the city of Florissant routinely hold people in jail for an inability to pay fines, often arbitrarily and indefinitely in a jail with deplorable conditions, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit law group ArchCity Defenders on behalf of five St. Louis-area residents. ArchCity Defenders has filed lawsuits …


Could Facebook, Google Survive a Face Recognition Lawsuit?

One of the most important uses of Facebook Inc. ( FB ) and Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google’s ( GOOG ) artificial intelligence is face recognition technology. Both tech behemoths have combined it with their data processing capabilities to develop new features in their products. For example, Google Photos uses face recognition technology to streamline searches and quickly identify people and …


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 …