Steel Dynamics Inc., a steel producer headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has entered into an agreement to settle the direct purchaser class action litigation, Standard Iron Works v. Arcelor Mittal, et al, for $4.6 million. The lawsuit was brought in Chicago federal court in 2008 by a class of direct steel purchasers, alleging that the company, among other steel producers, had participated in …
Thomas Harding, Montreal Maine and Atlantic Canada Co. (MMAC), and Canadian Pacific Railway are now the three official defendants. “(These two respondents) were the last piece of the puzzle and we believe they will provide the court with the entire perspective that is needed,” he said. Harding’s lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
Birmingham City Council President Johnathan Austin (City of Birmingham) Erin Edgemon | [email protected] The Birmingham City Council plans to hire a law firm to represent the body in a lawsuit seeking to void two state laws that beginning next year that would dilute the city’s control of the Water Works Board. President Johnathan Austin said the council is against the expansion of the Water Works …
A Ramsey County judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota teacher tenure laws, rejecting its arguments that the laws protect ineffective teachers and deprive low-income and minority students of a high-quality education. The suit, filed in April by national and local education reform groups, argued that state laws shield veteran teachers from layoffs even when they perform …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has overturned a lower court’s ruling, allowing a class action lawsuit brought by employees against DuPont to proceed. The suit, Smiley v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company, examines whether paid lunch and break times can offset time spent putting uniforms on and taking them off that is unpaid and required by the employer as well as …
Friday, October 28 is the deadline to apply for funds in a settlement over the illegal collection of warrant fees. Between 2009-2014, the City of Jennings illegally charged people fees for issuing warrants that totaled $531,500. If you think you are one of approximately 6,800 people who are eligible members of this class action settlement, then visit https://goo.gl/rGc5jP to fill out a claim …
On September 16, 2016, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota against Polaris Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PII). Federman & Sherwood reminds current and former shareholders of Polaris Industries, Inc. that they only have until Tuesday, November 15, 2016 to move the court for appointment as a lead plaintiff …
The Rent Is Too Damn High . Any discussion about the Airbnb/New York City/Andrew Cuomo cage match has to start there. Airbnb thrives in the New York City market because it’s too expensive for people to stay here.
The latest complaint, filed by a Jane Doe who alleges that she was abused by Jackson from 1986 to 1989, when she was aged 12 to 15, claims that Jackson secretly operated, “the most sophisticated public child sexual-abuse procurement and facilitation organizations the world has known.” Reps for Jackson’s estate have been quick to rubbish the claims, accusing the woman of an “attempt to hit the …
A federal judge has allowed parts of a lawsuit against Temple University alleging religious discrimination to move forward. In a decision Monday, U.S. Eastern District Judge Thomas O’Neill dismissed two claims made by Maurice Darby, a university employee for more than 25 years, against the school but greenlighted two others in an amended complaint made under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of …