German behemoth Deutsche Bank agreed last spring to assist plaintiffs and regulators by ratting out their co-conspirator banks in a wide ranging scheme to rig prices and cheat clients. They cut a deal to avoid even larger monetary damages and criminal prosecution. Executives there agreed to pay nearly $100 million to settle their legal troubles and share information.
Kane County is among six rural counties in the West asking a federal court to rip up a new Bureau of Land Management planning rule they say diminishes their voice on crafting land use plans. The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Utah, involves Kane County, Big Horn County, Wyo. ; Chaves County, New Mexico; Custer County, Idaho; Garfield County, Colorado; …
A lawsuit was filed against the state of Texas on Monday seeking to halt new rules mandating the burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains. The Texas Department of State Health Services approved the measure last week. The new regulations require women’s health clinics to bury or cremate embryonic and fetal tissue from …
Crosses are being displayed all over central Indiana’s Knightstown. That’s how residents are responding after a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana prompted the removal of a cross from the top of the town’s Christmas tree. The ACLU …
The Russell County, Virginia School Board and two former school principals are facing a $10 million federal lawsuit over allegations that they failed to protect several students from being sexually abused over several years. An attorney, working …
The incoming speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives said Monday he is considering whether to file a lawsuit to block an increase to the minimum wage approved by voters last month. Rep. J.D. Mesnard said the increase might run afoul of the state Constitution’s requirement that initiatives contain a funding source if they require state outlays.
Two of the world’s biggest supporters of lawsuits are combining their businesses to create what one analyst described as a “gorilla” of the burgeoning industry. Shares in London-listed Burford Capital spiked 15pc after it unveiled its plan to spend up to $175m (£138m) to buy Gerchen Keller, a Chicago-based competitor in litigation funding. The two firms provide financing for claimants in …
A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 250 senior administrative office workers, managers and specialists, accuses Walt Disney Parks and Resorts of laying them off so they could be replaced by foreign employees. The suit was filed Monday by 30 named plaintiffs and was entered into the record Tuesday, …
When you pop a frozen dinner into a microwave, you’re likely not expecting fresh-from-the-garden ingredients. But Lean Cuisine is reportedly getting sued for promising a preservative-free meal, but actually including a common preservative in its food. TMZ reports that customer Courtney Ross is filing a class action lawsuit against Nestle, the parent company of Lean Cuisine.
A federal civil lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges the police chief, his deputy prosecutor wife and several police officers are guilty of engaging in a “pattern of racketeering” and conspiring with others at the Honolulu Police Department. The allegations are unprecedented for HPD, and are part of a growing scandal involving Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, deputy Prosecutor Katherine …