A hair relaxer marketed by top notch celebrities from Cynthia Bailey to first lady Michelle Obama is the target of a new U.S. class-action lawsuit amid allegations that the product actually causes hair loss. The L’Oreal product, which promises “fuller, silkier hair” causes “disturbing and distressing injuries including hair loss and breakage as well as scalp irritation, blisters and burns,” …
A coalition of civil rights groups agreed to end its challenge of Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration law in a deal in which the state issued guidelines on how police officers must enforce the law’s most contentious section. The agreement unveiled Thursday ends the last of seven challenges to the law that was criticized for requiring officers, while enforcing other laws, to …
A Northern District of California judge refused to preliminarily approve a class settlement of Uber customers who used its “Rideshare Services” in which Uber would have paid class members $28.5 million. The court was concerned about several things. First, the settlement divided the settlement fund among class members on a per capita basis, which resulted in the compensation of some members who …
There have been a lot of recent lawsuits filed by women partners at Biglaw firms alleging gender discrimination. But none have been as intriguing as the purported class action lawsuit filed against Chadbourne & Parke. The allegations in the complaint are juicy, natch, with Kerrie Campbell alleging she was paid less than her male counterparts and that the firm is in the “dark …
An Atkinson mother has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Jeep Grand Cherokee because her parked vehicle popped out of gear and rolled …
An Alberta man with a dream of racking up enough Air Miles to go on a South Pacific vacation is the plaintiff in a potential class-action lawsuit against the loyalty-rewards program, which has said older miles will begin expiring at the end of this year. The statement of claim for the class action, yet to be certified, was filed this week on behalf of David Helm of Red Deer, Alta., and could …
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 15, 2016 — Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. : Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that a complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased the common stock of AECOM (“AECOM” or the “Company”) (NYSE:ACM) between February 11, 2015 and August 15, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”), …
A federal judge in San Diego Thursday denied a request for a five-week delay of a trial that will determine whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s now-defunct Trump University used deceptive practices to scam thousands of students who enrolled in the real estate program …
Charles White is escorted into the Carbon County Courthouse on June 21, 2010, where he was sentenced to life at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs for two counts of deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping. White is one of four psychiatric patients who are named in a lawsuit against the state alleging extreme psychological and emotional harm while under the state’s care. Four …
A former Iowa State University student is suing the school for allegedly mishandling the response to her sexual assault by another student in 2014, saying its insensitive approach and bureaucratic errors further traumatized her. The 21-year-old woman alleges in the lawsuit filed last week that university officials “actively discouraged” her from formally reporting the assault, then took months …