Nov 26, 2024

House Unanimously Passes Saudi 9/11 Lawsuit Bill

Heading into the weekend that will mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The bill passed by unanimous voice vote, as it did in the Senate back in May.


Update: Secretary of State Needs Quick Decision on Republican Lawsuit

With early voting in Minnesota starting in less than two weeks, Secretary of State Steve Simon is urging the state Supreme Court to decide a D-F-L lawsuit by Monday. That suit seeks to block Donald Trump from Minnesota’s presidential ballot. Republicans call it “a blatant and frivolous attempt to disenfranchise voters.”



DFL Lawsuit to Get Donald Trump Off Minnesota Ballot Has Little…

The DFL is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to strip Trump’s name from ballots for the Nov. 8 election, potentially denying Republicans a chance to vote for their presidential nominee, because of the way the Republican Party filed for ballot access. That’s an action opponents and legal observers call extreme, drastic and undemocratic. Meanwhile, the Minnesota secretary of state’s office told …


MasterCard Faces $19B Lawsuit in UK Over Illegal Card Fees

British customers of MasterCard are going after the financial services corporation over charging illegally high fees on store transactions for more than a decade. The class action lawsuit, filed last week at London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal by law firm Quinn Emanuel, wanted MasterCard to pay £14 billion ($18.6 …


STERICYCLE 72 HOUR DEADLINE ALERT: Approximately 72 Hours Remain; Former Louisiana Attorney General and Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Remind Investors of Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit Against Stericycle, Inc. – SRCL & SRCLP

STERICYCLE 72 HOUR DEADLINE ALERT: Approximately 72 Hours Remain; Former Louisiana Attorney General and Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Remind Investors of Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit against Stericycle, Inc. – SRCL & SRCLP Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) and KSF partner, the former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors with large financial interests that they have …




Hartford Won’t Pay if Damages Awarded in Dog Killing Lawsuit

Hartford officials have reversed their position and now say they won’t pay damages that might be awarded against two city police officers in an upcoming trial over an illegal police search that ended with one of the officers killing a family’s dog. The move means that the officers, Johnmichael O’Hare and Anthony Pia, may be personally liable to pay any jury awards, and …


Group of MN Students, Parents Files Lawsuit Over Trans Student in Girls Locker Room

A group of female students and their parents is suing the Virginia School District in Minnesota, saying the schools’ compliance with federal transgender locker room use laws led to serious distress. The federal lawsuit comes from Alliance Defending Freedom, on behalf of the group of students and parents (which has dubbed itself Privacy Matters). The complaint was posted online – you can read it …