The Trump administration is violating the rights of some nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries targeted in a travel ban by barring their re-entry into the United States, the ACLU said in a proposed-class action lawsuit filed on Thursday. The lead plaintiffs in the …
Earlier this week, former Baylor football assistant Colin Shillinglaw filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging that his firing in the fallout from Baylor’s massive sexual-assault scandal was unjust. Shillinglaw sued Baylor for libel and slander, just like former coach Art Briles did in his recently dismissed lawsuit. Several Baylor regents hit back today with their response in court.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit on Monday. “[The executive order] violates the rule of law and I will not put up with it,” he said. AGOWA Minnesota, one of the highest refugee-accepting states in the country per capita, has joined the Washington Attorney …
Austin-based Yeti Coolers said Thursday that it has settled a lawsuit against RTIC Coolers, a Texas-based competitor that Yeti has accused of copying its designs and intellectual property. The settlement calls for RTIC Coolers to make a financial payment to Yeti, to cease sales of all products subject to the lawsuit – which includes hard-sided coolers, soft-sided coolers and drinkware — and to …
A Williamson County sheriff’s deputy forced a woman to help her handcuffed boyfriend urinate on the side of a building after he was arrested last year, according to a federal lawsuit. Dennis Farmer, a 51-year-old disabled veteran, and Linda Schlueter filed the suit Wednesday against Deputy Damon Grant and Williamson County. Sheriff Robert Chody and county spokeswoman Connie Watson said Thursday …
The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency on Thursday agreed to a series of broad policy reforms as it settled a federal lawsuit stemming from the state’s past reliance on an automated computer system that made more than 20,000 false fraud claims against residents over a nearly two-year span. U.S. District Court Judge Robert H. Cleland signed an order …
Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against DaVita Inc. (“DaVita” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DVA). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between August 5, 2015 and October 21, 2016 inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the firm in advance of the April 3, 2017 lead plaintiff …
New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman believes his lawsuit against Time Warner Cable and its successor–Charter Communications and its Internet service known as Spectrum–could have the greatest impact in Western New York, due to the limited choices Western New Yorkers have for getting on the Internet. Schneiderman filed a civil action against the nation’s second-largest …
A federal judge has dismissed one of the first major class-action lawsuits filed against the state in response to the Flint water crisis. U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara dismissed the case on Thursday, saying allowing the plaintiffs’ claims to proceed would circumvent the Safe Drinking Water Act’s procedures. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by Melissa Mays and several other Flint residents against Gov. Rick Snyder, the city of Flint and other state and city officials involved in making the decision to use water from the corrosive Flint River, which caused high lead levels in the water municipal water system. The plaintiffs alleged …
Judge’s Aetna-Humana ruling sparks class-action lawsuit: 5 things to know Written by Morgan Haefner | February 03, 2017 |Print |Email A Pennsylvania law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against Aetna following a judge’s ruling the payer’s proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana violated antitrust laws. The lawsuit alleges the Hartford, Conn.-based payer made false claims about its decision …