Volkswagen Canada must pay $2.1 billion — the largest commercial settlement in the country’s history — to affected Canadian customers as part of a class-action vehicle-emissions lawsuit that started in Windsor. The eight-page decision handed down in Toronto Wednesday by Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba directs Volkswagen to pay owners and lessees of 105,000 2-litre Volkswagen and Audi …
Four consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against drone manufacturers, alleging fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Allan Black, Christopher Jones, Roger Watts and Robert Matos Rivera filed a complaint, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, March 27 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Shenzen …
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear the lawsuit brought by Minneapolis and St. Paul school parents who say that segregation has denied poor and minority children an adequate education. On Wednesday the Supreme Court order agreed to review the case. The Minnesota Court of Appeals had thrown out the suit in March.
Last year, California enacted a swath of new gun controls laws, and voters passed Proposition 63 in November, which contained many of the same provisions, including a requirement to have a permit to purchase ammunition, a ban on importing ammunition from other states, a ban on even possessing “high capacity” magazines, and an expanded assault weapons ban. A new federal lawsuit, Rupp v. Becerra, …
A former Milwaukee Bucks cheerleader who claimed in a lawsuit that she and her colleagues were underpaid has reached a settlement with the team but the organization maintains it did nothing wrong. The settlement agreement filed Wednesday calls for the Bucks to pay $10,000 to Lauren Herington, who filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in 2015. The Bucks will pay $115,000 for her …
Earlier on Thursday, United announced several steps to prevent such episodes from recurring and said that passengers who had arrived on an aircraft shouldn’t have to give up their seats. The airline said it would create a new check-in process that would allow passengers to volunteer to give up their seats for compensation, and increased the limit of that compensation to $10,000 from $1,350. …
Wells Fargo employees were ordered to “round up” undocumented immigrants and other workers and then herd them into branches so residents could be coaxed into opening checking accounts, court papers filed Wednesday claimed. Related Articles These accusations are the latest anecdotes to paint a picture of high-pressure sales tactics at Wells Fargo that ultimately led to a scandal …
North Carolina’s House of Representatives is set to pass a bill that would grant civil lawsuit immunity to a driver who hits someone protesting on a public street.
Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Willie Briscoe, founder of The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC, announces that a federal class action lawsuit has been filed against Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen” or “Company”) (OCN) and several officers and directors for acts taken during the period of May 11, 2015 and April 19, 2017 (the “Class Period”). …
Attorneys representing 11 current and former Fox News employees announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against the network for racial discrimination. The complaint, which seeks class action status, includes allegations from current anchor Kelly Wright. Wright claims in the lawsuit that current network President Bill Shine would regularly ask him about race, such as how black and …