Fort Worth could be the latest city to join a lawsuit against the state’s so-called “Sanctuary Cities Ban”, which takes effect Sept. 1. The City Council will discuss the matter during their meeting Tuesday night. Also known as Senate Bill 4, the law requires local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and bars cities and counties from adopting policies that prevent …
A group of more than 60 female Google employees are considering bringing a class action lawsuit against the company for sexism and pay disparities, it has been reported. The action comes after a memo was leaked at the weekend from a male software engineer, which claimed that “biological differences” were behind the fact that more men worked in …
Two people are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against those they believe are responsible for a deadly car attack by the Downtown Mall. Plaintiffs Tadrint Washington and Micah Washington name a total of 30 defendants in their lawsuit, including James Alex Fields Jr., Jason Kessler, and Vanguard America. The sisters are seeking a trial by jury in Charlottesville Circuit Court, and a total …
Two Colorado presidential electors have filed a new federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Wayne Williams, saying that threats he made leading up to last year’s dramatic Electoral College vote violated their constitutional rights. The lawsuit was announced Tuesday by Equal Citizens, an advocacy group, on behalf of two Democratic electors, Polly Baca and Robert Nemanich, who argue that the …
Can the government ban the text of the First Amendment itself on municipal transit ads because free speech is too “political” for public display? If this sounds like some ridiculous brain teaser, it should. But unfortunately it’s not.
Days after an anti-diversity “manifesto” went viral inside Google and infuriated thousands of its employees, over 60 current and former Google employees are now considering suing the company for sexism and pay disparities against women. According to a report in The Guardian on Tuesday, civil rights attorney James Finberg is working on bringing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the female …
Big Brother Mickey Mouse is spying on children through several of Disney’s apps, a recent federal class-action lawsuit alleges. A lawsuit filed against the Walt Disney Company last week claims that the company violated privacy protection laws by “collecting children’s personal information from 42 of its apps and sharing the data with advertisers without parental consent,” according to The …
FLINT, Mich. – Flint Mayor Karen Weaver scored a big victory in a Detroit courtroom this morning. Her attorney Kendall Williams says a U-S district court judge threw out a lawsuit filed against the mayor and the city by former city administrator Natasha Henderson. Henderson filed a motion that included claims involving the Whistleblower Act, retaliation and defamation, but the judge said there …
Another day brought another lawsuit against a major retailer for its implementation of the new Cook County soda tax. Walgreens was sued on Monday after a consumer found he was charged the tax when he purchased two bottles of unsweetened flavored water. On Tuesday, McDonald’s was accused in a suit of improperly applying the tax as part of the subtotal, meaning the county sales tax was then …
The owners of select Nissan automobiles may be entitled to multiple forms of compensation, including a $500 payment, use of a rental car and an extended warranty, after the company agreed to pay $97.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday. The suit was brought against the company after 4.4 million vehicles were recalled due to an issue with Takata air bag inflators, according to …