Nov 24, 2024


Voting Rights Groups File a New DMV Lawsuit, Saying It’s Still Too Hard for Californians to Register to Vote

A two-year dispute over California’s Department of Motor Vehicles voter registration procedures has again landed the agency in court. On Tuesday, a coalition of voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit alleging DMV officials still require drivers renewing their registration by mail to fill out a separate card if they also want to register to vote. That separate step, the lawsuit said, …


Milk Class Action Lawsuit: What’s Taking So Long for the Refund?

Consumers are still waiting for refunds for a class action lawsuit they thought would be resolved by now. It involves allegations of price fixing of dairy products and a $52 million settlement that was to be paid to consumers who bought just about any fresh dairy product in Arizona and 15 other states. The deadline to file was January 31, 2017 and many are asking ‘where is the money?’


Class Action Suit Includes Local Honda SUV Owners

A class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Cook County after local owners of Honda CRVs complained of falling ill from an odor–and their attorney says there could be hundreds of others–if not more–who have yet to come forward. Every time Carol gets in her CRV she says she doesn’t know when she’ll smell gasoline. NBC 5 is not using Carol’s last name due to concern over her privacy.


County Mum on Proposed Sanctuary Cities Lawsuit

A day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the controversial anti-sanctuary law, El Paso County Commissioners Court met in closed session to discuss possibly challenging the law in court. County Judge Veronica Escobar declined to provide details on the discussion, but did not rule out a possible lawsuit challenging the law that allows local police officers and sheriff deputies to question people on their immigration status. The law …


Feds to Ask for Dismissal of Tennessee’s Refugee Lawsuit

NASHVILLE DEBATES IMMIGRATION ISSUESVideo:Donald Trump addresses blocked travel ban during Nashville rally | 1:05 A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the ban was set to go into effect. Kyleah Starling/The Tennessean A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, …


Lawsuit Seeking $70M From U.S. Bank Over Unpaid Loans Advances

A Philadelphia businessman has won a series of court rulings that could clear the way for long-delayed lawsuits seeking more than $70 million against U.S. Bank, which he claims destroyed his company in a dispute over unpaid loans. The cases involve as much as $12 million that businessman Maury Rosenberg owed the bank, which through an affiliate loaned money to his company, National Medical …


Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Files Lawsuit Upholding SB4

The same day Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 into law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a law suit requesting it be declared constitutional. SB4 bans sanctuary cities in the state of Texas. It requires all Texas law enforcement agencies to hold arrested persons until their immigration status is checked with ICE.


New Lawsuit Claims Fyre Festival Is ‘massive Ponzi Scheme’

A new lawsuit filed against the organizers of the disastrous Fyre Festival accuses them of staging “a massive Ponzi scheme.” New paperwork in a class-action lawsuit filed by LA lawyer Mark Geragos describes the festival as “a get rich quick scheme” and indicates that he is investigating “Seed Series” investors to find out if they were also defrauded or were in on the ruse. Page Six can reveal …


Miss. Sheriff’s Department Illegally Targeted Black Population for Decades

Betty Tucker had invited a few guests over for a cookout in the garden of her Canton, Miss., home when two plainclothes sheriff’s deputies walked into her home. Even though they didn’t have a warrant, they came in, checked her pockets and the pockets of her guests, searched her patio on their hands and knees, and then left. It wasn’t much different for Quinetta Manning.