A class action against the Queensland government over a “racist” police response to an infamous death in custody, and resulting riots on Palm Island, could cost almost $40 million, lawyers claim. A Federal Court decision in December found police were racist in responding to Cameron “Mulrunji” Doomadgee’s death and the unrest that followed, paving the way for further action. Riot ringleader Lex …
Two moms in Mercer County, West Virginia, have sued a public school district for offering a voluntary Bible course for elementary and middle school students. The school district has offered Bible classes for over 75 years, according to the nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation, a church/state “watchdog” based in Madison, Wisconsin. Atheist parent “Jane Doe” and her kindergarten child …
Gulfstream Park illegally discharged pollutants into a canal that flows to the Intracoastal Waterway for at least four years starting in 2011, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The horse racing track could face fines of $37,500 a day per violation – or more than $50 million — for violating the federal Clean Water Act, said the lawsuit filed Wednesday by the …
Coming back to Washington University for their 25th year reunion felt a little odd at first for Heather Calvin and Bonnie Adrian. Their college experience wasn’t like most people’s. Their junior year, they sued the university. The issue was over the ThurtenE carnival, touted as the oldest student-run carnival in the country, which was …
Attorneys for Uber worked Thursday morning to convince a federal judge that a case brought by rival Waymo over the alleged theft of trade secrets from the company should be dealt with in arbitration and not in a public trial, the latest twist in the high-stakes legal battle over the future of autonomous cars. Uber argued inside a federal courtroom in San Francisco today that Waymo’s claims relate to Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski, who it says committed the theft while still a Google employee (Google parent Alphabet Inc. owns Waymo), making the issue a violation of his contract and therefore a matter to be resolved through private arbitration. Waymo, created last year to commercialize Google’s robotic car software and hardware, insisted that’s not the basis of its suit. …
The billionaire Steven A. Cohen must again face a lawsuit accusing him and his former firm SAC Capital Advisors LP of conspiring with other hedge funds to spread false rumors about Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd FFX.TO to drive down its stock price. A three-judge panel of a New Jersey state appeals court on Thursday revived conspiracy, disparagement and other claims that had been dismissed in …
IMPORTANT INVESTOR ALERT: Lundin Law PC Announces Securities Class Action Lawsuit against Wins Finance Holdings Inc. and Reminds Investors with Losses to Contact the Firm News provided by 26 Apr, 2017, 18:45 ET Share this article LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Lundin Law PC, a shareholder rights firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Wins Finance Holdings Inc. …
The parents of a Roane County teenager, who they say was raped at school by a janitor, have filed a lawsuit seeking $4.5 million. The lawsuit was filed Monday against Jessica Elane Galyon, Roane County Schools, and Compass One Services of Tennessee. Compass One is the contractor that employed Galyon. Galyon also faces criminal charges in connection with the rape allegations. In February, a grand jury indicted Galyon, 29, on rape charges that included …
A revised U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water plan for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin is being challenged by environmental groups that say the Sunshine State is again being cheated out of its fair share of the river system’s flow. Earthjustice on Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation, Florida Wildlife Federation and the Apalachicola Riverkeeper claiming the Army Corps failed to …
The state of Washington is accusing a Quincy agricultural company and one of its managers of sexually harassing female workers and retaliating against workers who complained. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Spokane, Washington. Ferguson alleges that Horning Brothers LLC, allowed one of its foremen to sexually harass and …