A Montgomery County judge has thrown out claims against former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley that were filed by ex-bodyman and confidante Ray Lewis in an unlawful termination lawsuit. Circuit Judge Truman M. Hobbs ruled that Bentley is protected by state immunity because he was acting in his official capacity when Lewis claims he was forced to retire.
The courts could risk a flood of new litigation, which could chill efforts to object to future class action settlements, if a judge allows a prominent Chicago class action trial law firm to continue with a class action lawsuit accusing a rival firm of racketeering for acting as “professional objectors,” bent on extorting payoffs, according to a motion filed by that rival firm. On Monday, April …
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s bid to dismiss two of the four female plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminating against women in pay and promotions. Continue Reading Below U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said former vice president Mary De Luis’ claims did not become moot when she resigned last …
If you’ve got Verizon FiOS and you’re paying fees each month for multiple cable boxes, you may be wasting a lot of money. The pay-TV provider has an app that will give you live access to FiOS on your TV through a number of devices that are less expensive than a leased set-top box. Is it deceptive for Verizon to let its customers continue paying for leased boxes without advising them of cheaper …
An Illinois man will not be allowed to pursue his attempt at a class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company over exhaust odors that had accumulated in passenger cabins of some of their vehicles – in part because a similar class action is nearing settlement in Florida. On April 6, U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed with prejudice the second amended complaint of plaintiff David …
Both sides found something to be happy about in a federal judge’s ruling last week in a class-action lawsuit seeking damages from lost sales and reduced prices as a result of China’s rejection of corn shipments from the U.S. in November 2013. U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum, in Kansas City, Kansas, rejected the basis for a nationwide class on the plaintiffs’ …
A Las Vegas corrections officer has blasted his employer in a federal lawsuit that accuses the Metropolitan Police Department of implementing an “unconstitutionally vague” social media policy. Clark County Detention Center officer John Sabatini was fired last year after the department’s …
Multiple irrigators claim the federal government’s plans for two Klamath-area national wildlife refuges unlawfully restrict farmed acres and agricultural practices. In the final days of the Obama administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued plans for managing several refuges in the Klamath basin over the next 15 years.
Published in partnership with Shadowproof. In March, District Court Judge John Kane granted class action certification to a lawsuit challenging slave labor practices at a private immigrant …
Apple is urging a federal judge to shut down a false advertising class action brought by iPhone and iPad users who say they were duped into believing that phones would protect their privacy. The company’s request, filed late last week, is the latest development in long-running litigation over allegations that Twitter, Yelp and other app developers uploaded people’s address books. The dispute …