The Justice Department has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit brought late in President Obama’s term against a Michigan city for turning down an Islamic center’s zoning request to build a mosque. The government lawsuit came after the American Islamic Community Center sued the city of Sterling Heights in August over the denial. The center wanted to build in the city as they …
As a casino tycoon, Donald Trump was no stranger to controversy. Here are a few of the issues that have followed him into his presidential campaign. Serge Bycov, of Philadelphia, removes the Trump name from a sign at the entrance of the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City on Feb. 15(Photo: Michael Ein, The Press of Atlantic City/AP) 21 CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN4 COMMENTEMAILMORE …
Thursday, Columbia Riverkeeper filed the nation’s first lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator Scott Pruitt, Columbia Riverkeeper et al. v. Pruitt. Pruitt has deep ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Last summer, The New York Times reported indications that automakers, rather than being the victims of Takata’s missteps, had pressed their suppliers to put cost before all else. That report focused on General Motors, which is not named in the Florida case, though plaintiff lawyers said they were preparing to take action against the company. Advertisement The defect has prompted the nation’s …
Relativity has gotten past the first stage in its massive lawsuit against Netflix, but not without a couple of major chops from a Santa Clara Superior Court judge. At a court hearing late last week, Relativity was permitted to move forward on a claim that Netflix breached contract, but had its fair dealing claim as well as a trade libel one stricken. The two companies go way back.
A federal racketeering lawsuit brought by a cooperative of tobacco farmers against two Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) informants, Jason Carpenter and Christopher Small, is headed for trial in the Eastern District of North Carolina Western Division. The complaint alleges that Carpenter and Small swindled the plaintiffs, US Tobacco Cooperative Inc, a co-op made of about …
Missourians who sue a company, employer or physician will face more obstacles if a slew of bills making their way through the Missouri General Assembly become law. Bills introduced in both the Missouri House and Senate, if passed, would result in significant changes to how and where class action lawsuits can be filed, the amount of damages a plaintiff may pursue and who could …
An Uber employee stands accused in a San Francisco federal court of swiping laser-scanning designs and technology from Waymo. The intellectual property battle is one of many in the industry. Waymo’s lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims that Uber’s laser technology, which gives driverless cars 360 degrees of sensory information, bears a “striking resemblance” to Waymo’s own system.
Mooresville-based Lowe’s is facing a blockbuster race discrimination lawsuit from a high-ranking former executive. The home improvement company vigorously denied the charges on Friday. The lawsuit says former Chief Consumer Officer Michael Jones was targeted by executives after raising “concerns about the firm culture” and the …
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against LuLaRoe by a Pennsylvania woman, who alleges that the company has illegally charged thousands of people sales tax on the clothing they have purchased. She herself claims to have bought a dozen pieces of LuLaRoe clothing, and since there is no sales tax on clothing in Pennsylvania, she says that she has been charged illegal taxes. According to Saving …