He’ll be the defendant-in-chief. Just weeks after pulling off his implausible presidential victory, President-elect Donald Trump is set to being a civil trial in San Diego involving fraud allegations against his scandal-plagued Trump University. The underlying lawsuit is one of several now ensnaring Trump that will put him in the unprecedented position of defending himself in numerous civil …
A federal lawsuit has been filed to declare Mississippi’s sodomy law unconstitutional. The lawsuit, filed by five people with the alias Arthur Doe, Brenda Doe, Carol Doe, Diana Doe and Elizabeth Doe, says in 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct, historically known as sodomy, …
The parents of 17-year-old Huma Hanif, who filed a lawsuit in April after their daughter’s death from a malfunctioning airbag subject to a historic recall, have settled with all parties. The Fort Bend County teen was the second person in the Houston area and the 10th nationwide to be killed by an airbag in a car crash. The family’s product liability case filed in Harris County focused on the use of the explosive, ammonium nitrate, which is used in the airbag inflators. Defendants in the lawsuit included Japanese airbag maker Takata Corp., American Honda Motor Co. and a local car dealer, Westside Hummer. Hanif, who was driving …
Two class-action lawsuits have been filed by area law firms on behalf of residents against firefighting foam manufacturers due to water contamination in the Horsham and Warminster areas. Norristown-based Creedon and Feliciani, along with Philadelphia-based Levin, Fishbein, Sedran, & Berman have announced that the suits will be filed on behalf of 14 residents of Montgomery and Bucks counties …
Kyla Asbury Nov. 9, 2016, 1:03pm Timothy Hill, Ricky Vasquez, Harold Schade, Debra Schade, Edward Numrych, Frank Henry, Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, Audrey Ann larkin, Thomas Hunt, Frantz Charles, Arlie Hamilton, Gary Surgeon, Bridgette Surgeon, Patricia Mae Camp, Jessica Dealey and Nathan Lewis owned Ford vehicles that experienced sudden, unintended acceleration incidents that caused them injuries, …
Supporters of an East African advocacy group that has filed a “crimes against humanity” lawsuit against anti-homosexuality evangelist pastor Scott Lively gathered in front of the federal courthouse Wednesday morning Dozens of supporters, including 16 Ugandans, some of whom traveled from their country to be present here today, demonstrated outside in advance of a hearing later …
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In September, Yahoo announced that at least 500 million user account credentials had been stolen from it in late 2014. Yahoo offered more details on the security breach’s effect on its business in an SEC filing on Wednesday. Although the company says it only spent $1 million related to the breach last quarter, it admitted that the breach may “cause users and customers to curtail or stop using our products and services.” CEO Marissa Mayer said last month that she was …
One of the class-action lawsuits against Donald Trump and Trump University is scheduled to go to trial this month, weeks after Trump became President-elect of the United States. The lawsuits allege the former university, which took in over $40 million, was fraudulent and deceptive. Trump denies the allegations.
Commenting on the class action lawsuit filed against the Department of Defence this week, Greens NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon said the Department’s failure to properly act on this issue has forced local residents to take action. “It should never have come to this,” Senator Rhiannon said. “After over a year of anguish, patience and stoic resilience, residents in Williamtown feel that they have …