CHARLESTON, S.C. (SEPT. 19, 2019) — U.S. District Court Judge Richard Gergel ruled in favor of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina today on the trademark infringement and false advertising lawsuit filed in 2013. At that time, Bishop Charles vonRosenberg was the only bishop recognized by The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion as bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. The Episcopal …
A new lawsuit targeting the estate of Jeffrey Epstein names two women as co-conspirators in the sexual abuse allegedly experienced by the plaintiff when she was 14 years old. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by “Jane Doe,” seeks to hold the estate liable for Epstein’s actions, including sexual battery and sexual assault. The lawsuit also names Sarah Kellen and Lesley Groff as two Epstein employees …
Donald Trump’s lawyers are said to be panicking over a judge’s order that compels Trump to give sworn testimony in a 2015 New York lawsuit. The judge, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Doris Gonzalez, swatted aside an attempt by Trump to quash a subpoena demanding his testimony. Now, Politico reported on Sunday, Trump and his lawyers are scrambling to figure out a way to defy the judge’s order and …
A New York judge ordered President Donald Trump on Friday to provide a videotaped deposition for a lawsuit by protesters accusing Trump Tower guards of assault. One of the guards later joined Trump’s White House staff and is currently working for the Republican National Committee. During the 2015 confrontation outside Trump Tower, guards told protesters (some of whom were dressed in Ku Klux …
A less kind publication may refer to the legal eagle as an ambulance-chaser, trying to drum up interest from current or previous DXC stock owners. The class action, which names DXC shareholder Jason McLees as lead plaintiff, is being brought on behalf of investors that bought DXC stock “pursuant to and/or traceable to the company’s April 2017 registration statement and prospectus” – which is …
In the third lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, in three months, a 25-year-old woman alleges she was repeatedly sexually assaulted as a child in Scientology’s care, including at the church’s Clearwater Academy. On top of the abuse, the lawsuit explains how church officials allegedly knew it was occurring and did nothing to stop it or alert law enforcement, actions rooted in policy written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. When the woman spoke of her alleged abuse after leaving Scientology in 2018, the church deployed a campaign of harassment against her, a tactic also based on Hubbard’s Fair Game policy aimed to destroy those labeled as enemies. …
Another unnamed woman, known only as Victim-1 throughout the devastating July indictment against Jeffrey Epstein on charges of child sex trafficking, just sued his estate. The woman — who alleges Epstein began abusing her when she was 14 — had been involved in the New York Southern District’s investigation into Epstein’s alleged international sex trafficking ring. The information she supplied …
Lawyers say the housing companies used Facebook’s advertising algorithm to systematically weed out older prospective tenants. In their filings Wednesday, lawyers include examples of allegedly discriminatory Facebook ads alongside screenshots of a feature that shows Facebook users why they are seeing certain ads on the social network. HuffPost Lawyers allege housing ads like this, which were …
A U.S. District Judge on Wednesday certified a class action lawsuit alleging that Apple uses “inferior” products when replacing devices through AppleCare. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Vicky Maldondo and Joanna McRight, claim that Apple is violating its own AppleCare Terms and Conditions by offering refurbished devices as replacements for new ones. It also notes that the word “refurbished” …
Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy filing Sunday night may not dramatically affect Summit County’s ongoing lawsuit against Big Pharma, attorneys said. Purdue Pharma, which created OxyContin and has been accused of deceptive marketing that resulted in its increased proliferation, is a defendant in Summit County’s lawsuit. On Sunday, Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy as part of a proposed settlement. …