On Monday, The Office of The Texas Attorney General and the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking to stop “campus carry”. The lawsuit was brought on from three current UT Austin faculty members: Professors Jennifer Lynn Glass, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter. The three professors sued the state of Texas and the Austin-based university in order to bar …
Fourteen parents whose children were retained in third grade after they “opted out” of Florida’s standardized tests filed a lawsuit this week, saying their rights were violated by confusing standards that rely too much on a single exam. The lawsuit says Education Commissioner Pam Stewart, the state Department of Education, the state Board of Education and several local …
The siblings of quadruple-murder suspect Nicolas Holzer filed a lawsuit in Santa Barbara County Superior Court last week aiming to prevent him from inheriting property or other assets from the trust of his deceased parents, whom he is accused of killing. Holzer faces four murder charges for allegedly murdering his parents and his two children: William Charles Holzer, 73, Sheila Garard Holzer, …
Another lawsuit has been filed by Iowa landowners against Dakota Access’s Bakken Pipeline. According to court documents filed Tuesday in Polk County District Court, Bill Hanigan, of Davis Brown Law Firm, filed a motion to temporarily prevent pipeline construction on property belonging to 14 Polk County landowners. The lawsuit seeks a halt of construction …
The taxi industry has filed an uncertified class-action lawsuit for $215 million against the City of Ottawa over the new rules that will allow ride-hailing companies like Uber to operate next month. The largest lawsuit ever filed against the city, the statement of claim alleges that the city did not take “reasonable steps to maintain the integrity” of the taxi regulations in a way that would …
Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Silicon Graphics develops, markets and sells various servers, enterprise-class …
Goldberg Law PC (the “Firm”) announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Flowers Foods, Inc. (“Flowers Foods” or the “Company”) (NYSE: FLO). Investors who purchased or otherwise acquired shares between February 7, 2013 and August 10, 2016 inclusive (the “Class Period”) are encouraged to contact the Firm in advance of the October 11, 2016 lead …
A federal judge on Friday removed the NCAA as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by former UNC-Chapel Hill athletes who said their educations were harmed by the bogus class scandal in the African studies department. U.S. District Judge Loretta C. Biggs ruled that the attorneys representing former football player Devon Ramsay and former women’s basketball player Rashanda McCants had failed to state …
After the town’s vow to continue fighting to increase retiree health care premiums, Andover retirees have made one thing very clear — they’re not done fighting either. On Thursday, Andover retirees filed a class action lawsuit against the town of Andover, requesting that “all improper contributions which retirees have had to pay since July 1, 2016” are paid back. The lawsuit comes …
Canadians should not expect the federal government to collect any cash from Volkswagen as a penalty for lying about emissions levels. In late June, the United States government announced a US$15.3-billion civil settlement with the German automaker that included US$2.7 billion for the public sector to spend on environmental mitigation efforts. Several diesel-powered VW models had so-called …