Texarkana-based attorney John Goodson and 11 lawyers who work with him on class-action lawsuits have appealed a federal judge’s ruling that they broke ethics rules and abused the court system. Their appeal questions whether their conduct violated those rules and whether Chief U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III abused his discretion in reprimanding five of the lawyers, according to documents …
A class action lawsuit was filed last week against Puna Geothermal Venture over its gas release two years ago during Tropical Storm Iselle. Six plaintiffs — George Douvris, Stephanie Douvris, Michael Hale, Cheryl Carocci, Hillary Wilt and Christina Bryan — filed the lawsuit Friday in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of themselves and other lower Puna residents impacted by the release, that included …
A class-action civil rights lawsuit filed late Tuesday alleges that more than a dozen St Louis-area municipalities are engaged in the discriminatory and unconstitutional practice of jailing people for unpaid debts in order to raise state revenue, a situation the suit says amounts to a system of modern-day “debtors’ prisons” that primarily affects poor residents of color. The suit alleges a …
The lawsuit, which asks for damages to be assessed at a jury trial, argues that the harmonic progressions, melodic and rhythmic elements central to “Let’s Get It On” formed the structure of Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud. “The Defendants copied the ‘heart’ of ‘Let’s’ and repeated it continuously throughout ‘Thinking,'” the lawsuit said. “The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of …
Class Counsel Stephen M. Harris and Robert L. Starr announce that a settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of certain MINI Cooper owners or lessees who have faced or will face repairs to their vehicle due to an alleged defective water pump prone to …
A federal lawsuit filed by shareholders of Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill accuses company executives of failing to establish quality-control and emergency-response measures to prevent and then stop food-borne illnesses that sickened customers across the country and proved costly to the company. The complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver on behalf of plaintiff Sean Gubricky …
A Douglas County judge is considering a motion from the University of Kansas to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the university misled the public by presenting campus housing as safe. The lawsuit stems from two women, both former KU rowers, who said they were raped in university housing — Jayhawker Towers — by the same man, also a student athlete. The man had played football for the university, …
Local officials in several states have filed dozens of lawsuits saying phone companies, such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., are doling out discounts to businesses at the expense of 911 emergency services. Telecom operators are required by local laws to charge a 911 fee, typically about $1 for each phone line to support local 911 dispatch centers, including salaries, training and …
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it had sued 1-800 Contacts, which it called the largest U.S. online retailer of contact lenses, alleging the company illegally maintained anti-competitive agreements with rival online contact lens sellers. These agreements “suppress competition in certain online search advertising auctions and … restrict truthful and non-misleading internet …
Federal Court Judge Thomas Anderson approved a settlement regarding a 2002 class action lawsuit involving the Memphis police promotions test. After a 14-year legal battle, the test was deemed non-discriminatory. “The officers affected by this settlement were initially promoted to Sergeant by order of the Court, all but one of the officers has been subsequently …