The family of a suspected shoplifter who drowned after running from Arundel Mills mall security officers is suing the shopping center’s security staff for allegedly chasing him to his death. The Capital reports (http://bit.ly/28Io7Ri) Tavon Talley’s family filed the lawsuit against Valor Security Services and Mydatt Services in Baltimore City Circuit Court in February. The …
A former Northwest Middle School coach is accused in a lawsuit of serving up a 14-year-old boy to a fellow teacher for sex. The mother of …
A group of bondholders on Tuesday sued Puerto Rico’s government as debt negotiations fell apart less than two weeks ahead of what would be the largest default in the island’s history. The suit filed in New York by holders of general obligation bonds seeks to invalidate a debt moratorium and fiscal emergency law passed in early April as the island struggles to restructure $70 billion in public …
Banking giants have been through tough times over the past decade or so owing to the global economic meltdown but HSBC has lurched from one controversy to the next with alarming regularity. The fallout from …
Courts have generally enforced arbitration agreements if they allow employees to exercise their rights and aren’t too one-sided in favor of the employer. However, conflicting decisions by federal appeals courts have left employers uncertain as to whether they can require employees to sign class-action waivers as part of …
The book serves as a valuable tool for both in-house and outside counsels who confront the prospect of litigating class actions in state forums with which they may have little or no experience and must make informed recommendations on removal. Succinct summaries are prepared by litigators from each of the respective states and address changes in rules and statutes as well as significant case …
A judge has ruled that the plaintiffs may seek damages. The coffee chain is facing numerous accusations of short-changing customers by underfilling its lattes. Starbucks is facing a class action lawsuit…
Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces it is investigating potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of ChromaDex Corporation (NASDAQ:CDXC) resulting from allegations that ChromaDex may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. On June 20, 2016, Bleecker Street Research published a report on …
Talmer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Chemical on January 25, 2016. The Merger Agreement in the “Proposed Acquisition” stated that Chemical would obtain Talmer by buying all of its remaining shares at a $0.4725 per share of Chemical common stock and $1.61 in per share of Talmer common …
Holzer & Holzer, LLC filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of investors who purchased La Quinta, Inc. (“La Quinta” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LQ) common stock between February 25, 2015 and September 17, 2015, including in connection with the Company’s secondary public offering of March 24, 2015. There is a deadline in that case to move for appointment as lead plaintiff …