It took just minutes for the first lawsuit to be announced last week after the Trump administration said it was rolling back Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate, creating an exemption for faith-based organizations that said paying for employees’ birth control violated their faiths. The American Civil Liberties Union accused President Trump of discrimination by allowing employers to put …
Pursuant to Court Order, Pomerantz LLP hereby advises investors of the filing of class action lawsuits against Arconic Inc. (“Arconic” or the “Company”) (NYSE:ARNC) (NYSE:ARNC-PB), certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors, and underwriters of certain of the Company’s securities (collectively, “Defendants”). On August 11, …
The family of a man killed in the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting is taking legal steps to ensure the tragedy’s victims get what they deserve. John Phippen, 56, was one of the 58 people killed by domestic terrorist Stephen Paddock on Sunday in Las Vegas. His family has filed a motion to freeze Paddock’s assets to ensure they aren’t distributed to his heirs.
CHRIS BURY: In Ohio, the climbing costs of the opioid epidemic are reflected in the shattered lives of people like Ashley Taylor. For the 26-year-old single mother of three, the road to addiction began in high school with pain pills often stolen from parents of friends. By 16, she was snorting, then shooting, heroin, because it was cheaper and easy to buy in the small southern Ohio town of …
Atkins Nutritionals Inc. fudges its nutrition data when it comes to “net carbs,” a new lawsuit alleges. The Colorado-based carb-counting company touts its products as low-carb by “artificially subtracting” sugar alcohols from the definition of carbohydrates, the Brooklyn federal-court case alleges. Dr. Robert Atkins, who died in 2003, was a major proponent of the low-carb diet.
Native Americans march to a burial ground sacred site that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest of the oil pipeline on September 4, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (Photo: Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images) Last year, Water Protectors inspired all of …
The Canadian federal government of Justin Trudeau yesterday responded to a group of lawsuits by agreeing to pay C$750 million to the survivors of the “Sixties Scoop” program, in which 20,000 First Nations children were removed from their parents’ households and placed with non-indigenous foster or adoptive parents. The …
The University of North Alabama has responded to a federal lawsuit accusing it of Title IX violations. UNA is asking for a dismissal of the lawsuit based on protections provided by the 11th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment addresses the sovereign immunity of states.
Former FBI director and now special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating alleged influence by Russia on the 2016 presidential election, and he reportedly has expanded the scope to the business interests of associates of President Trump, but has yet to present evidence of any crime. Now, he’s declining to release details of his spending on the probe, prompting …
Following a yearlong investigation sparked by a PETA complaint, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services filed a lawsuit on October 2 against Dade City’s Wild Things (DCWT)—a notorious roadside zoo that subjects young tigers to swimming events and other forced public …