Five current and former Howard University students are alleging in a federal lawsuit that the school didn’t respond quickly and equitably to female students’ sexual assault reports. News outlets report that …
Two Toronto law firms have launched a Canada-wide class-action lawsuit against the manufacturers of implantable defibrillators that can fail with little or no warning because of potentially defective batteries. About 8,000 Canadians were implanted with the cardiac defibrillators with the brand names Fortify, Fortify Assura, Fortify Assura MP, Unify, Unify Assura, or Unify Quadra, …
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc Chief Executive Douglas McMillon to submit to questioning in a lawsuit by shareholders hoping to learn what he knows about suspected bribery by the world’s largest retailer in Mexico. U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey in Fayetteville, Arkansas, said McMillon’s “direct and personal involvement” in matters underlying a class-action lawsuit …
US District Judge Edward Davila on Tuesday dismissed without leave to amend a class-action lawsuit alleging that Facebook collects personal information about users who connected with Facebook through embedded buttons on cancer organizations’ websites. Davila focused on jurisdictional issues and noted that the lead plaintiff had consented to Facebook’s tracking practices upon registering for a …
The Chamber of Commerce is interjecting itself in a lawsuit over the alleged way that Vizio’s Smart TVs collect and report users’ content viewing histories. On Friday, the nation’s largest business federation sought permission to file an amicus brief urging immediate appellate review of a “highly important” case. What’s concerning to the business community is not executives potentially being …
An ex-employee of billion-dollar investment firm Renaissance Technologies is suing chief co-executive Robert Mercer, who reportedly fired the man after he spoke out against Mercer’s political, and allegedly racist, views. The lawsuit, filed by former employee David Magerman on Friday, May 5, accuses Mercer of making a series of racist comments about African-Americans. Magerman claims he asked …
IRS officials facing a Tea Party lawsuit over alleged targeting say their lives would be in danger if they testify publicly. The federal lawsuit in Cincinnati is one of several filed against the IRS over its handling of applications for tax-exempt status from conservative groups. Lois Lerner and Holly Paz have indicated in court filings that they received death threats and have …
US-based oil company Cobalt filed for arbitration for a $2-billion suit against Angola’s state-run Sonangol oil giant last week, according to court documents found by Reuters. The two parties were due to reach an agreement on license extensions for two deepwater blocks, but negotiations broke down last year. Now Cobalt claims a $2 billion award, plus interest and other costs, as compensation …
Ten Medina County residents are among more than 60 people in three counties who joined in filing a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the proposed $2 billion NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline. The 50-page complaint was filed Friday with the U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio against NEXUS and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A Final Environmental Impact Statement, or FEIS, was …
Just a month after controversy erupted over police accounts of Walter Scott’s death, Charleston County sheriff’s officials faced possible backlash about why one of their own deputies had shot a man in his home, leaving him paralyzed. They hosted a news conference and released recordings — a show of transparency. But the officials withheld from the public the deputy’s own report — an account …