The Florida House of Representatives has filed an amicus brief showing support for Gov. Rick Scott in his legal battle with Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala, which began after she announced that her office would no longer seek the death penalty. Representatives argued in the court filing that Ayala does not have the power to act as a legislative policy maker.
At least one group is gearing up to file legal challenges against President Trump’s executive order intended to make it easier for religious groups to participate in politics without risking their tax-exempt status, though another has said it isn’t worth the trouble. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) said Thursday it had a 17-page complaint ready to be filed in the federal District …
Employees of Fyre Festival creators Ja Rule and Billy McFarland have accused the pair of ‘not caring’ about the event being doomed to fail. The unnamed former workers told Variety on Thursday that the pair refused to extend the launch date to give enough time to prepare, and were more concerned with ‘being legends’ than making a good event. That came a day after the two were slapped with a …
It’s been four months since a Nissan class-action settlement was approved, but car owners are still waiting for their money. Two years after Brittany Scardino bought her Nissan Altima, she started noticing her dashboard was becoming sticky, shiny, and caused a dangerous glare on her windshield. “I couldn’t see.
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against PCM Inc. (“PCM” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PCMI) and certain of its officers, on behalf of shareholders who purchased PCM securities between June 17, 2015 through May 2, 2017, both dates inclusive (the “Class …
The White House said the American Civil Liberties Union showed its true colors Thursday by threatening a lawsuit to block President Trump’s executive order that protects political speech by religious institutions and faith-based groups. “I don’t think anybody is surprised at the ACLU wants to come out against Republicans,” said White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders. “They talk about …
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit seeking the return of baggage fees to passengers whose luggage was delayed or lost on flights with an airline that merged with American Airlines. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that the lawsuit provided sufficient evidence for its claim that the former US Airways promised to deliver bags when passengers landed.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., will likely lose an effort to get a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that she abused her authority as California’s attorney general. On Wednesday, a San Diego dstrict court judge indicated the allegations likely have enough merit to go to trial. “At this juncture, given the limited scope the court has to view these allegations … it seems almost inconceivable the …
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner scored a huge legal victory when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing him of deceptive practices and screwing over a New York magazine publisher. Gregg Moramarco, the plaintiff and publisher, filed a federal lawsuit against Jared Kushner along with New …
The NYPD did share one document, a Chief of Detectives memo that instructs officers on protocol to submit a request for a facial recognition search. It’s confirmation the program exists, but not how it’s used, how it was built and what privacy protections are in place for the database of citizens’ faces. Which is unsettling considering that the unit built around the facial identification …