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Arizona Lawmakers Undo Disability-Lawsuit Compromise; Ducey Signs Off

Disability-rights advocates deemed Tuesday a “sad day” after Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law new limits on accessibility protections, contending he and state legislators chose business interests over civil rights despite having a practical alternative. Lawmakers for months worked to design legislation to discourage attorneys from using state-accessibility law to “shake down” businesses. Lawsuits alleging violations of the Arizonans with Disabilities Act, the state …


SHAREHOLDER ALERT:  Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Against Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. And Certain Officers – LBIO

Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. (“Lion” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:LBIO) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Northern District of California, and docketed under 17-cv-02188 is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise …


Lawsuit Seeks Damages From Boys & Girls Club in Connection to 2015 Varnell Murder-Suicide

The family of a woman and her son who were killed by the boy’s father before he killed himself in April, 2015 is suing the Boys & Girls Club of America (BCGA) and the local chapter Boys & Girls Club of Gordon, Murray & Whitfield Counties (BGCGMW). The lawsuit filed this week in Whitfield County Superior Court claims BGCGMW employees released Grayden Whitmore to the custody of his father, Eric …


Drunk Suing?: Once Again, Plaintiffs File Food-Labeling Class Action Due to “Confusion”

Here we go go again. Lawsuits over allegedly deceptive food labels have become commonplace—a tried-and-true tactic for some plaintiffs’ attorneys to earn an easy buck. By claiming that the labels were intentionally misleading in some way, these lawyers and the purportedly confused clients they represent, seek to leverage the specter of a class action to force quick settlements. Unfortunately, this tactic often works. In fact, …


JPMorgan Stable Value Fund Lawsuit Gets Class Treatment

Thousands of workers who invested their retirement savings in JPMorgan’s stable value funds got approval to sue the company as a certified class (In re JPMorgan Stable Value Fund ERISA Litig., S.D.N.Y., No. 1:12-cv-02548-VSB, order unsealed 4/17/17 ). The lawsuit accuses JPMorgan Chase & Co. of mismanaging its stable value funds—which are meant to be conservative, low-risk options that protect …



Ruling in CPS Lawsuit Comes April 28; Outcome Could Shorten School Year

After a Wednesday hearing, a Cook County judge will decide next week whether a Chicago Public Schools lawsuit alleging discriminatory funding by the state will move forward. A court hearing Wednesday morning could decide if parents of Chicago Public Schools students need to make plans for an early end to the school year.



Texas Teen Who Survived 3,000-Foot Fall in Sky-Diving Accident Wins $760,000 in Lawsuit | Courts

Makenzie’s father, Joe Wethington, made the 200-mile drive to Oklahoma with her and was the first to jump from the plane that morning. The sky divers were making a static-line jump, where a lanyard attached to the plane is connected to the parachute, causing the chute to open automatically. Wethington said that when his daughter jumped, her parachute opened only partially and she began to spin …


Federal Judge Denies Clay’s Lawsuit Seeking Re-Hanging of Controversial Painting

A federal judge has rejected Rep. William Lacy Clay’s legal attempt to rehang a controversial painting on the wall of a tunnel connecting the U.S. Capitol with a House office building. John D. Bates, a judge in the District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that “Untitled #1,” a painting by former Cardinal Ritter College Prep student David Pulphus, was government speech, …