An Alabama city reached a legal settlement with the Southern Poverty Law Center Tuesday to end a class action lawsuit that accused it, and its chief of police, of illegally jailing people too poor to pay fines resulting from traffic and misdemeanor offences. The City of Alexander and Chief of Police Willie Robinson were accused of jailing at least 190 impoverished people over a two-year period, …
In a consumer fraud lawsuit filed Tuesday in Polk County District Court, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller alleged that the makers of “drinkable sunscreen” failed to prove their product provides the advertised protection against cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) rays. The suit against Osmosis LLC and Harmonized Water LLC, and owner Benjamin Taylor Johnson, MD, of Evergreen, Colorado, alleges the …
A class-action lawsuit alleging an Illinois lottery company defrauded players and businesses has moved from St. Clair County courts to federal court. The lawsuit, filed in February in St. Clair County, accuses Northstar Lottery Group of manipulating the number of winning tickets available for purchase and discontinuing scratch-off games before large payouts, depriving customers from jackpots. …
A group of doctors who treated mass shooting victims is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Lawyers for the 10 doctors said Tuesday that they planned to file a friend-of-the-court brief asking the justices to overturn a lower-court decision in October that dismissed the lawsuit …
A Montreal lawyer has filed a request for a class action lawsuit against McDonald’s, claiming the popular restaurant chain’s marketing strategy illegally targets children. Joey Zukran claims that the fast-food giant is violating Quebec’s consumer protection laws with ads that directly target children under the age of 13. Zukran argued that McDonald’s is breaking the provincial rules with its …
Monteverde & Associates PC Files Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf of Shareholders of Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. in the Western District of Oklahoma News provided by Mar 14, 2017, 12:27 ET Share this article NEW YORK, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Notice is hereby given that Monteverde & Associates PC has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for Western District of …
New York City is suing Verizon, saying the phone giant broke its 2008 promise to make its FiOS cable service available to all city residents. The city says Verizon missed a 2014 deadline to extend wire by every home or apartment building in the city — in technical parlance, “passing” the home. The city also argues that Verizon hasn’t installed service for thousands …
Lawyers for convicted felons filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Florida officials, alleging that the state’s process for restoring voting rights to people who have completed their sentences is arbitrary. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of seven convicted felons by the Fair Elections Legal Network and the Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll law firm, seeks to …
The U.S. House of Representatives addressed necessary changes when it passed the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017, Florida Justice Reform Institute President William Large said. “This legislation is a welcomed step for much-needed civil justice reform,” Large told the Florida Record. The House of Representatives passed …
The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP: To: All persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Innocoll Holdings plc (“Innocoll”) (NASDAQ: INNL)between March 17, 2016 and December 29, 2016.You are hereby notified that a securities class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Eastern District of …