Hedge funds who own debt at Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank are accusing the bank and the island’s governor of giving preferential treatment to local creditors under a law designed to restructure GDB’s debt, signaling a breakdown in a tentative restructuring …
The heart rate tracker technology in fancier models of Fitbit starts to become inaccurate when people start exercising, according to a study included in an amended class-action lawsuit against the company. In a press release, plaintiffs’ lawyers say California State Polytechnic University put both Fitbits and ECG sensors on 43 separate subjects tested for 65 minutes of moderate to …
The developers of a seven-home subdivision in the Town of Fishkill have been ordered to halt further work on drainage infrastructure that one of its neighbors says caused flooding on its property. State Supreme Court Judge Christine Sproat on May 17 granted the East Hook Sportsmen Association’s request for a preliminary …
Illinois resident Yvonne Averhart was one of many who filed a class action lawsuit against SuperValu Inc. last month, alleging that the company represents that its grated Parmesan cheese product is composed of 100 percent cheese when it actually consists of a mixture of cheese and non-cheese filler substance derived from wood …
Baron & Budd is investigating a potential class action lawsuit against Volkswagen (VW) and Audi involving alleged timing chain defects that can lead to thousands of dollars in engine damage. A similar case has been
filed in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (In Re: Case No. 2:16cv02765).
Fitbit’s health trackers are among the most popular wearable gadgets, with everyone from President Obama to celebrities like Ryan Reynolds donning them. The devices measure wearers’ activity metrics like heart rate, steps taken and more. But some customers are alleging the devices aren’t as accurate as Fitbit claims.
Fears are growing that the U.S. could face retaliation over a proposed bill to allow loved ones of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. News reports in Saudi media claim that it could “open the gates of hell,” by encouraging other countries to sue the U.S. in turn, for its own war crimes. Okaz, a daily newspaper wrote an article titled “Congress’s Satanic Deed …
As the Justice Department probes Comcast’s practices in the spot advertising market, the media giant is now facing an antitrust lawsuit that alleges monopolization of ad markets and the exclusionary treatment of one independent cable representation firm. On Monday, Viamedia filed suit in Illinois with claims that Comcast has gained control of “interconnects” — local cooperatives serving pay-TV …
A public feud between Hocking County officials has exposed what the sheriff acknowledges were two of his on-duty deputies making racist comments on recordings uncovered in a federal lawsuit. Hocking County sheriff’s deputies Patrick Allison and Edwin Downs, while on duty and in the office, “joked” about burning crosses and building portable crosses to make cross-burning less work. In two …
Illinois’ top corrections official says an overhaul has begun of prison mental health programs following a settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Illinois Department of Corrections Director John Baldwin tells The (Bloomington) Pantagraph (http://bit.ly/1XK6Fgi) he wants the state to be a national model. Baldwin says Gov.