One of the largest charities in Windsor is opting out of the multi-million-dollar class-action bingo lawsuits filed against the city. Brentwood Recovery Home’s board of directors has decided not to be part of the suits. Launched by the ALS Society of Essex County and Belle River District Minor Hockey Association, the lawsuits allege Windsor and Tecumseh charged excessive fees for bingo licences.
Superstar Kanye West has millions of devoted fans all over the world who were eagerly awaiting his latest album, “The Life of Pablo.” When it dropped in February during Fashion Week in New York, he tweeted “My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale… You can only get in on Tidal.”
Long Beach Middle School parents on Thursday filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against the Long Beach school district, alleging physical and sexual abuse of a student with autism by a special education teacher. Attorneys with the Garden City law firm Gerstman Schwartz Malito filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District of U.S. District Court in Central Islip against the district and several…
Update: Calling the charges “deeply troubling” and “extremely serious,” Gov. Rick Snyder said the suspected state officials were suspended without pay. Criminal charges were filed against two officials from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and one individual from the Flint water treatment plant, the Detroit News reported.…
HIH court decision means companies face more risks in shareholder actions A landmark court decision means shareholders will no longer have to prove they read a prospectus to sue a company.Rob Homer A landmark court decision in a shareholder action against HIH could lead to plaintiffs demanding bigger settlements and companies facing suits bearing greater risks. The decision by the NSW Supreme…
Public interest lawyers who sued an Ascension Parish Court judge last year over how her court’s bail system unfairly affected the poor have now taken aim at a “conviction fee” she imposes on defendants found guilty of minor offenses. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Baton Rouge on behalf of Gonzales-area resident Richard Williams, the lawyers claim the fee poses a conflict of interest for…
Former students allege Trump University pitched them expensive real estate coursework, sometimes amounting to tens of thousands of dollars, for real estate seminars where students learned little. | Getty Judge sets May hearing in Trump University lawsuit 04/20/16 05:33 PM EDT The Washington Post’s bid to unseal documents filed in a class-action case against Trump University will get a hearing…
Orlando-based KEL law firm routinely allowed its clients to pay bankruptcy legal fees using credit cards, a violation of bankruptcy law, according to a new lawsuit filed against the firm. Credit card purchases are basically new debts, and new debts are prohibited in the days before filing a bankruptcy, and during the bankruptcy process. That’s because bankruptcy courts often erase any credit…
A federal judge in Seattle has a tentative proposal to set who can join a class action lawsuit in a battle over whether undocumented immigrant children have a right to a lawyer in deportation hearings. U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly issued a court order this week that tentatively proposes that the class action suit includes children under 18 who are in deportation proceedings in the U.S.…
A golfer has filed a class-action lawsuit against golf pro Michael Hebron and the town of Smithtown over allegations that Hebron overcharged fees for players to use the town golf course and to rent carts. Robert Dwyer of Smithtown filed the lawsuit on April 14 on behalf of “at minimum hundreds” of unnamed golfers who have used the town facilities at Smithtown Landing Golf and Country Club,…