Lawsuits

Did Hortonworks CEO Take One for the Team?

When Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden took questions from analysts during the company’s earnings call on Feb. 10, Barclays managing director Raimo Lenschow put him on the spot. Lenschow wanted to know what Hortonworks — the provider of big data crunching Apache Open Source Hadoop — was going to do to stop employee attrition, given how far the value of their stock options had fallen. “Have you …


Seven Lead-Poisoned Families to File Flint Class Action Lawsuit

by TRACY CONNOR Flint mom Melissa Lightfoot says her youngest child, Payton, is one of the top students in her kindergarten class, but she is “so scared that could all change next year.” That’s because the 5-year-old — along with her two older siblings — was found to have high lead levels in her blood after the Michigan city switched to a more corrosive water source in 2015. The little girl …


Parents Claim Daughter Was Raped by Kansas Football Player, Sues School

One of the fastest-growing issues on college campuses across the country is sexual assault, and Kansas is the latest university to find itself in the legal crosshairs. Both the Lawrence Journal-World and Dallas Morning News are reporting that the parents of a former KU student-athlete have filed a lawsuit against the university in which it’s claimed the school “is misleading the public by …


Cryptsy’s Stolen $6m of Cryptocurrencies to Be Recovered?

Are we about to witness a breakthrough in the case of the missing $6 million in cryptocurrencies that Cryptsy claims were stolen by a hacker? could be. The bitcoin exchange has just publicly released a “Reward Contract” signed with an anonymous hacker that goes by the alias Cryptcracker​.


More Families File Suit Against Flint Over Lead Poisoning

Volunteers distribute bottled water to help combat the effects of the crisis when the city’s drinking water became contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead in Flint, Michigan, March 5, 2016. the latest lawsuit against over the crisis was launched on Thursday. Photo by Jim Young/Reuters Multiple families in Flint, Michigan filed a lawsuit this week seeking financial recompense from the …


Indigenous Women Feeling Harassed in Taxicabs

APTN InFocus with Cheryl McKenzie Indigenous women from different parts of the country are stepping forward with their experiences in taxicabs saying they’re being harassed, including unwanted sexual advances. In this edition, we hear why some feel the reason they’re being mistreated is because they’re Indigenous women. Now, in response to the stories going public on a national level, at least …


Trump’s Modeling Agency Broke Immigration Laws, Attorneys Say

Donald Trump’s model wife on her path to citzenship Donald Trump’s modeling agency has profited from the very same visa program that the presidential candidate himself has slammed — and appears to have violated federal law in the process, a CNNMoney investigation has found. Throughout his campaign, Trump has loudly opposed the practice of U.S. companies using foreign workers instead of …


Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Needle Swapping Case at Swedish Hospital

DENVER – A health scare at a metro Denver hospital has now resulted in a class action lawsuit against the facility’s parent company. Investigators say what happened inside an operating room at Swedish Hospital has put thousands of people at possible risk for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Surgical technician Rocky Allen is accused of taking a syringe filled with Fentanyl and then putting …


Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Swedish

Swedish Medical Center (Photo: KUSA file photo) KUSA – Attorneys representing three former patients at Swedish Medical Center filed a federal lawsuit against the hospital and its owner Tuesday alleging negligent hiring practices put thousands of patients at risk. Last month, the hospital told 2,900 patients to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV after hospital staff caught a …


7 Lead-Poisoned Families File Flint Lawsuit

Seven families in Flint, Michigan, filed a class-action lawsuit on Monday, seeking to hold a raft of city and state officials responsible for the lead-poisoning crisis that has made Flint into a symbol of government failure and environmental disaster, NBC News reported. The suit is the latest in a tide of litigation spawned by the crisis. Lawyers will ask the courts to certify a class action …