A Williamson County sheriff’s deputy forced a woman to help her handcuffed boyfriend urinate on the side of a building after he was arrested last year, according to a federal lawsuit. Dennis Farmer, a 51-year-old disabled veteran, and Linda Schlueter filed the suit Wednesday against Deputy Damon Grant and Williamson County. Sheriff Robert Chody and county spokeswoman Connie Watson said Thursday …
A group of U.S. chicken farmers sued the country’s biggest poultry processors, including Tyson Foods Inc, for allegedly conspiring to depress their pay, the latest accusation of improper collusion in the sector. Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride Co, Sanderson Farms Inc and other companies illegally agreed to share detailed data on grower pay with one another to keep …
Poaching in the entertainment industry hit the news late last year when 21st Century Fox accused Netflix, Inc. of poaching employees in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. Netflix Inc., SC12643. Poaching, or lack thereof (anti-poaching), hit the news this week as Disney settled …
This post contains descriptions of sexual assault. Summer Zervos, one of the multiple women who accused President Donald Trump of unwanted sexual advances, announced during a press conference on Jan. 17 that she is suing him for defamation in the wake of his broad dismissal of sexual assault allegations against him. The lawsuit, filed three days before Trump’s inauguration, is a reminder of the …
On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman filed a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court against Time Warner Cable and its new parent company, Spectrum. The suit alleges that Spectrum-TWC conducted “a deliberate scheme to defraud and mislead New Yorkers by promising internet service that they knew they could not deliver.” According to the suit, Spectrum-TWC promised — oh, and …
A federal lawsuit claiming Michigan’s political districts give Republicans an unfair advantage is coming, says Attorney Mark Brewer. “We are planning a lawsuit claiming, with good evidence, that the House and Senate and Congressional redistricting plans are partisan gerrymandered,” said Brewer, who used to chair the Michigan Democratic Party but said he was not working with them …
A group of NFL cheerleaders — including women who have cheered for the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders — has filed a lawsuit demanding higher wages and fairer labor practices from the NFL and 27 member teams. “We’re not asking to be paid like the football players are. But if you look at the mascot, who’s paid between $25,000-$60,000 a year, it’s just not fair for what we put into it,” former Raiders cheerleader Caitlin Yates said in a statement released Tuesday. The suit filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, seeks …
Sydney Robinson More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, are seeking legal compensation in a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government for the handling of the lead water crisis in their city. The litigation has been a long time coming for a community that has suffered well over two years with poisoned water and for most of that time, the state and federal government denied there was …
A lawsuit brought against the producers of “Hamilton” and the owners of the theater in which it’s playing has turned attention to issues of accessibility for disabled Broadway theatergoers — an often-overlooked subject where real accommodation and good intentions can meet murky questions of demand and execution. The class action suit filed earlier this month in the Southern District Court of …
Bosch said Wednesday it would “continue to defend its interests in all other civil and criminal law proceedings and to cooperate comprehensively with the investigating authorities in Germany and in other countries.” Volkswagen held powerful sway over Bosch, based on the accounts in the lawsuits. The carmaker was one of Bosch’s biggest customers, with a relationship dating from the early days of …