British customers of MasterCard are going after the financial services corporation over charging illegally high fees on store transactions for more than a decade. The class action lawsuit, filed last week at London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal by law firm Quinn Emanuel, wanted MasterCard to pay £14 billion ($18.6 …
STERICYCLE 72 HOUR DEADLINE ALERT: Approximately 72 Hours Remain; Former Louisiana Attorney General and Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Remind Investors of Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit against Stericycle, Inc. – SRCL & SRCLP Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) and KSF partner, the former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors with large financial interests that they have …
A group of female students and their parents is suing the Virginia School District in Minnesota, saying the schools’ compliance with federal transgender locker room use laws led to serious distress. The federal lawsuit comes from Alliance Defending Freedom, on behalf of the group of students and parents (which has dubbed itself Privacy Matters). The complaint was posted online – you can read it …
Following 35 known instances of the Galaxy Note 7 battery catching fire and the ensuing controversy that forced the company to recall all units of the recently released smartphone, a new lawsuit was probably the last thing Samsung’s PR team had hoped to face. They are facing it anyway – but not over exploding Galaxy Note 7s. Rather, this new lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey is …
On behalf of a group of more than 40 consumers, a San Francisco law firm is trying to stop a $4 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Virgin America. The plaintiffs argue the deal would weaken competition in the industry, causing job loss and higher fare prices. Alaska Airlines announced on Aug. 4 that it would acquire Virgin America to create the West Coast’s “premier …
Three US former drone operators on Thursday joined a lawsuit against US President Barack Obama over the deaths of innocent Yemenis in US drone strikes. The brief, filed by Brandon Bryant, Lisa Ling and Cian Westmoreland, said the veterans had “witnessed a secret, global system without regard for borders, conducting widespread surveillance with the ability to conduct deadly targeted killing …
It’s not every day that a priest gives a ringing endorsement of a Chicago Police officer once charged with forcing a gun down the throat of a suspect. But on Thursday, Glenn Evans got a vote of confidence from the Rev. Matthew O’Donnell, pastor of St. Columbanus Catholic Church, one of half a dozen community activists from some of the city’s most crime-plagued neighborhoods who showed up at the …
The Texas Public Policy Foundation in conjunction with the Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit against the City of Austin Wednesday, claiming the city’s collective bargaining agreement with the Austin Firefighters Association violates the Texas Constitution “gift clause” provision. The lawsuit comes at …
The for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute is facing more lawsuits from employees following its decision to shut down. The Indianapolis Star reports ( http://indy.st/2bWfpLB ) that two new lawsuits say the company violated federal law by not providing 60 days’ notice. Another lawsuit earlier this week sought class-action status on behalf of the 8,000 employees who are losing their …
A federal lawsuit filed last week accuses Gadsden’s municipal court judge and prosecutor of violating the constitutional rights of one woman by charging unlawful fees and preventing an open court. Alexander City attorney Eric Hutchins filed the lawsuit on behalf of Lasheta McGruder, who appeared in court on a tampering with evidence charge. According to the suit, filed Sept. 1, McGruder was …