A federal appeals court has dealt the latest blow to a lawsuit alleging law school students were defrauded with misleading employment statistics. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower-court’s ruling that Widener University School of Law graduates don’t have enough in common to sue the school through a class action.
A couple whose two young sons were taken away by the state for several months in 2000 over a doctor’s disputed abuse opinion lost a bid on Monday to reinstate a lawsuit against the state child welfare agency. The state Appellate Court rejected an appeal by former Newtown residents Michele and Craig …
In a 2-1 decision, the Seventh Circuit has joined the Delaware Court of Chancery’s call for enhanced scrutiny of “disclosure-only” M&A settlements that involve no monetary benefits to shareholders. As previously discussed here, M&A litigation, typically alleging breach of fiduciary duty by directors and insufficient disclosures, often ends in settlement, with defendants agreeing to provide …
A federal district court in California, last Wednesday, rejected the proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against Similasan Corporation (Allen v. Similasan Corp., Case N. 12-cv-376-BAS-JLB, S.D. Cal.). Among other claims, the company was accused of engaging …
A judge declined to immediately decide whether to suspend Californiaâs nationally watched school vaccination law after a hearing Friday in downtown San Diego. The courtroom session took place as the law, one of the toughest of its kind in the United States, is being rolled out for the first time with resumption of K-12 classes from Chula Vista to Los Angeles to San Francisco. U.S. District …
On Friday, a federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by several states over the Obama administration’s stance on transgender rights. The case, Texas v. United States, targets the federal government’s interpretation that sex discrimination laws apply to …
The nearly decade-long legal battle over a 29-second YouTube clip of a toddler dancing to a barely discernible Prince song may end up going before the Supreme Court after free speech advocates representing the mother who shot that video petitioned the nation’s highest court. Those familiar with the …
Former Ohio State marching band director Jon Waters’ argument of reverse gender discrimination was dismissed by Federal Judge James Graham on Friday. Waters filed a lawsuit in September 2014 in the U.S. District Court against OSU, University President Michael Drake and then-Provost and …
A civil court in the US has ruled against Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a baby who died in her care. According to Middlesex County civil court records, Cavan native Ms Brady McCarthy was served with the lawsuit on July 8 but did not “file an appearance, answer,” or issue any other “responsive pleading”. A damages hearing is expected to be …
A New Jersey couple who claim they were scared away from their home after receiving creepy letters from someone named “The Watcher” can move forward with a lawsuit against the home’s former owners, a Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday. Judge Camille Kenny rejected a motion to dismiss the lawsuit but threw out some of the claims made by Derek and Maria Broaddus, including …