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Fox Wants Ex-Host’s Harassment Suit Sent to Arbitration

Fox News struck back against the former anchor Andrea Tantaros on Monday, filing a motion to move her sexual harassment lawsuit into arbitration. In papers filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, the network said, “Tantaros is not a victim; she is an opportunist.” Last week, Ms. Tantaros filed the lawsuit in the same court, accusing Fox News of operating like “a sex-fueled, Playboy …



Green Offers £300m for BHS Pension Pot to Avoid Lawsuit

Sir Philip Green is trying to end the threat of legal action against him over the sale of BHS by writing a cheque for more than £300 million that would help to plug a hole in the company’s pension fund. Representatives of the tycoon and the pensions regulator are holding talks on the future of the BHS fund, which is estimated to have a deficit of about £700 million. Yesterday the 22 remaining …


Company Managing NM Welfare Program Told Employees to Commit Fraud

A month after five state of New Mexico employees testified in federal court that they were instructed to falsify emergency food aid applications, another lawsuit filed in Las Cruces district court made strikingly similar allegations. But instead of directing her allegations toward state government, Lorraine McCullough directed her allegations toward SL Start and Associates, a private, …


45,000 Legal Claims Pending Against Federal Government

The Canadian government has as many as 45,000 legal claims — big and small — pending against it, representing a potential liability that stretches into the “hundreds of billions of dollars,” CBC News has learned. The breadth and potential depth of the litigation quagmire was the driving force behind the Trudeau government’s recent decision to establish a full cabinet committee to track the …


More Money Could Flow From Banksia Class Action

Former Banksia investors could win a further two cents in the dollar in Supreme Court settlement. Richmond Sinnott and Delahunty Accountants is among a number of parties as part of a possible settlement with former Banksia investors. FORMER investors in the failed financial institution Banksia could expect a moderate windfall in the coming months as a $13.25 million Supreme Court settlement …


Virginia HSBC Borrowers Who Lost Homes May Be Eligible for Settlement Payment

Money may be coming to thousands of Virginians who lost their homes due to foreclosure following the collapse of the housing market and the mortgage crisis. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says claim forms are being sent to 3,100 HSBC borrowers in the Commonwealth who lost their homes during America’s housing crisis. Those Virginians may be eligible for payments under the $470 million …