Uber is dismissing as “meritless” allegations that it broke consumer protection laws by sending texts urging customers to vote for a ballot measure it is backing. The ride-hailing company was hit with a lawsuit on Wednesday for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Uber allegedly sent thousands of unsolicited texts to Uber users in Austin, Texas, to rally support for a …
Officials say Australian author and blogger Belle Gibson faces a possible government lawsuit after admitting that she lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumor through healthy eating and natural therapies. The 24-year-old social media entrepreneur and author of “The Whole Pantry,” a cookbook that detailed her purportedly life-saving diet, admitted a year ago that …
A father says his 15-year-old son was walking between classes at Desert Oasis High School one morning in January 2014, listening to music in his headphones, when an older classmate attacked him from behind and sent him to the hospital with a broken nose, a concussion and a head wound that required seven staples. Now James Hensley, the boy’s father, is pursuing a lawsuit that accuses the Clark …
Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda is taking the NYPD itself to court for false arrest charges, which he says have caused him “permanent” mental anguish.
Sometimes it really is just all about saying you’re sorry. Sean Penn is calling off his $10 million defamation lawsuit against director Lee Daniels after reaching a settlement that included Daniels issuing an apology and making a donation to one of Penn’s favorite charities, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Penn sued Daniels in September over remarks the “Empire” creator made in an …
A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for lawyers from a right-wing watch-dog group to take sworn testimony from top Hillary Clinton aides and opened the door for the group to seek an interview with Clinton herself later. But while the ruling is another political blow for the Clinton campaign, legally the former Secretary of State can thank one of her predecessors, Henry Kissinger, and …
An Army captain sued President Obama on Wednesday, alleging that he doesn’t have the proper congressional authority to wage war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Capt. Nathan Michael Smith filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Washington as the president is deploying more special operations forces to the region – and a day after a Navy SEAL was killed in …
A prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbi from New Haven, Conn., was accused in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday of sexually abusing a former student. The civil lawsuit alleges that Rabbi Daniel Greer, principal of a high school called the Yeshiva of New Haven, repeatedly abused a male student beginning in the fall of 2002, when the plaintiff was 15…
More than 200 litigation notices were sent in recent months to cosmetic, food and beverage companies claiming products violated California’s statute governing products labeled “Made in U.S.A.,” despite an amendment to the law. California-based Kazerouni Law Group, APC sent notices, threatening class-action lawsuits against companies selling products in California labeled “Made in U.S.A.,” “Made …
A judge has rejected a request by the City of Saint John that would have forced a Halifax law firm to turn over the names of potential participants in a class action lawsuit over abuse by former police officer Kenneth Estabrooks. As many as 263 youths may have been sexually abused by the late Kenneth Estabrooks, a private investigator hired by the City of Saint John found. In his decision, …