A Superior Court judge has approved a $2.375-million class-action settlement for the 1,194 victims of the diluted chemotherapy drug scandal, dashing the hopes of some patients who objected that their $1,500 share is a slap in the face. “I’m in pieces about it,” said Louise Martens, a Windsor woman who was one of the most vocal opponents of the proposed settlement. She was one of a dozen people …
A student loan giant has agreed to suspend collection activities on the debt of certain borrowers who filed for bankruptcy, providing at least temporary relief for potentially thousands of people and signaling that there may be a viable path to discharging some student debts in bankruptcy. As part of an ongoing class-action lawsuit filed against student loan servicer Navient, the company has …
On Wednesday, 17 US states together filed a legal challenge against the United States Department of Energy (DOE) over efforts to remove or shrink existing climate change regulations. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (pictured center at top), who leads the coalition, claims the federal government has a legal obligation to control and monitor carbon dioxide emissions based on …
A Chicago woman was stabbed after getting into her Uber. Bryant Greening filed this lawsuit on behalf of Jennifer Camacho. He says his client may have permanent scarring near her eyes.
Social media giant Twitter filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging President Donald Trump’s administration demanded the identity of a user who’s been highly critical of the federal government. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, names a consortium of defendants — including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security …
The Trump administration is trying to force Twitter to unmask at least one anti-Trump account, according to a new lawsuit. Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. government to block a request to provide personal information about the user behind @ALT_uscis. The account, whose name stands for alternative U.S.
Hear the radio version of this story. Imagine having someone watch your every move for 16 years. And when you mess up, the watchdog tells a federal court judge and gives interviews to reporters about whatever happened.
A third black woman employee has joined a racial discrimination suit against Fox News, which, based on the deluge of allegations that have surfaced in recent months, appears to have been operating as some sort of emotional torture dungeon from the 1950s. Monica Douglas, Fox News’s manager for credit collections, alleges in the lawsuit that comptroller Judith Slater spent years subjecting her to …
A pair of consumers are suing the maker of Wise potato chips, accusing the company of underfilling bags. The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in a Manhattan federal court Monday night, according to Reuters. According to the lawsuit, Wise Foods “systematically underfills bags and has left them 58 percent to 75 percent empty.”
Iowa’s largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that eliminated most collective bargaining rights for public workers. The announcement Tuesday by the Iowa State Education Association marks the second lawsuit by a union against the law, which took effect in February. The association, which represents 34,000 school employees in the state, claims the …