PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal lawsuit related to the shooting of rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum has been dismissed. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the civil suit was filed in U.S. District Court of Oregon by Ryan Payne, Shawna Cox and others who were associated with the Bundy family’s 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They claimed that FBI agents, Oregon State Police and …
NEW YORK — New York City is suing T-Mobile for what it calls “abusive sales tactics” at Metro by T-Mobile stores, the wireless carrier’s prepaid phone brand. The city’s lawsuit says dozens of stores sold used phones to customers as new, charged fake taxes and unexpected fees and offered financing for phones that resulted in higher-than-expected prices. RELATED: T-Mobile-Sprint merger approved …
Nearly six years after Cameron Redus was fatally shot by a University of Incarnate Word police officer, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family remains tied up in the court system. A spokesperson of the Redus family confirmed that the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in December over whether UIW should be granted immunity from the lawsuit, a disputed point that has kept the …
If the case is successful, he predicted, healthcare prices could drop significantly in Northern California. Those higher prices trickle down to consumers in the form of higher premiums. Altogether, the plaintiffs allege, such tactics are anti-competitive and have allowed Sutter to drive up the cost of care in Northern California. “All the other hospitals want to emulate [Sutter] to get those …
A federal judge hearing the city of Chicago’s lawsuit against Jussie Smollett says she’ll rule on the actor’s request to toss the suit in October. Interested in Jussie Smollett? Add Jussie Smollett as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Jussie Smollett news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestThe 10-minute status hearing Tuesday was the first since the civil case was moved …
Hole has been removed from a class action lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over artists’ master tapes that were allegedly lost during a 2008 fire, Variety reports. On Friday, the suit was amended “based upon UMG’s representations that none of Hole’s masters were destroyed (subject to confirmation).”Soundgarden, Steve Earle and the estates of Tom Petty and Tupac Shakur remain …
Another black student has been humiliated by school faculty over hair. Pearland Independent School District in Texas is being hit with a lawsuit by parents Dante Trice and Angela Washington, who say faculty at Berry Miller Junior High School disciplined their son, J.T., by using a black Sharpie marker to color in the boy’s fade haircut, which staffers allege violates the school’s dress code. …
Trump Administration Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Health Care Failures By ICEAILSA CHANG, HOST:The Trump administration faces a new class-action lawsuit alleging failures by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The suit alleges that in nearly 160 detention centers across the country, ICE has deprived migrant detainees of medical and mental health care. CHANG: What about alleged …
The “Public Charge” rule was issued on Aug. 12. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will apply the new rule on applications filed after Oct. 15. But the Acting Director of USCIS Ken Cuccinelli told the Washington Times that the rule will not automatically disqualify applicants. Concerning food services and Medicaid, non-citizen households use more than 25 percent more …
Facebook could face billions of dollars in damagesFacebook’s attempt to throw out a class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology has been rejected. Social media users in the US state of Illinois claimed Facebook illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent through its “Tag Suggestions” feature. A US court of appeal voted 3-0 to …