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Trump University Trial Set to Begin Later This Month

One of the class-action lawsuits against Donald Trump and Trump University is scheduled to go to trial this month, weeks after Trump became President-elect of the United States. The lawsuits allege the former university, which took in over $40 million, was fraudulent and deceptive. Trump denies the allegations.


Williamtown Residents Forced to Take Class Action

Commenting on the class action lawsuit filed against the Department of Defence this week, Greens NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon said the Department’s failure to properly act on this issue has forced local residents to take action. “It should never have come to this,” Senator Rhiannon said. “After over a year of anguish, patience and stoic resilience, residents in Williamtown feel that they have …


Oakey Water Crisis: 500 Take on Defence in Court

MORE than 500 residents caught up in the Oakey water contamination crisis could be part of a possible class action suit against the Department of Defence. Shine Lawyers partner Peter Shannon said he had received overwhelming interest in legal action, more than two years after the Department first raised concerns about the presence of toxic chemicals from a nearby army base. The revelations come …


Exxon Misled Investors About Climate Risks, Suit Says

ExxonMobil Corp. is misleading investors about the drop in its oil and gas reserves resulting from climate change risks and the decline in oil prices, according to a class action lawsuit filed in federal court ( Ramirez v. ExxonMobil Corp. , N.D. Tex., No. 16-cv-03111, complaint 11/7/16 ).


Walgreen Seeks $140 Million From Theranos in Breach-Of-Contract Lawsuit

Drugstore giant Walgreen Co. sued its former lab-testing partner Theranos Inc. in federal court in Delaware, alleging it breached a contract between the two companies, court records show. The Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. WBA, +1.81% unit seeks $140 million in damages, the court records show. That amount represents what it invested in Theranos, according to people familiar with the situation.


Illinois Abuse Victim’s Lawsuit Against ex-U.S. House Speaker to Proceed

A sexual abuse victim will continue to try to collect $1.8 million from former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the victim’s attorney said on Tuesday, after an Illinois judge denied Hastert’s motion to dismiss a breach-of-contract lawsuit. The plaintiff, identified in court documents as James Doe, claims that Hastert agreed to pay him $3.5 million as …


Tenet Healthcare Sued for $1.5 Billion Over Tuberculosis Exposure

A $1.5 billion putative class action accusing Tenet Healthcare Corp. of failing to protect patients and newborns from being exposed to tuberculosis at one of its hospitals has been moved to federal court. The lawsuit, which could represent the families of 3,000 children delivered at Tenet’s Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus facility in El Paso, Texas, alleges hospital officials ignored a …


Lawsuit Accuses Facebook of Violating 1964 Civil Rights Act

A class action lawsuit filed in California last week accuses Facebook of violating key civil rights laws after it was discovered that the social media company has a feature that allows advertisers to target users by race and ethnicity. Facebook has a self-service advertising page, which offers many different marketing functions. One of the features allows for advertisers to “EXCLUDE people” and …