In the wake of the historic August flood, there has been a renewed interest locally in the plight of flood victims of Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged the East Coast in 2012. Some four years later, thousands of homeowners there have yet to complete repairs to their property, and tens of millions of dollars have been spent on litigation that has brought to light evidence not only of mismanagement …
From the moment it was announced that the Georgia Bar had mis-graded bar exams from 2015 and 2016, telling 90 students they’d failed the test when in reality they’d passed, people suspected there might be litigation over the incident. The “failers” often suffered professionally and personally, and as hopeful members of the legal profession, one would think they’d avail themselves of the …
President Obama is threatening to veto legislation that would make it easier for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. Supporters of the bill vow that they will push for a congressional override. The measure is an outgrowth of a long-running lawsuit against the government of Saudi Arabia by 9/11 victims and their families, who claim that the Saudis funded Islamist …
Virginia gun rights activists have filed a $12 million defamation lawsuit against Katie Couric and other makers of a documentary over an edit they say misrepresented …
A father and son who own hundreds of rental properties across Dallas have been accused in a lawsuit of keeping tenants in “unspeakably squalid conditions” while requiring them to pay for pest control. In a complaint filed last week, tenants Joanna Pena and Sergio Rendon also claim that Hanna Khraish, his son Khraish H. Khraish and their company, HMK Ltd., are breaking state law by using a …
Two women are suing four Hazel Park officers after they were allegedly forced to flash their breasts at the officers during a traffic stop earlier this summer, a federal lawsuit contends. But the local police chief says the allegations, while extremely serious, are just that — allegations. “It’s important for everyone to realize that for $75 and an attorney, anyone can file a federal lawsuit,” …
The lawsuit filed by Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. against VidAngel is stepping on some bizarre territory. To quickly review, the three studios (including Disney subsidiary LucasFilm) filed a copyright infringement complaint in June with the allegation that VidAngel was operating an “unlicensed VOD streaming service” by selling movies and TV shows for $20, providing the means so …
The attorney representing parents of two Benghazi victims filed an affidavit in federal court asking for a default judgment against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she didn’t respond to a lawsuit they filed against her in August, LawNewz reported. The lawsuit from Pat Smith and Charles Woods — parents of U.S. Foreign Service member Sean Smith and Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods who died …
Many civil rights groups, trade bodies and companies, including Google, Amazon, Cisco Systems, Apple and Twitter, have filed briefs in a federal court to back Microsoft’s move to prevent the indiscriminate use by US law enforcement of orders that force companies not to inform their users about requests for their data. Under the Stored Communications Act, a part of the Electronic Communications …
The Manhattan federal lawsuit reportedly accused the Malaysian couple of violating laws on the protection of human trafficking victims. — AFP picKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — A US federal lawsuit has alleged that a Malaysian diplomat and his wife made their Sri Lankan domestic helper work more than 15 hours a day for below minimum wage at less than US$1.71 hourly. US paper the New York Post reported …