Trump Administration May Change Stance On Transgender Bathrooms For Students The topic of transgender bathroom rights has been a hotly contested issue between states and the federal government since North Carolina passed a law last March that would require individuals only to use the bathrooms that matched their sex as assigned at birth. Though the Justice Department sued the state, there …
Facebook, Google and Twitter are being sued by the families of three victims slain in the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub for allegedly providing “material support” to the Islamic State. The lawsuit, first reported by Fox News, was filed Monday in federal court in the eastern district of Michigan on behalf of the families of Tevin Crosby, Javier Jorge-Reyes and Juan Ramon Guerrero. The lawsuit is the latest to target popular Internet services for making it too easy for …
The families of two UT football players have filed a new, class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and the Big 12 for failing to educate players about the effects on the brain for playing football. The families of Julius Whittier and Alan Rickman filed the federal lawsuit in Texas Wednesday against the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. Both played for Texas between 1969 and 1972.
The latest complaint, filed by a Jane Doe who alleges that she was abused by Jackson from 1986 to 1989, when she was aged 12 to 15, claims that Jackson secretly operated, “the most sophisticated public child sexual-abuse procurement and facilitation organizations the world has known.” Reps for Jackson’s estate have been quick to rubbish the claims, accusing the woman of an “attempt to hit the …
When Jerry Burton’s sleeping bag and tent were removed by city workers from his campsite near a rapidly developing area close to downtown Denver, he was able to start over again with backup gear he keeps hidden for emergencies — whether his or someone else’s. Now he’s one of nine homeless people suing in federal court to try to stop the city’s sweeps of homeless encampments and, as he …
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Oct. 12 filed a court brief responding to a lawsuit filed last year by a gay former D.C. police officer accusing fellow officers and supervisors of subjecting him to discrimination, harassment and retaliation based on his sexual orientation. Racine’s 17-page brief, filed on …
Deadlines in a $30 million class action settlement with Wells Fargo over alleged violations of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act have been pushed back to avoid an additional $900,000 in costs by the class. The settlement, which amounts to $30,446,022.75, was preliminarily approved by Judge Richard Story of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District …
An investor in NASDAQ:CXRX shares filed a lawsuit in New York over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by Concordia International. Investors who purchased shares of Concordia International Corp (NASDAQ:CXRX) have certain options and for certain investors are short and strict deadlines running. Deadline: October 14, 2016.
Safirstein Metcalf LLP announces that a complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased the common stock of Concordia International Corp. (“Concordia” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:CXRX) between November 12, 2015 and August 12, 2016, inclusive (the …
A six-member jury was chosen on Monday in Colorado to hear the first civil trial of wrongful death and personal injury claims stemming from a 2012 mass shooting in which 12 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suburban Denver movie theater. Selection of the jurors, plus two alternates, set the stage for both sides on Tuesday to begin delivering opening statements in the …