2014

For the First Time in History, Private Prisons Face Class-Action for Violating Anti-Slavery Laws

This past summer, President Obama’s Department of Justice was directed to stop using private prisons. Besides having notoriously inhumane conditions, the private prison industry doesn’t really save taxpayers money—it just generates money for people who are in bed with private prisons. Trump and his racist Attorney General Jeff Sessions have already made moves to reverse course.


RRTS INVESTOR ALERT: The Law Offices of Vincent Wong Reminds Investors of a Class Action Involving Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. And a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of April 3, 2017

The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on behalf of investors who purchased Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (“Roadrunner”) (NYSE:RRTS) securities between May 8, 2014, and January 30, 2017. Click here to learn about the case: http://www.wongesq.com/pslra …


Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Announces Proposed Settlement of Revance Therapeutics, Inc. Securities Litigation

SUMMARY NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION TO: ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES (“PERSONS”) THAT PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED REVANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. (“REVANCE” OR THE “COMPANY”) COMMON STOCK DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON JUNE 19, 2014 AND ENDING ON MAY 1, 2015, AND PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS FOR THE COMPANY’S JUNE 19, 2014 PUBLIC OFFERING …


CRST Facing $350 Million Lawsuit From California Crash

Cedar Rapids-based CRST trucking company is facing a $350 million lawsuit in California for a crash in 2014 involving one of its drivers. The lawsuit claims Hector Contreras, a driver for CRST, in July 2014 crossed the center line on California state route 14 and hit another car head-on, seriously injuring Matthew and Michael Lennig. The lawsuit claims both …


Snapchat Paid Reggie Brown $157.5M to Settle His ‘ousted Founder’ lawsuit

Ousted Snapchat early employee Reggie Brown was paid $157.5 million in a settlement in September 2014 to close off a 2013 lawsuit he had brought against other co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, alleging that they had taken his original idea and run with it, pushing him out of the company without compensation in the process. The details were made public for the first time in Snapchat’s …


Yahoo Shareholders Suing Over Failure to Disclose Breaches

A Yahoo shareholder launched a class action lawsuit this week accusing the ailing tech giant of lying about and “recklessly” failing to disclose cybersecurity problems and massive data breaches, thereby violating federal securities laws and costing shareholders “significant losses and damages.” Yahoo suffered two massive breaches in 2016 hitting 1.5 billion user accounts across both incidents. …


Shareholder Lawsuit Accuses CBS Board of Granting ‘Gratuitous’ Sumner Redstone Salary

A CBS shareholder charges in a new legal filing that corporate board members and CEO Leslie Moonves were “recklessly profligate” when they approved nearly $13 million in pay over three years for one-time chairman Sumner Redstone , after it became clear that he was “incapacitated beyond recovery.” The most damning new evidence in the amended complaint, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, comes …


People Can Still Sue Tobacco Companies Over Health

The proposed $49 billion acquisition by British American Tobacco PLC (NYSEMKT: BTI) of the 58% of Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) that it does not already own will, if approved, create the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company by both revenue and market cap. It will also create the biggest target for more lawsuits related to the harmful effects of tobacco use. Last May, the family …


Judge Unimpressed With Madonna’s Housing Lawsuit

Like a salesman . . . ooh. A no-nonsense state Supreme Court judge said superstar Madonna is no different than a college kid, a jailbird or even a door-to-door peddler when it comes to the scales of justice. ​The singer is suing her 1 W. 64th St. co-op over a strict residency requirement that says her children and domestic …


Former UT Player Whittier Files Lawsuit Against NCAA, Big 12

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.