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Notices, Settlements Jul 1, 2016

Levi & Korsinsky LLP Announce a Proposed Settlement Involving Persons or Entities Who Purchased or Otherwise Acquired Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. Securities

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY In re: OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, Case No. 14-3799 (FLW) (LHG) INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION TO: ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHO PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED OCEAN POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“OPT”) SECURITIES BETWEEN JANUARY 14, 2014 AND JULY 29, 2014, INCLUSIVE, AND/OR PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED OPT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO AND/OR TRACEABLE TO …

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Notices Jun 28, 2016

Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of A Class Action Against Halyard Health, Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Certain Officers – HYH; KMB

Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Halyard Health, Inc. (“Halyard” or the “Company”) (NYSE:HYH), Kimberly-Clark Corporation (“Kimberly-Clark”) (NYSE:KMB) and certain of the companies’ officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-05093, …

Lawsuits, Settlements May 23, 2016

Washington Man Gets $100K for Excessive Force in 2014 Arrest

A Washington man who was repeatedly punched, Tasered and bit by a police K9 during a 2014 arrest will get a $100,000 settlement for the beatdown. The city of Tukwila, Wash., agreed to settle the civil rights lawsuit filed by Linson Tara, who was the victim of excessive force when cops attempted to arrest him for yelling and screaming in a UPS freight yard. The suit not only won Tara …

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Lawsuits May 22, 2016

BMW Sued Over I3’s Extended-Range Electric Powertrain

2,885 views May 22, 2016 2014 BMW i3 REx, Catskill Mountains, New York, Oct 2014 BMW has been hit with a class action lawsuit regarding a potential issue afflicting the extended-range version of the automaker’s i3 electric car. According to the suit, which was filed in a District Court in Los Angeles last week, the extended-range i3, known as the i3 REx, can reduce power to unsafe levels …

Lawsuits May 10, 2016

Lawsuit: Ex-Iu Med School Official Says He Was Sexually Harassed

A former administrator at the Indiana University School of Medicine says he was pressured to resign after complaining about a female administrator he claims sexually harassed him. Now Dr. Mark Rigby says he wants his job back—with back pay. Rigby, a pediatrician, filed a lawsuit this week against the medical school and IUPUI, where he worked as academic chief of pediatric care before resigning …

Lawsuits May 10, 2016

Abutter Wins Lawsuit Over Nonprofit’s Housing Plans

Truro landowner Brenda Connors recently won a lawsuit in Barnstable Superior Court that will annul a town zoning board of appeals decision from 2014 granting a comprehensive permit to Habitat For Humanity to create six lots at 181 Route 6. Three of those lots would be used to build a total of three affordable homes, two would remain undeveloped and a driveway would be constructed on the …

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Lawsuits May 8, 2016

Lawsuit: Abusive Staff Called Group Home the ‘Bronx Zoo’

Three families on Monday sued staff at a New York City group home, alleging they punched, kicked and spit on disabled residents and that state authorities knew about the abuse and did nothing for weeks. Staff at the Union Avenue IRA referred to the facility as the “Bronx zoo” and also denied residents food and botched their medical care, the federal lawsuit said. The suit, filed in Manhattan, …

Lawsuits May 8, 2016

Lawsuit Claims Sheridan Evidence Destroyed

A Somerset County investigator has challenged the probe into the September 2014 deaths of Camden hospital executive John Sheridan and his wife. Jeffrey Scozzafava, a detective with the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, contends crime-scene evidence from the couple’s home “was improperly collected, improperly preserved and subsequently destroyed.” The criticisms are …

Lawsuits May 1, 2016

Sony Second Studio to Reach Settlement in Animation Anti-Poaching Suit

First Fox’s Blue Sky Studios reached a multi-million dollar settlement and now tellingly Sony has come to an 8-figure deal to exit the on-going potential class action suit against itself, DreamWorks Animation, Pixar, LucasFilm, Disney and the now shuttered Imagemovers Digital over wage-fixing and anti-poaching allegations. The $13 million dollar Sony deal signals a major shift in the ‘toon …