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Developer Hired Fake INS Agent to Scare Away Tenants: Lawsuit

A developer sent a fake immigration agent to an East Harlem building to threaten rent-stabilized tenants, sparking an investigation by the state attorney general, according to a new lawsuit. Araceli and Rosa Ramos said that soon after the landlord of their E. 115th Street building died his children tried to sell the property to the Valley Stream, NY-based real estate investment company …


Palantir Blocked Its Investors From Selling Their Shares, Lawsuit Claims

Palantir CEO Alex Karp at Trump Tower. Andrew Kelly / Reuters ID: 10719057 Palantir Technologies, one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley, has deprived investors of basic information about its business and repeatedly hindered efforts by investors to sell their shares, according to a blistering lawsuit filed by a longtime investor. In addition to keeping at least some shareholders in …


Securities Class Action Settlements Up in 2016

The number of securities class action settlements approved by U.S. courts in 2016 was 85, the highest level since 2010, according to a report issued Wednesday by Boston-based Cornerstone Research. Total settlement dollars approved in 2016 was $5.99 billion, or almost double 2015’s $3.07 billion, according to the report, “Securities Class Action Settlements – 2016 Review and Analysis.” A total …


Fifth Lawsuit Filed After Fatal Biloxi Bus-Train Collision

A fifth lawsuit was filed Tuesday seeking at least $10 million after a train collided with a bus in Biloxi, Miss. last week, killing four people and injuring 35 others. Hall is suing the bus company, Echo Transportation, the tour company, Diamond Tours, and the train’s parent company, CSX Transportation for negligence and gross negligence and is asking for no less than $10 million in damages …


Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Gov. Scott to Allow Former Felons to Vote

According to the Fair Elections Legal Network they have filed a class action lawsuit has been filed against Governor Scott and the Clemency Board to allow former felons to vote. The Fair Elections Legal Network and the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLCC have filed the lawsuit on behalf of seven former felons, according to a press release the organizations sent out. According to this …


Hawaii Plans to Fight President Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban 2.0’

Attorneys for Hawaii are planning to file paperwork Wednesday to challenge President Trump’s revised travel ban, which goes into effect on March 16. Lawyers for the state said they will move for a temporary restraining order on March 15, a day before the new executive order is supposed to take effect. “This new executive order is nothing more than Muslim Ban 2.0,” Hawaii Attorney General Doug …


ICE Agents Illegally Detained Colorado US Citizen for Days Because He Was Hispanic, Lawsuit Claims

DENVER – A Gunnison man born in Colorado was picked up by immigration officers after a court appearance and illegally detained in immigration detention centers across the state for days, according to two newly-filed federal lawsuits. Bernardo Medina, 22, is Hispanic and was born in Montrose in May 1994. He and his parents moved to Mexico before his first birthday, which is where he spent much …


OPINION: Lawsuit Against PayPal Alleges Charities Never Received Donations

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NEW YORK, NY – JULY 20: PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman speaks before ringing the bell at Nasdaq this morning on July 20, 2015, in New York City.


The Costs of Some Drugs Have Skyrocketed and These States Won’t Take It Anymore

South Carolina is now one of 40 states to accuse six drug-makers of conspiring to inflate prices and fix the market for two generic drugs used to treat infections and diabetes, in a federal lawsuit. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Sunday that the Palmetto State backs the claims echoed nationwide that the companies “entered into illegal conspiracies in order to unreasonably restrain …


Lawsuit: Deputies Knelt on Teen’s Neck After Tasing Him, Caused His Death

The parents of a teen who died while in custody of several Harris County deputies are filing a lawsuit against them, alleging they used unreasonable deadly force at the end of a chase involving their son. According to a lawsuit filed in February 2017, several Harris County Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser to subdue 18 …