A lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday by a team of ethics experts and legal scholars alleging that President Donald Trump’s overseas businesses violate the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which prohibits presidents from taking money from foreign governments. NPR reports that the group says it’s asking the court “to stop Trump from violating the Constitution by …
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been sued by a participant in its 401(k) plan for allegedly causing employees to pay millions of dollars in excessive fees through a scheme motivated by “self-interest.” The plaintiff claims JPMorgan, as well as various board and committee members with oversight of the $21 billion retirement plan , breached their fiduciary duties by, among other things, retaining …
Federal consumer finance regulators said Thursday they were suing TCF Financial Corp., alleging the bank deceived consumers so it could charge them exorbitant overdraft fees. Banks’ overdraft fee tactics have long been considered predatory by consumer advocates. Such fees, which are charged when customers overspend their bank accounts, largely fall upon lower-income account holders.
The principal of the public Harlem Renaissance High School is a self-help obsessive who pressured his staffers to pony up hundreds of dollars for the popular Landmark Forum self-improvement courses, a new lawsuit alleges. Principal Nadav Zeimer repeatedly pressed Spanish teacher Catherine Owens and other staffers to join Landmark, a program that can cost upwards of $600 for a weekend, according …
An allergic reaction to an antibiotic administered at a Sycamore hospital killed a Plainfield great-grandmother, according to a lawsuit filed in Will County court. Brian Pickle, the son of Lydia Pickle, is suing Kindred Hospital, three doctors and Fox Valley Medical Associates. Lydia Pickle was admitted to Kindred Hospital on Jan. 10, 2015, “for treatment related to her diagnosis …
Hatchimals were the hottest toy around the holidays and now they are the focus of a class action lawsuit. Jodie Hejduk of Bakersfield, Calif. filed a class-action lawsuit against Spin Master, the maker of Hatchimals, CNBC reports. According to Hejduk, the Hatchimal toy she purchased for her daughter allegedly never hatched.
It’s time to claim your free milk money. Got Milk? If you bought dairy products between 2003 and now, you could be eligible for up to $20 cash back from the National Milk Producers Federation as part of a $52 million class action settlement for accusations of price fixing.
Former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells is accused of overseeing the illegal transfer of more than $11 million in university funds to support five Oshkosh-area building projects. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Dane County by the UW System claims Wells and Tom Sonnleitner, retired UWO vice chancellor of administrative services, made illegal financial guarantees between 2010 and 2014 to secure backing for high-profile building projects on and around the Oshkosh campus, and later spent more than $11 million in university funds on …
Trends Police brutality Jerry Boyle, an attorney and legal observer with the National Lawyers Guild, filed the federal lawsuit on Thursday, naming as defendants the City of Chicago and various former and current officials with the Chicago Police Department. The Harris Corporation’s “Stingray” is the most well-known brand of the controversial spying technology, used by the FBI, the Secret …
Student can ‘move on with his life to pursue a degree at a university that respects his rights of conscience,’ attorney says A lawsuit against Missouri State University that alleged the school kicked a Christian student out of its master’s degree program for saying he would not counsel gay couples because of his religious beliefs has been settled, with the complainant reportedly earning a …