Bode’s comfort zone is unlike the rest of us. | Photo Credit: Jon Wick Bode Miller is the definition of a rebel so when the world-famous downhiller announced that he would be returning to competition, the only people surprised were his former sponsors. In a recent turn of events, Miller has rediscovered his rebel identity by suing his former sponsor for the right to compete in FIS-sanctioned …
A university student has launched a class action lawsuit after B.C. slapped a 15 per cent property transfer tax on foreign homebuyers last month. Chinese student Jing Li, who studied at the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Metro Vancouver, filed the suit after she put a 10 per cent deposit on a $560,000 townhome in Langley, B.C., CBC News reported Monday.
A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement requiring the city of Akron to give 48 hours’ notice before removing homeless people’s tents and other belongings from public or private property. The city also must store any items taken for 30 days to enable homeless people to reclaim their items. Federal Judge Donald C. Nugent approved the agreement, which will be overseen by …
A coalition of civil rights groups agreed to end its challenge of Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration law in a deal in which the state issued guidelines on how police officers must enforce the law’s most contentious section. The agreement unveiled Thursday ends the last of seven challenges to the law that was criticized for requiring officers, while enforcing other laws, to …
Lawsuits targeting Chicago taxi companies for adding a 50-cent surcharge to nearly 410,000 credit card payments over three-plus months this spring have been garaged, according to a settlement agreement filed Sept. 9 in Cook County Circuit Court. On Feb. 22, Chicago resident James Freeman-Hargis filed a class action complaint against Taxi Affiliation Services, a Chicago-based company affiliated …
A former sales manager for LG Electronics in California filed a suit against LG and Samsung Electronics over an alleged hiring deal between the two companies.
A group of German NGOs filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, asking the nation’s highest judges to block the early – albeit temporary – implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The organizations, Campact, Foodwatch and Mehr Demokratie, say CETA subverts the German constitution because it does not leave room for parliamentarians to interpret …
The start of a program to equip 100 Boston police officers with body cameras has been delayed so a judge can consider a request from the city’s largest police union to temporarily halt the program. An agreement with Boston’s largest police union to have 100 officers wear body cameras was praised as a step toward greater accountability. But by Thursday’s scheduled rollout, not a single …
Music icon Gladys Knight is suing her son, demanding that he stop using her name. According to the lawsuit, Knight no longer wants her name and image on any signs or promotions for the chicken and waffles restaurants. The lawsuit claims Knight licensed her name and memorabilia to her son, Shanga Hankerson, in 1999 for use in connection with the Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurants.
Now, the delaying has been put to a halt, and the plaintiffs are finally about to have their true day in court. On Tuesday, a Superior Court judge will begin hearing arguments in what is known as a summary judgment proceeding. The plaintiffs will attempt to prove that they have enough evidence to forego a trial and prove that Canada had an obligation in law to ensure that indigenous children …