WV Water Crisis Settlements Provide Community Up to $151M
Hundreds of thousands of Kanawha Valley residents, businesses and workers will receive up to $151 million in compensation from West Virginia American Water Co. and Eastman Chemical Co. …
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Eastman Chemical Settles Water Crisis Lawsuit
Eastman Chemical has settled a class action lawsuit over the contaminated drinking water supply that occurred in 2014. The lawyers for Eastman said that a preliminary settlement had been reached with the class. West Virginia American Water has still not settled claims against it, but the trial was pushed back one more day to try and reach an agreement, according to U.S. District …
Trump Appears to Admit Using Charity Money to Settle Lawsuit
When The Washington Post’s David A. Fahrenthold first reported that Donald Trump has used money contributed to the foundation that bears his name to help settle two lawsuits, Trump and his surrogates repeatedly said the charge was untrue. Not Wednesday. At the third presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump essentially acknowledged he had used Trump Foundation money to settle a lawsuit …
Philip Haney: The Defamation Lawsuit Against Glenn Beck ‘Is an Intrusion of Sharia Law’
Yesterday, Philip Haney, a former Department of Homeland Security analyst who has become a prominent right-wing anti-Islam activist since retiring, spoke at a conference in Washington, D.C., organized by the anti-Muslim group ACT for America. Near the end of his remarks, Haney took questions from the audience, including one from a woman who asked his thoughts about Abdulrahman Alharbi, a …
Pomerantz Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Against American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. And Certain Officers – ARA
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. (“American Renal” or the “Company”) (ARA) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 16-cv-06841, is on behalf of a class consisting of all …
EQUITY ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Announces Filing of Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.
Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. securities (ARA): (1) pursuant and/or traceable to American Renal’s Initial Public Offering on or about April 21, 2016 (the “IPO”); and/or (2) from April 21, 2016 through August 18, 2016. The lawsuit …
A Startup Is Automating the Lawsuit Strategy Peter Thiel Used to Kill Gawker
Did you look at Peter Thiel’s systematic destruction of Gawker via the American legal system and think “Wow, it’s too difficult to extract money from corporations and people using the courts?” Did you think, “Why don’t I try that?” If you answered yes to either question, there’s a startup you should meet. Legalist is a Silicon Valley startup that was developed in the Y Combinator incubator offering …
UPDATED: Zara Slapped With $5 Million-Plus “Deceptive Pricing” Lawsuit
THE FASHION LAW EXCLUSIVE – Zara has been hit with a massive lawsuit alleging that it is engaged in the widespread practice of deceiving American consumers through a classic bait and switch scheme in connection with its pricing. The $5 million-plus proposed class action lawsuit, which was filed by Devin Rose in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, a federal …
American Indian Farmers Settlement Fund Draws High Interest
About 150 groups from around the country that provide services to American Indian farmers and ranchers have applied to receive grant money from a $38 million one-time fund set up as part of the federal government’s loan discrimination settlement with Native Americans. An advisory committee will whittle down the proposals and make a recommendation to a federal judge by Oct. …
Racketeering Lawsuit Exposing Nationwide Vote Rigging in DNC Primaries Could Derail Clinton
A major lawsuit is on the precipice of being filed by the Institute for American Democracy and Election Integrity, the implications of which could dramatically alter the landscape of the 2016 U.S. presidential race. The group claims that in about eleven states, there has been noted a significant difference between the exit polls …