The American Immigration Council (Council) and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) have teamed up on a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeking information about the government’s …
On May 23, 2016, American Capital announced it had signed a definitive merger agreement with Ares Capital. Under the terms of the transaction, American Capital shareholders will receive total cash and stock consideration of $14.95 per fully diluted share. American Capital shareholders will receive $6.41 in cash per share, plus 0.483 Ares Capital shares for each American Capital share, or $7.34 …
Illinois resident Yvonne Averhart was one of many who filed a class action lawsuit against SuperValu Inc. last month, alleging that the company represents that its grated Parmesan cheese product is composed of 100 percent cheese when it actually consists of a mixture of cheese and non-cheese filler substance derived from wood …
“I mean, they got there first. But now you want to take it from them? Sort of ironic.”
The only people that wish to “take” anything in this case is people that wish to apply the term native American only to themselves, or other people, while excluding other native Americans. They are shamefully and disgracefully taking the word native for themselves.
As to what’s “ironic,” that would be a group of people misappropriating …
An area resident and American Atheists have filed a lawsuit alleging that Bradley County Sheriff Eric Watson is violating the First Amendment by proselytizing and censoring on the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. Officials filed the suit Monday in federal District Court in Eastern Tennessee in an effort to “stop the sheriff’s policy of censoring comments that are negative or at …
A class-action lawsuit targeting a company behind a line of cigarettes touted as natural has moved to U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. Three men from California, New York and Florida are suing the maker of American Spirit cigarettes, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., and its parent company, Reynolds American Inc. The plaintiffs say the cigarette maker’s marketing deliberately tries to mislead…
In a new class-action lawsuit, plaintiffs claim Facebook spied on users who relayed private health information on major cancer institutes’ websites in order to make profit off the data in advertising revenue. Courthouse News Service reports Winston Smith has sued Facebook, the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Oncology and five others alleging Facebook uses the private health …
A Sunday grassfire that burned two residences in Pawnee County – a mobile home and a fifth-wheel trailer – has been ruled accidental. The fire marshal’s office said a burn pile on the family’s property was the cause. A Sunday grassfire that burned two residences in Pawnee County – a mobile home and a fifth-wheel trailer – has been ruled accidental.
Lufthansa and Iberia persuaded a U.S. appeals court in Chicago to reject efforts by passengers to hold them liable for delays on multi-leg international flights involving multiple airlines. Tuesday’s decision by Judge Richard Posner of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals highlights the hurdles that passengers can face in holding carriers liable for travel snags, including when foreign laws or …
NEW YORK Nov 19 The credit card industry won a big legal victory on Thursday as a federal appeals court rejected claims by a group of consumers that big issuers colluded to require that disputes be settled in arbitration rather than through class action lawsuits. By a 3-0 vote, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court ruling that American Express Co , Citigroup Inc …