A Montreal lawyer has filed a request for a class action lawsuit against McDonald’s, claiming the popular restaurant chain’s marketing strategy illegally targets children. Joey Zukran claims that the fast-food giant is violating Quebec’s consumer protection laws with ads that directly target children under the age of 13. Zukran argued that McDonald’s is breaking the provincial rules with its …
A group of agencies and businesses that provides services to state government has opened a second front in the legal fight to get Illinois to pay billions in back-due bills. The Pay Now Illinois coalition filed a lawsuit in St. Clair County on Thursday demanding state officials pay bills dating to July. An $11 billion pile of overdue bills has grown with a nearly two-year long budget stalemate.
The National Parks Service (NPS) said Thursday it would grant permits to organizations planning to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in later this month in Washington, D.C., a win that comes after civil rights lawyers threatened to sue the agency. “We believe that this is a significant victory for free speech. They are doing this under threat of litigation,” Mara Verheyden- …
Supporters of an East African advocacy group that has filed a “crimes against humanity” lawsuit against anti-homosexuality evangelist pastor Scott Lively gathered in front of the federal courthouse Wednesday morning Dozens of supporters, including 16 Ugandans, some of whom traveled from their country to be present here today, demonstrated outside in advance of a hearing later …
Wisconsin is among a coalition of 21 states suing the U.S. Department of Labor over a new rule that would make more higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay. Nevada Attorney General Adam …
A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Illinois by a coalition of social services providers trying to force the state to pay more than $100 million in overdue bills. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Rodolfo Garcia ruled that the fiscally shaky state, which has racked up $8 billion in unpaid bills, was immune from lawsuits of this …
The state of Wyoming is asking a federal judge to dismiss a revised lawsuit from a coalition of environmental groups who say the state Legislature didn’t go far enough this year in amending laws that would make trespassing to collect data a crime. A coalition of environmental, animal rights and other groups filed suit challenging the original Wyoming data-trespassing laws …
Much of the criticism leveled against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the Bureau’s brief five-year history has been centered on claims that the CFPB is too tough on businesses it deems to have engaged in predatory financial activity. This week, however, a large number of prominent national organizations called for the CFPB to get even tougher. A coalition consisting of more …