A group of women who were unknowingly videotaped by a D.C. rabbi as they took part in a religious ritual bath are suing him and affiliated organizations, and on Tuesday announced that they are seeking $100 million. The lawsuit was also amended Tuesday to include the Beth Din of America, an Orthodox court that oversaw Rabbi Barry Freundel. Related Stories The changes to the lawsuit …
The Sacramento City Council is looking at a $500,000 legal bill to defend a lawsuit filed by Curtis Park Village developer Paul Petrovich. The council will vote Tuesday on whether to spend up to that amount to pay outside law firm Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson. Supervising Deputy City Attorney Brett Witter said the figure will cover legal costs through a trial and, if necessary, an appeal.
City attorneys want a federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed by a Tulane professor last month that argues the city should remove the statue of Andrew Jackson from Jackson Square if it also takes down Confederate monuments. In a filing with the U.S. District Court on Monday (Aug. 15), the city argues it has the right to target removal of Confederate monuments over others in the city, and …
Property owners have dropped a lawsuit challenging a city short-term rental ban and the $500 daily fines that accompany it. July 22 court documents showed five …
A Charlottesville man is filing a federal lawsuit challenging City Council’s rules for speakers at council meetings. Joseph Draego voiced his concerns over the influx of Muslim refugees during a public Charlottesville City Council meeting on July 20. Draego said many Muslims are “real good people,” but later stated, “the Muslims, monstrous maniacs that they are, read their holy book and then …
In Wednesday’s 5-9 vote, the Alaska Legislative Council voted down a motion to continue the lawsuit during a brief morning meeting held by telephone. The vote means the council will not move forward with an appeal of the Superior Court’s decision and that it will end its contracts with two private law firms, said Council chair Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, who voted against continuing the …
On May 4, several environmental organizations filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling for an end to the regulatory exemption it carved out in the late 1980s for the oil and gas industry with regards to how it handles industrial waste. That exemption to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, a recent DeSmog investigation showed, was …
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 …
Manistee’s former director of public works – accused of selling scrap metal for personal gain – is suing the city, claiming malicious prosecution for embezzlement cost him election to the Manistee City Council. Manistee officials and a special prosecutor announced the criminal investigation just four days before John Garber’s name appeared on …
After months of discussions, meetings and revisions, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to the first increase in water and power base rates in years. With a 12-2 vote, the council gave its go-ahead to the Department of Water and Power’s proposal to boost water rates 4.7% and power rates 3.86% each year for five years. The DWP estimates that customers who use …