Lawsuits on behalf of young consumers have been filed against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc and others are expected amid increasing scrutiny. The lawsuits target Juul, which markets a nicotine-vaping device and controls about 75% of the e-cigarette market. * Most of the plaintiffs allege that users became addicted to Juul, but at least two lawsuits go further. * Lawsuits filed in federal …
“A team of ICE agents approached the man as he walked up to the front door of the courthouse building. In March 2019, ICE agents arrested a defendant who was scheduled to appear in Westchester County Supreme Court. ICE courthouse operations in and around state courthouses increased by 1,700% in 2018 compared to 2016, according to the lawsuit. (Photo: Tania Savayan/The Journal News)The effect, …
KYODO NEWS – 14 hours ago – 13:57 | Sports, AllA court in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Naomi Osaka’s former coach demanding a portion of the tennis star’s earnings, Osaka’s management agency said Wednesday. The judge wrote that since “no court ever approved the subject contract, and Naomi Osaka and Mari Osaka, who were minors, disavowed said contract, the court holds that the …
Maurice the rooster’s early morning cock-a-doodle-doo won’t be silenced after neighbors filed a lawsuit over the noise, a French court ruled Thursday. The 4-year-old rooster’s dawn crowing exasperated its neighbors, a retired couple who moved to the small island of Oleron off of France’s Atlantic coast. “I hope it will set a precedent for them.”The lawsuit was just one of several cases pitting …
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal lawsuit related to the shooting of rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum has been dismissed. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the civil suit was filed in U.S. District Court of Oregon by Ryan Payne, Shawna Cox and others who were associated with the Bundy family’s 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They claimed that FBI agents, Oregon State Police and …
Nearly six years after Cameron Redus was fatally shot by a University of Incarnate Word police officer, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family remains tied up in the court system. A spokesperson of the Redus family confirmed that the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in December over whether UIW should be granted immunity from the lawsuit, a disputed point that has kept the …
Tuesday, August 20, 2019In 2005 and 2006, Christopher Blake and James Orkis took out mortgages from JP Morgan to buy homes. Blake and Orkis further argued that the statute of limitations had also been extended by a 2011 lawsuit filed over the same conduct in a California federal court, Samp v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. The Third Circuit again disagreed and held that a pending class action …
A federal judge hearing the city of Chicago’s lawsuit against Jussie Smollett says she’ll rule on the actor’s request to toss the suit in October. Interested in Jussie Smollett? Add Jussie Smollett as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Jussie Smollett news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestThe 10-minute status hearing Tuesday was the first since the civil case was moved …
Facebook could face billions of dollars in damagesFacebook’s attempt to throw out a class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology has been rejected. Social media users in the US state of Illinois claimed Facebook illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent through its “Tag Suggestions” feature. A US court of appeal voted 3-0 to …
Tech giant Facebook is reportedly facing billions of dollars in potential damages as a federal appeals court rejected the firm’s argument to halt a class action lawsuit relating to the storing of biometric data of millions of users. TechCrunch reports that a federal appeals court rejected Facebook’s argument to block a class action lawsuit this week which could see the firm facing billions in …