A federal jury in Seattle has ordered Zillow to pay $8.3 million after finding the Seattle company infringed on copyrights of VHT Inc. on its Zillow Digs website. The suit was filed in 2015 in federal district court in Seattle, and the jury verdict was delivered Thursday, Zillow said in a regulatory filing Friday. The company said it will ask the court to reverse some portions of the verdict …
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration suffered yet another setback Friday in its attempt to avoid refunding $200 million in fines and late fees issued to Chicagoans denied due process after being slapped with 1.5 million red-light and speed camera tickets. The Illinois Appellate Court refused to hear the city’s appeal of a lower court decision certifying the high-stakes lawsuit as a class action. …
On Sunday night in front of the millions of viewers watching the 2017 Grammy Awards, actress Lavern Cox stood on stage and gave a shout out to a Virginia high school student. “Everyone, please Google ‘Gavin Grimm,'” Cox said. “He’s going to the Supreme Court in March.
A Missouri jury is now hearing evidence in the state’s fourth trial involving the alleged link between Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products and ovarian cancer. During opening statements last week, a plaintiff’s attorney asserted that Johnson & Johnson’s “love of money” led it to ignore a growing body of research linking the genital application of …
On January 26, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California became the first court to mandate disclosure of litigation funding that parties in class actions receive from outside sources, under a revision to the court’s standing order applicable to all cases. The rule provides that “in any proposed class, collective or representative action, the required disclosure includes …
The City of Portland moved the lawsuit seeking to block its new requirement that landlords pay moving costs of tenants evicted for “no-cause” to federal court late Thursday. An attorney representing two landlords had originally filed the suit in Multnomah County Circuit Court, claiming the new policy unanimously approved by the City Council last Thursday …
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION TO: ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES (“PERSONS”) THAT PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED REVANCE THERAPEUTICS, INC. (“REVANCE” OR THE “COMPANY”) COMMON STOCK DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON JUNE 19, 2014 AND ENDING ON MAY 1, 2015, AND PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS FOR THE COMPANY’S JUNE 19, 2014 PUBLIC OFFERING …
Durham’s response to the federal lawsuit. While acknowledging the tragedy of the fatal Woodmore Elementary school bus crash on Nov. 21, Durham School Services says it should not be held liable in federal court. Durham, the company contracted to provide busing services to Hamilton County Schools, filed a response Thursday …
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 law firm Gardy & Notis, LLP announces that it filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in federal court on behalf of investors who purchased Under Armour, Inc. (“Under Armour”) (NYSE: UA, UAA) common stock between April 21, 2016 and January 30, 2017 (the “Class Period”). The lawsuit alleges that, during the Class Period, Under Armour and certain …