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News Dec 13, 2016

Trump Lawsuit Update: Restaurant Case Deposition Set Just Before Inauguration, Melania Appears in Maryland Court

Donald Trump is continuing to pursue a lawsuit against a famed chef who refused to open a restaurant in his Washington, D.C., hotel after controversial comments the president-elect said about Mexicans and other minorities during the kickoff of his presidential campaign. Meanwhile, as Trump prepares for a deposition set just weeks before he assumes the Oval Office on Inauguration Day, the next …

News Dec 9, 2016

Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Swamped in His Own Workplace Lawsuits

Under Puzder, CKE Restaurants has been a magnet for controversy over its treatment of employees—hardly the background for an executive who’s supposed to ensure worker safety, prevent discrimination in the workplace, and address federal disputes between employees and management. Since Puzder became CEO in 2000, CKE has been accused of not providing required breaks for employees and a party to …

News Dec 9, 2016

Seven People Opt Out of Proposed $2.375M Diluted Chemo Settlement

Only seven people have opted out of a proposed $2.375-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving diluted chemotherapy treatment. Wednesday was the deadline for more than 1,200 patients named in the class action to opt out of the proposed settlement. Lawyer Harvey Strosberg of Stutts Strosberg LLP, the co-counsel in the lawsuit, says the majority of the patients are unopposed.

News Dec 9, 2016

Lawsuit Against Courts Massively Overcharging for Documents Moves Forward

Back in April, we wrote about an interesting lawsuit filed over excessive fees for PACER, the federal court system’s electronic records system. If you’re not a lawyer or journalist, and have never used PACER, it is difficult to put into words what a ridiculous and outdated system it is. Not only does it look like it was designed and built in 1998, the court system leverages ridiculous fees for …

Legal News Dec 9, 2016

Spokeo Decision Leads to Dismissal of Lyft Class Action

Though a district judge used a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last spring to dismiss a Lyft driver’s proposed class action over alleged Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, that high court ruling hasn’t killed all such putative actions, a Tampa, Florida-based attorney says. “I think this was another instance of tension between the Supreme Court, a …

Lawsuits Dec 9, 2016

5 Things to Know About the New Epic Lawsuit

When news broke on Friday that Epic Systems workers had filed a class-action lawsuit against the Verona-based software giant over overtime pay, there’s a reason people may have felt a sense of déjà vu. That’s because this same scenario has now played out four times over the past three years. Here’s a quick rundown on the new lawsuit, and why Epic’s labor practices seem to get litigated on repeat.

News Dec 8, 2016

Wikipedia’s NSA Lawsuit Heads to Federal Appeals Court

The publishers of Wikipedia and several civil rights groups will head to a federal appeals court Thursday to challenge a National Security Agency surveillance program that mines Americans’ internet communications. A key hurdle for the groups will be to provide convincing evidence that their emails and other communications are among those collected in bulk by the NSA. A lower court previously …

News Dec 8, 2016

Trump Loses Bid to Get Lawsuit Over Country Club Refunds Dismissed

President Elect Donald Trump just got some more bad legal news. A federal judge rejected a request to throw out a class action lawsuit filed against his Trump National country club in Jupiter, Florida (formerly the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club & Spa). The lawsuit is over deposits that were deemed un-refundable after Trump bought the business, reports the Palm Beach Post .