House Republicans Ask Court To Delay Their Lawsuit To Blow Up Obamacare Huffington Post Yesterday, 7:07 pm House Republicans want a federal appeals court to let them delay the next phase of their lawsuit against President Barack Obama that would have devastating consequences for the Affordable Care Act. A lower court this year ruled in favor of House Republicans’ claim that the Obama …
With the 9th Circuit’s late summer anti-class action waiver decision, the circuit split widened over the issue of whether employers can require employees, through an arbitration agreement, to waive their rights to bring class or collective actions against their employer. This issue will almost certainly reach the Supreme Court given the deepening divide and the Court’s …
Late last week, a Federal Judge rejected an ill-fated attempt to make an end-run around the Senate to find a way to put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court: Merrick Garland’s last, long-shot chance at being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice has now vanished: A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to force the Senate to take up his nomination. Garland, the chief judge of …
Missouri’s highest court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit by activists seeking an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown. The Missouri Supreme Court announced in an order obtained by media outlets Friday that it won’t hear the matter. Activists were challenging a state appellate court’s May conclusion that a …
Lawyers for Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Jessen have clashed with the Justice Department over what classified evidence is needed to defend against the suit’s allegations that the men “designed, implemented, and personally administered an experimental torture program.” Lasting Scars Articles in this series examine the American legacy of brutal interrogations. Last month, despite United States government …
A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former New York City public high school teacher who claimed she was fired for teaching a unit about five men wrongly convicted in the 1989 gang rape of a Central Park jogger. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl ruled that Jeena Lee-Walker’s speech, as a public employee, was not protected by the First Amendment when she taught lessons about …
A Barrie man is one of the lead plaintiffs in a proposed $60 million class-action lawsuit against Casino Rama following a massive cyberhack. The lawsuit filed in Toronto Superior Court by Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, names multiple defendants including Casino Rama, it’s American operator Penn National Gaming Inc, Chippewas of Rama First Nation and the OLG. According to the statement of …
Japanese carmaker, Toyota, has agreed to settle a US Federal class action for up to $3.4bn. It was brought by US owners of pickup trucks and SUVs whose claimed their frames could rust through. The proposed settlement covers 1.5 million Tacoma compact pickups, Tundra full-size pickups and Sequoia SUVs.
A government lawsuit against Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc . will move to the mortgage lender’s hometown, a federal judge ruled Monday, after finding that the Washington, D.C., connection to Quicken’s practices was too “insubstantial” to keep the case there.
Supporters of the youth plaintiffs assemble on the steps of the US District Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon, after the hearing. The banner reads, “Our future is a constitutional right.” (Photo by Clayton Aldern/Grist & BillMoyers.com)
Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is a devastating blow to the environmental community, coming at a crucial juncture in the fight against climate change.