A dispute over “sanctuary cities” between the city of Chicago and the federal Justice Department has had a ripple effect neither side could have anticipated: It has essentially blocked all of Kentucky’s drug task forces from receiving a larger portion of the funding they need to keep operating. David Thompson, executive director of the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force, says the loss in federal …
The new Mercedes-Benz football stadium has dazzled fans and excited citizens of Atlanta. But, a lawsuit obtained by our FOX 5 I-Team, claims the Falcons should be paying an estimated $26 million dollars per year in property taxes. The Fayetteville attorney who filed the lawsuit says Atlanta Public School kids are missing out on 13 million dollars in taxes a year.
CHRIS BURY: In Ohio, the climbing costs of the opioid epidemic are reflected in the shattered lives of people like Ashley Taylor. For the 26-year-old single mother of three, the road to addiction began in high school with pain pills often stolen from parents of friends. By 16, she was snorting, then shooting, heroin, because it was cheaper and easy to buy in the small southern Ohio town of …
An international clothing store loved by celebrities and shoppers is being sued of cheating its American customers. ZARA faces a federal class-action lawsuit that accuses the retailer of unlawful pricing by tricking shoppers with conversion rates. “I think their conduct was intentional, deceitful, motivated by …
A federal jury in Columbus says DuPont should pay 500 thousand dollars in punitive damages to an Ohio man in a chemical illness lawsuit. Earlier this week, the same jury ruled a chemical used by DuPont at its Washington Works plant in West Virginia, C8, caused the man to get cancer and awarded him 5.1 million dollars. A DuPont spokesperson says the verdict will be appealed, and jurors were …
Future can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to people claiming he owes them millions upon millions of dollars. The latest to file a lawsuit against Future is his fellow rapper, Rocko, who is suing Future for $10 million. Their beef dates back to the early days of Future’s career when he was signed as one of Rocko’s artists.
Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC issued the following statements in response to the news that Governor Pat McCrory has filed a lawsuit defending his deeply discriminatory HB2. “North Carolina’s HB2 law is blatantly unconstitutional and violates federal civil rights law,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “The Department of Justice has already been clear that it violates the civil …
A settlement has been reached involving Eastman Kodak and some of its current and past employees over a class action lawsuit. The settlement totals $9.7 million dollars. It has to do with lawsuits following Kodak’s 2012 bankruptcy filing, involving participants in the company’s savings and investment plan for employees and the Kodak Employee Stock Ownership plan.
WatchMojo, one of the most viewed channels on YouTube, is striking back at Content-ID abusers. Last weekend WatchMojo’s CEO Ashkan Karbasfrooshan published a video in which he exposed some of the worst Content-ID abusers. What plays a major role here is that protesting Content-ID claims may eventually lead to copyright notices. However, WatchMojo believes that abusive rightsholders are opening …