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No Rain Tax Group Raising Money for Lawsuit

No Rain Tax Group raising money for lawsuit VideoHANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A grassroots effort to fight the controversial stormwater runoff fee in Luzerne County is ramping up. It’s been proven in history,” No Rain Tax Group member Marian Deangelis said. And that’s why the group called No Rain Tax is placing signs throughout the Back Mountain of Luzerne County. They are …


Former University of Virginia Receiver Alleges Hazing, Abusive Culture in Football Program

University of Virginia football players staged a gladiator-style fight between a pair of incoming freshmen, a dangerous hazing incident that resulted in a concussion and jeopardized the career of a promising young receiver, according to a federal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. For weeks this past the summer, upperclassmen had taunted, …


Teaneck Vets Group, Other N.J. Social Clubs Accused of TV Piracy – Business

American Legion Post 128 in Teaneck is among several North Jersey bars and social clubs facing federal lawsuits from a California pay-per-view boxing promoter seeking $170,000 in damages because they allegedly pirated a pay-per-view boxing match two years ago. Floyd Mayweather complaining to the referee during his Sept. 13, 2014, title fight against Marcos Maidana. California-based J&J Sports …


Philly Cops File Lawsuit Against LeSean McCoy Over Bar fight

Bills running back LeSean McCoy didn’t face criminal charges, but he’s still dealing with the effects of a February bar fight. Two police officers who claim they were injured by McCoy in the altercation have now filed a civil lawsuit. According to John Barr of ESPN.com, the suit was filed Tuesday morning in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, naming McCoy and three other men.


Liberty Twp. Soliciting Curfew Lifted Under Threat of Lawsuit

Facing a federal lawsuit, Liberty Twp. trustees have extended the hours solicitors are allowed to come knocking on doors. Board President Tom Farrell told the Journal-News that summer hours, from May through September, will be extended to 9 p.m. Winter times, from October through April, will be extended to 6 p.m., he said.


Peter Thiel Ties Gawker Lawsuit to Fight Against Revenge Porn

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel is defending his financial support for litigation targeting Gawker Media for its reporting on celebrities by likening it to efforts to crack down on privacy violations like “revenge porn.” In a New York Times op-ed on Monday defending his decision to fund a case that ultimately forced the media company to put itself up for sale, Thiel cited the Intimate Privacy …


Showtime Sues Top Rank Over Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight

The 2015 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century, was widely seen as a disappointment. Now, a year after a hail of class action lawsuits followed the match, Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI) is suing Pacquiao’s promoter Top Rank Inc. (TRI) for an alleged failure to live up to an indemnification agreement. In New York federal court, Showtime filed …


Donald’s Defense: Trump University No Different Than Hamburger University

That’s where a district judge on Tuesday struck down a Hail Mary defense from Trump’s legal team in an attempt to prevent their client from facing trial in a lawsuit against his now defunct Trump University. The mogul faces a class action lawsuit in the state for his mid-2000s project which promised to make ordinary people experts in real estate, earn them tons of money, and provide expert …


‘No Mas Bebés’ Recalls L.A. Mexican Moms’ Involuntary Sterilizations

A very painful episode in the Los Angeles, California Mexican-American community is the subject of a documentary airing Monday, Feb. 1 on PBS. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, some Mexican and Mexican-American women who were admitted to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center for an emergency caesarian faced an agonizing choice. If they wanted painkillers, or if they wanted to proceed with …