Lawsuits on behalf of young consumers have been filed against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc and others are expected amid increasing scrutiny. The lawsuits target Juul, which markets a nicotine-vaping device and controls about 75% of the e-cigarette market. * Most of the plaintiffs allege that users became addicted to Juul, but at least two lawsuits go further. * Lawsuits filed in federal …
Screenshot: Click2HoustonIf ever there was a perfect justification for throwing hands, it’s the discovery that staffers at your 7th grader’s middle school filled in his fade with a Sharpie. Thankfully, however, cooler heads prevailed, and instead of snatching the soul out of the offending party’s chests, a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed instead. From Yahoo:A federal civil rights lawsuit …
He says Ottawa rejected her visa – saying they don’t believe she will return to Kenya when the 180 days are up. Kinsella believes the approval of temporary resident visas to Canada for citizens of non-visa countries are racist and bigoted. He says he is trying to rectify the situation with this lawsuit. He says he was receiving help from Waterloo MP Bardish Chagger during this process but that …
A lawsuit has been filed against AT&T (T), claiming that its $1.99 administrative fee isn’t included as part of the company’s advertised rates for its wireless service plans. The $1.99 fee in questions has allegedly been added to AT&T customer bills since 2013 when it was reportedly $0.61 per month. AT&T responded to the lawsuit by telling the news outlet that “The lawsuit is wrong. This is a …
Class Action Lawsuit over Universal Music Fire Filed by Soundgarden, Hole, Tom Petty EstatePublished Jun 24, 2019In the wake of news surfacing that a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed 500,000 irreplaceable master recordings Hole and Steve Earle , as well as the estates of Tom Petty and 2Pac , have filed a class action lawsuit against Universal Music Group As a follow-up New …
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A civil rights group says JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by male employees who say they were denied additional paid parental leave between 2011 and 2017. The settlement was announced Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union and the national law firm Outten & Golden. Chase employee Derek Rotondo filed an equal opportunity …
There’s no let-up in the legal assault on financial services giant AMP as it confronts the fallout from last year’s banking royal commission. A class action lawsuit is being filed in the Federal Court today on behalf of AMP superannuation account holders, seeking compensation for alleged unreasonable admin fees in the “fees for no service” scandal. Last week five class actions against AMP were …
A class action lawsuit filed last week claims the country’s largest producers of e-cigarettes concealed health risks and marketed to children. Lawyers for two Alabama college students filed the suit against Juul Labs Inc., Altria Group and Phillip Morris last week. University of Alabama student Elizabeth Ann Swearingen and Auburn student John Thomas Via Peavy both became addicted to Juul …
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Friday morning to challenge Alabama’s near-total abortion ban, which was signed into law by Gov. Planned Parenthood tweeted, “along with our partners at @ACLUAlabama, we just filed a lawsuit, challenging Alabama’s outright abortion ban. pic.twitter.com/o3j25NsaHM — ACLU (@ACLU) May 24, 2019BREAKING: along with our …
A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions on the procedure. The lawsuit says the Alabama law to criminalize abortion is clearly unconstitutional and would harm women by forcing them to continue pregnancies against their will. Robinson told The Associated …