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Notices Jul 11, 2016

IMPORTANT LIPOCINE, INC. SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP Reminds Investors That a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Commenced on Behalf of Shareholders of Lipocine, Inc.

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of purchasers of Lipocine, Inc. (“Lipocine” or the “Company”) (LPCN) between June 30, 2015 and June 28, 2016, inclusive (the “Class Period”). Shareholders who have purchased …

Settlements Jul 1, 2016

Kentuckians Will Get $100 Million From Volkswagen Settlement

Kentuckians who bought Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” cars will receive restitution, and the state will get millions to offset pollution. The details of the settlement were announced Tuesday. Dozens of class action lawsuits were filed last year after the German car company admitted it had rigged many of its vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

Lawsuits Jul 1, 2016

Tensions Boil Over Birmingham Water Works Board Lawsuit

Lawsuit filed against Mayor William Bell and other entities by the Birmingham Water Works Board. The mayor of Birmingham is being sued over a power struggle between city leaders and the Water Works Board. The lawsuit says it was filed on behalf of the Birmingham Water Works Board, but one member asked how that can be when she didn’t even know that the lawsuit existed, much less than it was filed.

News Jul 1, 2016

Behold, the Most Ambitious Apple Lawsuit Ever

As you’d expect from the world’s largest seller of consumer electronics, Apple gets sued a lot. Some of those suits go places, others get dismissed out of hand the first time they get to court. And then there’s Florida.

News Jul 1, 2016

Judge Tossed Out Lawsuit Over ‘Rolling Stone’ Rape Story

On Wednesday, a judge tossed out a lawsuit that former fraternity members at the University of Virginia filed against Rolling Stone for defamation over an article that described a gang rape at their fraternity. The story was later discredited and Rolling Stone has since retracted it. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel cited comments as “speculation and hypothesis rather than fact,” according …

News Jun 30, 2016

Firm Used Taxpayer Money for Prostitutes, Las Vegas Bachelor Parties, DWP Claims in Lawsuit

The Los Angeles City Attorney alleged Thursday that top managers at a consulting firm hired by the Department of Water and Power authorized inflated time records to earn payments for work the firm never performed, then spent the money on prostitutes, hotels and bottle service liquor for two Las Vegas bachelor parties. A motion filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks to expand the civil …

News Jun 30, 2016

Google Age-Discrimination Lawsuit Could Grow

An age-discrimination lawsuit filed by two people who interviewed unsuccessfully for jobs at Google could expand to encompass other individuals if a motion filed this week is successful. The motion for conditional certification of collective action status was filed in a San Jose federal court Wednesday. Computerworld reports that the motion, which is similar to a class action, aims to include …

Settlements Jun 29, 2016

Premier Cru Lawsuit Reaches Settlement

A settlement decision on the Premier Cru class action lawsuit was reached May 16, affecting approximately 4,450 Premier Cru customers who were left without the bottles of wine they paid for before the company declared bankruptcy Jan. 8. Michael Kasolas, the Premier Cru trustee, was given responsibility for liquidating assets and determining allocations of funds after a creditorâs hearing Feb. …

News Jun 28, 2016

RAPP Responds to Lawsuit Filed Against CEO, Calls Discrimination Claims ‘Outrageous’

Omnicom’s RAPP has responded to the lawsuit filed by former U.S. president Greg Andersen in May alleging discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination on the part of global CEO Alexei Orlov. The filing claims that Orlov’s decision to fire Andersen in April was justified and states that the defendants “deny generally and specifically each and every allegation” in the original suit. In a …

Lawsuits Jun 28, 2016

New Lawsuit Accuses 3M of Contaminating Tennessee River, Drinking Water

The lawsuit was filed Friday by the nonprofit Tennessee Riverkeeper, and it claims that a Decatur, Tennessee chemical plant owned by 3M is responsible for most of the river’s pollution woes. Tennessee Riverkeeper filed the suit under the United States Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, accusing 3M of contaminating the river with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate …