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Threatened by Civil Rights Lawsuit, Park Service Expedites Protest Permits

The National Parks Service (NPS) said Thursday it would grant permits to organizations planning to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in later this month in Washington, D.C., a win that comes after civil rights lawyers threatened to sue the agency. “We believe that this is a significant victory for free speech. They are doing this under threat of litigation,” Mara Verheyden- …


Preliminary Approval Granted in Class Action Settlement Involving Recipients of Facsimile Advertisements From Trxade Group, Inc. And Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC

What does the Settlement provide? The Settlement provides that Trxade Group, Inc. and Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC will pay $200,000 into a Settlement Fund that will include money for Settlement Class Members who submit timely and valid claims, after deducting payment of the costs of administering the Settlement, including the costs of this Notice and attorneys’ fees, costs, and any …


Nancy Pelosi, Democrats Back Obama Against GOP Lawsuit Over Health Law

Nearly a dozen House Democratic leaders who fought to pass President Obama’s health care law in 2010 asked an appeals court Monday to toss a GOP lawsuit that accuses the administration of unlawfully reimbursing insurers under the program. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , her top lieutenants and committee chairman said the Affordable Care Act allowed the Treasury to fund its cost-sharing …


Rush to Courts Feared in Class Actions, at Cost to Business

Rush to courts feared in class actions, at cost to business Share Share via Email Share on Google Plus Post on facebook wall Share on twitter Post to Linkedin Share on Reddit One of the most significant class action judgments has been handed down. Lawyers have warned of a possible “rush” to the courts to file class actions after the full Federal Court gave the green light to controversial …


Providence Health Agrees to Settle Pension Lawsuit

A Renton-based health care system has agreed to pay $351.9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its employee pension plan. The Seattle Times reports that two nurses with Providence Health & Services filed a lawsuit against their employer in 2014 arguing that the health care group failed to fully fund their workers’ retirement plan.


Princeton U., Residents Reach Agreement in Tax Exemption Lawsuit

It’s been five years since a group of residents sued Princeton University over their tax-exempt status and this week, they finally came to a deal. On Friday, the university agreed to make millions of dollars worth of contributions over the next few years to the town of Princeton, to a fund for homeowners in the town and to a corporation that helps provide housing for economically …


Goldman Sachs Wins $1bn Lawsuit With the Libyan Investment Authority

Goldman Sachs on Friday won a lawsuit filed against it by the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), a government-managed sovereign wealth fund. The Libyan fund had sued the American investment bank for $1.2bn (£984m) over losses that it had incurred from derivatives purchased in 2008. The LIA had alleged that Goldman Sachs had wooed the fund’s officials with prostitutes, fine-dining in London’s …


Iowa Farm Bureau, Corn Growers Offer to Pay Costs of Water Lawsuit

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) and the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) have offered to underwrite the legal costs for the defense of the drainage districts targeted in the Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) lawsuit. Leaders of the utility claim officials in Buena Vista, Calhoun and Sac Counties have failed to adequately manage 10 drainage districts in their area, causing nitrate levels …


Och-Ziff Says U.S. Judge Ignored Own Deadline in Class Action

Lawyers for Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC said a federal judge ignored his own deadline by certifying a class-action lawsuit tied to a bribery probe on Wednesday without giving the largest publicly traded U.S. hedge fund company a chance to object. U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan said Och-Ziff shareholders from February …


Court to Notify Consumers Who Purchased Marlboro Lights or Marlboro Ultra Lights in the State of Arkansas, That They Could Get Money From a Class Action Settlement.

Class Benefits include the $45 Million Settlement Fund, which will be used to make payments to Class members and for the cost of administration of the Settlement, attorneys’ fees and litigation costs, and Class Representative fees. Payments will be made to Class members who file valid claims and will be calculated as follows: The final value of each claim may be adjusted up or down pro rata …