A Macon couple claims that District Attorney David Cooke and others seized their assets, forced them into bankruptcy and destroyed their lives — all based on false evidence. The Bartletts and six other people were arrested in May 2015 and charged with running illegal gambling through their businesses. One of the places raided was Captain Jack’s Crab Shack in Byron, owned by the Bartletts.
A Lackawanna County judge issued a mixed ruling Tuesday in a lawsuit that challenges Scranton’s rental registration fee, finding that individual landlords cannot proceed as a class to recover excess fees they contend are illegal. The decision by Judge Terrence Nealon does not end the case, however. He must still decide whether to certify the lawsuit as a class action relating to the underlying …
The embattled daily fantasy sports industry had another shot fired across its bow Saturday as two Florida-based men filed a major class-action lawsuit. According to Michael McCann of SI.com, daily fantasy sports customers Antonio Gomez and John Gerecs filed the suit against roughly 50 entities with ties to DFS, including DraftKings and FanDuel. Rachel Axon of USA Today later confirmed the report.