Seven months before former Richland County sheriff’s deputy Ben Fields made national news by pulling a student from her chair and tossing her in a Spring Valley High School classroom, Fields caused the unlawful arrest of an innocent woman who was helping another Spring Valley student, a lawsuit in federal court alleges. Although Fields got an arrest warrant for the woman, Holly Johnson, a …
Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Silicon Graphics International Corp. (SGI) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Silicon Graphics develops, markets and sells various servers, enterprise-class …
Family members of a Milwaukee man who died at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex in Wauwatosa four years ago have filed a federal lawsuit. The Milwaukee County district attorney rules that the death of a patient at the county mental health complex was not criminal. Brandon Johnson died at the facility in October 2012.
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is vowing to keep fighting after a judge dismissed his lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates. Johnson and one of his rivals, presumptive Green …
Recently the jury’s verdict on the talcum powder’s lawsuit left many people shocked worldwide. If Johnson & Johnson was found guilty and ordered to pay $127 million in compensatory damage, is this the irrefutable proof that their famous cosmetic product can cause cancer? And if so, why science keeps claiming that there’s no consensus on whether this substance is truly dangerous for our health?
Earlier this year, federal judge in Illinois ruled that Yahoo must face a class-action lawsuit for allegedly sending unsolicited SMS messages to some Sprint customers. Yahoo is now asking U.S. District Court Judge Manish Shah to rethink that ruling in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in a lawsuit brought by a consumer against the online data broker Spokeo. The battle centers on a …
Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Diamond Resorts International, Inc. (NYSE: DRII) breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Apollo Global Management, LLC. On June 29, 2016, Diamond Resorts announced it had signed a definitive …
An uptick in the filing of class-action lawsuits stemming from a study linking talc to ovarian cancer can be largely traced to advertisements aired by personal injury attorneys in the wake of a recent verdict, according to Julie Griffiths of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA). Johnson & Johnson was recently hit with a $72 million verdict in a case filed by the family …
Updated: May 24, 2016 – 10:52 AM State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has announced a consumer protection lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson regarding its marketing of a surgical mesh used to treat pelvic floor conditions in women. The AG’s office says a result, thousands of Washington women face urinary and defecatory dysfunction, loss of sexual function, chronic inflammation, chronic pain and …
On May 23, 2016, American Capital announced it had signed a definitive merger agreement with Ares Capital. Under the terms of the transaction, American Capital shareholders will receive total cash and stock consideration of $14.95 per fully diluted share. American Capital shareholders will receive $6.41 in cash per share, plus 0.483 Ares Capital shares for each American Capital share, or $7.34 …