Delaware has settled with a company suing it over its abandoned property laws. In a Friday filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, the state and Temple-Inland jointly requested Judge Gregory Sleet dismiss a lawsuit that argued Delaware’s method of estimating abandoned …
A lawsuit has been filed against Texas’ governor and secretary of state regarding the alleged denial of equal opportunity for Latino voters in electing judges of their race. The suit filed by five Latino voters alleges that Texas is in violation of the Voting Rights Act for the process used to elect judges to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeal and the Supreme Court. The legal team …
Two lions at the Cricket Hollow Zoo were transferred this week to a wild sanctuary in Colorado as the result of a lawsuit settlement between an animal rights group and the Manchester zoo owners. The Animal Legal Defense Fund of California said in a news release Wednesday the two lions, Jonwah, 16, and Njjara, 18, were transferred on Monday to …
The gun maker at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit brought by 10 families of Sandy Hook massacre victims has asked the judge for a second time to dismiss the case. The motion by Remington earlier this week in Bridgeport Superior Court is a common pretrial tactic in a case that is anything but common. The families’ claim that Remington …
An environmentalist group has reached a tentative settlement with the USDA in a lawsuit accusing the agency’s predator control efforts of violating federal law. Attorneys for USDA and Wildearth Guardians, an environmental non-profit, have notified the judge overseeing the case that they’ve struck a deal “in principle, subject to approval by the appropriate government officials.” The notice …
About 150 groups from around the country that provide services to American Indian farmers and ranchers have applied to receive grant money from a $38 million one-time fund set up as part of the federal government’s loan discrimination settlement with Native Americans. An advisory committee will whittle down the proposals and make a recommendation to a federal judge by Oct. …
A federal judge has dismissed a $24 billion lawsuit accusing Credit Suisse of running a predatory loan-to-own scheme that plaintiffs claimed loaded four luxury ski and golf resorts with debt so it could foreclose on their assets. Judge Justin L. Quackenbush of the U.S. District Court in Idaho granted a request from Credit Suisse and real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield for summary judgment, …
Friday, July 29, 2016
There have been several recent and interesting updates to the In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, 14-cv-9662 (S.D.N.Y.) that we have discussed several times on this blog. First, the Second Circuit has decided to accept review of the class certification question.
A Chief United States Magistrate Judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Alabama against the federal government. The lawsuit was concerning the relocation of refugees, particularly Syrian refugees. Governor Robert Bentley announced the lawsuit in January and said the government violated the Refugee Act of 1980.
Back in May, we told you about Gawker’s report that Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly was pursuing a lawsuit against his ex-wife, Maureen McPhilmy. In lieu of a proper complaint, there was a vague notice saying that he would be suing her for defrauding him during their divorce as a way of financing her “existing extra-marital relationship.” On Friday, Gawker followed up further, reporting …