Volkswagen deleted documents and obstructed justice after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused the automaker of cheating on emissions tests, a former employee alleged in a lawsuit. Daniel Donovan says in a whistleblower case that he was wrongfully fired Dec. 6 after refusing to participate in the deletions and reporting them to a supervisor. The lawsuit says the evidence deletion …
Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish, is tucked in Louisiana’s north-west corner, bordering small towns in Texas and Arkansas. It has bayous, weeping willows, shotgun houses, and blues music, but lacks joie de vivre. It is the sober man’s New Orleans.
Dow Chemical settles price-fixing case for $835 million Hinting at the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, The Dow Chemical Company has agreed to settle a polyurethane price-fixing scheme with plaintiffs for $835 million. Without specifically mentioning Scalia by name, a Dow statement on the matter called attention to “Growing political uncertainties due to recent events within the …
(Reuters) – Carter Phillips of Sidley Austin is one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court litigators in the country. According to his official bio, Phillips has argued 74 cases before the justices, more than anyone else in private practice, but if you hire Phillips, you’re not just paying for his quick thinking at the podium. You want his strategic advice about how – and whether – you can …
A Secret Service agent stands guard during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in South Carolina. (Kevin D. Liles for The Washington Post) After 16 years watching less-experienced white agents zoom past him on the promotion ladder at the Secret Service, straight-laced Ray Moore grew so fed up in 2000 that he led a group of fellow black agents in filing a lawsuit that …
Dow Chemical agreed to settle a class action lawsuit after determining the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made victory less likely. The company agreed to pay $835m (£602m) – less than the $1.06bn a court in Kansas ordered it to pay in 2013. Dow was hoping the Supreme Court would overturn the ruling, but the death of Justice Scalia left it evenly spilt between conservatives and …
Justice department lawyers have been accused of withholding documents that show a priest who worked at an infamous Indian residential school for nearly four decades was a serial sexual predator even as they persuaded an adjudicator to deny compensation to a former student who said the priest abused him. The man, who was a student of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., is …
The Supreme Court ruled on a company’s effort to end a class action lawsuit with a payoff to one plaintiff. (Photo: USA TODAY) 572 CONNECTTWEET99 LINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a rare setback Wednesday to companies trying to avoid potentially expensive class-action lawsuits. The justices ruled that offers of full compensation to the lead plaintiff in such a case …