A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels. The company, however, could still face a fine from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the slowdowns, also called “data throttling.” The U.S. …
The Morris County freeholders have started doling out historic trust fund grants to religious institutions, despite a lawsuit to stop the awards, a report says. The governing body last week approved grants for 12 applicants, including four religious groups, The Record reported. A total of 32 organizations will get a share of this funding cycle’s $2.7 million in grants, the report …
The notorious Animal and Zoological Park in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania has closed in response to the March 2016 lawsuit filed by nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation’s preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, with pro bono assistance from Partner John W. Caldwell and Associate Brian L. Saunders, members of the Intellectual Property Group of the law firm BakerHostetler in Philadelphia. The group filed the suit on behalf of concerned local residents against …
Maybe the unintentional downside of the internet’s ubiquity is the ability to hear someone else’s song and borrow it for inspiration—only to later face a lawsuit accusing an artist of some degree of theft. Two singers are facing copyright lawsuits: Demi Lovato is being sued by Sleigh Bells for allegedly …
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by federal officials that claimed AT&T misled millions of smartphone customers with unlimited data plans who had their Internet speeds cut. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that AT&T was exempt from the prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices that the Federal …
The family of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a friend at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has filed a …
A proposed constitutional amendment on attorneys’ fees and damages in medical lawsuits is being challenged by the Arkansas Bar Association, which filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that voters will be deceived by the wording approved for the Nov. 8 general election ballot. Lawyers and medical interests have lined up on opposing sides of the proposed amendment, also known as Issue 4, which would …
Twelve families, representing Washington’s eight public charter schools – including Excel Public Charter School in Kent – as well the Washington State Charter Schools Association, filed a collective motion last week to intervene in a recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the schools. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson also a filed a motion on the state’s behalf last …
Hagens Berman, a national consumer protection and personal injury law firm, filed a third lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler for its defective monostable shifters. The most recent case is on behalf of John J. Malone, a 69-year-old retired Massachusetts State Trooper, who was pinned against a concrete wall by his Jeep Grand Cherokee. The lawsuit states that Fiat Chrysler …
A lawsuit filed in the federal courthouse in Houston is threatening to halt the research on the John Kanzius radio-wave cancer technology. The lawsuit, which was filed by the Baylor School of Medicine, alleges that the company that owns the rights to the device, NeoTherma Oncology of Kansas, failed on a promise to provide $9 million to take the research to human trials. A clerk with the United …