Lawsuit

Oculus VR Respond to Zenimax Lawsuit Amendment

Oculus VR Respond to Zenimax Lawsuit Amendment Oculus VR make short work of responding to Zenimax Media’s claims in a direct statement to VRFocus. Earlier this evening VRFocus reported on an update to the ongoing lawsuit between Zenimax Media and Oculus VR, in which Zenimax now claim that the technology for the Oculus Rift software development kit (SDK) was in fact developed by their research …


South Jersey Police Sergeant Alleges Retaliation in Lawsuit

A Millville police sergeant has filed a lawsuit against the city’s police department alleging that he was retaliated against for pursuing an Internal Affairs investigation into a fellow officer. The Daily Journal of Vineland reports Detective Sgt. Brian Starcher filed the lawsuit against Millville police, the city government and a series of “John Does” earlier this month in Cumberland County …


Couple Files Lawsuit Over Pokémon Go. Wants Inconvenienced Residents to Get a Cut of the Profits

It looks like Pokémon Go is under scrutiny once more with angry residents taking aim at the developers. A couple in Detroit are filing a lawsuit against Niantic, Nintendo, and the Pokemon company according to the Detroit Free Press, after complaining that the developers have been raking in cash while property owners have suffered from the barrage of Pokémon Go players invading their properties. …


Maryland Settles Lawsuit With Power Plant Operators Alleging Nitrogen Pollution

Attorney General Brian Frosh (D). (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) By Fenit Nirappil August 29 at 4:21 PM Follow @FenitN The owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs will pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging illegal releases of nitrogen into rivers, a leading cause of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. State Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) and Maryland …


Ex-Host Sues Fox Claiming Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

New York — A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman and other top executives, claiming they retaliated after she detailed unwanted sexual advances made by her onetime boss, Roger Ailes. Andrea Tantaros described Fox in the lawsuit, filed Monday in New York, as a “sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult.” She said after she complained last spring about Ailes, one of his top …


Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul vs. Adam Schefter: Judge Green-Lights Lawsuit, Report Says

Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul’s lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter will proceed after a Florida judge declined to dismiss the case, according to a report by The New York Post. Pierre-Paul is suing Schefter and ESPN for publishing an image of his medical records in July of 2015 when Schefter reported Pierre-Paul’s right index finger had been amputated …



Department of Energy Needs to Provide More Information on Planned Shipments of Liquid Nuclear Waste

The bureaucrats in Washington should consider slowing down plans for truck transport of high-level liquid nuclear waste over the Peace Bridge and across Western New York’s highways on its way to a South Carolina processing facility. This process could start as early as September and, as opponents claim, without the proper environmental reviews and public comment. After years of protest, …


Crocs, Waikiki Resort Sued Over Kid’s Escalator Injuries

A Texas couple is suing footwear maker Crocs and a Waikiki resort after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator while the family visited Hawaii for an oral surgeon convention. The lawsuit says the Crocs shoes were “negligently and improperly designed,” while the Hilton Hawaiian Village was also negligent in maintaining the escalator’s safety. According to the lawsuit, …


Underage Daughter Slammed Kid With Her Golf Cart

The underage daughter of a famed Hamptons winemaker slammed into the young son of a Manhattan perfume purveyor with her golf cart while rolling through her family vineyard, a lawsuit claims. Marc Wolffer, who co-owns the Wolffer Estate Vineyard with his sister, Joey, allegedly let his daughter get behind the wheel of the cart one night last summer, according to court papers Manhattanite Wendy …