It was August 2014 when a day of rain caused the worst flooding our area has ever seen. Now almost two years later, flood victims are suing their cities and some lawmakers are trying to stop lawsuits like these from taking place. ROYAL OAK, Mich. …
Two business immigration groups have filed a lawsuit seeking information about how the H-1B visa distribution system — including the visa lottery — works. It alleges that the U.S. has no right to keep most of the records secret. It is not surprising that the H-1B distribution system is coming under scrutiny in a lawsuit.
A new lawsuit claims the screenwriter behind two X-Men films and Watchmen and a colleague conceived the concept for the prison preparation buddy comedy Get Hard, but didn’t get credit or payment. Writer/casting director Tamer Howard is suing prominent talent managers Jimmy Miller and Julie Darmody for breach of confidence, according to a complaint filed Friday in L.A. County Superior Court. …
The system, as outlined in a lawsuit filed by the New York State attorney general, was as simple as it was flawed. A pizza is ordered from Domino’s. A pizza is made.
A Rockhurst University employee hopes to represent some 1,200 school staffers in seeking damages for a data breach last month. Someone duped university staff into supplying information on IRS W-2 forms, including Social Security numbers, in an act of fraud April 4. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court by Alexandria Stobbe said the university was willful and reckless in …
How well does your fitness tracker work? Millions of us count on them to track our every move. The newer ones are supposed to measure heart rate, but a new class-action lawsuit claims the tracking technology does not do as well as Fitbit’s maker says.
Posted on Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 by Ethan Anderton Just before 2016 began, the producers of a crowdfunded Star Trek fan film called Axanar received some bad news in the form of a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures. At the core of all the legal mumbo jumbo, the lawsuit claimed ,”The Axanar Works infringe Plaintiffs’ works by using innumerable copyrighted elements of Star Trek, including its …
A Washington man who was repeatedly punched, Tasered and bit by a police K9 during a 2014 arrest will get a $100,000 settlement for the beatdown. The city of Tukwila, Wash., agreed to settle the civil rights lawsuit filed by Linson Tara, who was the victim of excessive force when cops attempted to arrest him for yelling and screaming in a UPS freight yard. The suit not only won Tara …
A lawsuit filed by artist Romero Britto against Apple Inc. and a design firm claiming misuse of his distinctive images and colorful style has been dismissed. Miami federal court documents show the 2015 lawsuit was dropped last week. No details were provided, but all parties will pay their own costs.
Four Van Buren Public Schools teachers are suing the district, saying they were falsely accused of cheating on a state exam and their rights were violated when they were removed from the classroom and placed on paid administrative leave. The four teachers — Pamela Bradley, Michelle Komaromi, Brent Held and Rebecca …