Update: Calling the charges “deeply troubling” and “extremely serious,” Gov. Rick Snyder said the suspected state officials were suspended without pay. Criminal charges were filed against two officials from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and one individual from the Flint water treatment plant, the Detroit News reported.…
A federal judge in Seattle has a tentative proposal to set who can join a class action lawsuit in a battle over whether undocumented immigrant children have a right to a lawyer in deportation hearings. U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly issued a court order this week that tentatively proposes that the class action suit includes children under 18 who are in deportation proceedings in the U.S.…
WestJet is rejecting allegations made by a former flight attendant that it fails to provide a harassment-free workplace for its female employees, saying it would not put its reputation at stake by inadequately dealing with complaints. The Calgary-based airline’s response to a civil claim, filed this week in British Columbia Supreme Court, argues against granting class-action status to a lawsuit…
Jessica Meiselman is a New York licensed attorney specializing in entertainment and intellectual property issues. Here she explains the recent class action lawsuit brought against Kanye West and Tidal. A lawsuit filed on Monday claims Kanye West and Tidal lied about Tidal’s exclusivity of his album in an attempt to obtain personal info and drive subscriber numbers.
Nike has never been shy about filing lawsuits against other companies or former employees, but now the sportswear giant is on the receiving end. On Monday, a $5 million class action lawsuit was filed against Nike in U.S. District Court. According to KOIN6, the Swoosh faces allegations of being deceptive and misleading in its labeling and marketing of items sold at its outlet stores.
Gov. Rick Snyder says he visited a Flint home Monday and filled three one-gallon jugs with filtered tap water. (Photo credit Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press)
By Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press
The legal reasoning used by a judge to toss a federal lawsuit seeking damages connected to the Flint water crisis may threaten other pending cases, according to a lawyer connected to the case.
The lawsuit’s claims are addressed by federal regulations for safe drinking water, and the plaintiffs can seek relief under state law, U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara ruled. O’Meara found the constitutional violations alleged in the lawsuit stem are covered by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, which gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exclusive enforcement authority.…
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin are defendants in a copyright lawsuit that accuses their band of lifting music from the song “Taurus” by the Los Angeles band Spirit.Laurance Ratner/WireImagehide caption Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin are defendants in a copyright lawsuit that accuses their band of lifting music from the song “Taurus” by the Los Angeles band Spirit. A …
[Update] When a federal judge in Texas handed down a $663 million fraud verdict last summer against the Dallas-based maker of guardrails used on highways all over the country, a lot of people started seeing dollar signs, …
Two G20 class-action lawsuits will go ahead, Ontario’s Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday. Both lawsuits refer to the “kettling” of protesters during the June 26-28, 2010 summit. “We were illegally arrested, thrown into overcrowded wire cages, and treated worse than animals in a zoo,” Tommy Taylor, a lead plaintiff in the lawsuits, said in a statement Wednesday.