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News Apr 16, 2017

Flood of RICO Countersuits Could Follow Edelson Class Action vs ‘Serial Objectors,’ Bandas Firm Warns

The courts could risk a flood of new litigation, which could chill efforts to object to future class action settlements, if a judge allows a prominent Chicago class action trial law firm to continue with a class action lawsuit accusing a rival firm of racketeering for acting as “professional objectors,” bent on extorting payoffs, according to a motion filed by that rival firm. On Monday, April …

Lawsuits Apr 16, 2017

U.S. Judge Rejects Goldman Sachs’ Bid to Narrow Gender Bias Lawsuit

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s bid to dismiss two of the four female plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminating against women in pay and promotions. Continue Reading Below U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said former vice president Mary De Luis’ claims did not become moot when she resigned last …

Lawsuits Apr 16, 2017

Verizon FiOS Customers Say They Were Tricked Into Paying for Unnecessary Set-Top Boxes

If you’ve got Verizon FiOS and you’re paying fees each month for multiple cable boxes, you may be wasting a lot of money. The pay-TV provider has an app that will give you live access to FiOS on your TV through a number of devices that are less expensive than a leased set-top box. Is it deceptive for Verizon to let its customers continue paying for leased boxes without advising them of cheaper …

Lawsuits Apr 16, 2017

Lawsuit Claims Las Vegas Police Have ‘vague’ Social Media Policy

A Las Vegas corrections officer has blasted his employer in a federal lawsuit that accuses the Metropolitan Police Department of implementing an “unconstitutionally vague” social media policy. Clark County Detention Center officer John Sabatini was fired last year after the department’s …

Lawsuits Apr 12, 2017

ACLU of Colorado Joins Lawsuit Demanding Access to Documents on Trump’s Travel Ban

Colorado’s branch of the ACLU has joined a lawsuit seeking any government documents pertaining to possible on-the-ground implementations of President Donald Trump’s travel bans. ACLU affiliates in Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming and Alaska are part of the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, which is specifically going after U.S. Customs and Border Protection files. “President Trump’s unconstitutional …

News Apr 10, 2017

Exonerated Man Files Federal Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit

A man who was released from prison in August 2016 after spending nearly three decades behind bars in a 1988 murder in Wilmington has filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against the officers who investigated the case and the City of Wilmington. Johnny Small was just 15 years old when he was charged with first-degree murder in the July 13, 1988, killing of Pamela Dreher, 32. Dreher was …

News Apr 10, 2017

What Makes Mylan’s Newest EpiPen Lawsuit Different?

Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL), which has faced a plethora of lawsuits in the past over its EpiPen, is now being saddled with another lawsuit, although this time around the parties involved go beyond the company and the plaintiffs. EpiPen And Its Legal Tussle EpiPen, or an epinephrine auto injector is a medical device which is used to inject a measured dose of epinephrine through autoinjector …

Lawsuits Apr 10, 2017

Lawsuit Challenges Puerto Rico Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

A federal lawsuit urges Puerto Rico to allow transgender people to change the gender marker on their birth certificate. (Image by Nicolas Raymond; courtesy Flickr) Lambda Legal notes in the lawsuit it filed on behalf of four trans Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, a local advocacy group, on April 6 that 46 out of 50 states allow trans people to change the gender marker on their birth …

Lawsuits Apr 10, 2017

Lawsuit Seeks White House Visitor Logs

A coalition of government watchdog groups plans to sue the Trump administration on Monday with the aim of compelling the White House to continue President Barack Obama’s practice of releasing logs of lobbyists and others who visit the complex. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the website where such records had been publicly available has gone dark, and White House officials …