Photo Credit: palidachan / Shutterstock.com As many as 60,000 immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could play a role in a class-action lawsuit accusing a private prison company of violating federal anti-slavery laws. The lawsuit alleges that detained immigrants awaiting court dates were forced to work for $1 per day or for free, on threat of solitary confinement. The …
A man whose clothes caught fire after he was shot with a Taser in Chesterfield County has filed a $95 million lawsuit against the police department. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://tinyurl.com/z8xm4v4), the lawsuit claims that the department has unconstitutionally misused electronic stun guns for years, using them on people in handcuffs, the mentally ill and unarmed people on …
Closing arguments wrapped up Friday in the malpractice trial against the Phoenix VA. The judge announced she’ll make a ruling on the $50 million lawsuit on Monday. Steve Cooper is the U.S. Army veteran who filed the lawsuit.
The parents of a teen who died while in custody of several Harris County deputies are filing a lawsuit against them, alleging they used unreasonable deadly force at the end of a chase involving their son. According to a lawsuit filed in February 2017, several Harris County Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser to subdue 18 …
Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of Caterpillar, Inc. securities (NYSE:CAT) from February 19, 2013 through March 1, 2017, inclusive (the “Class Period”). The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for Caterpillar investors under the federal securities laws. To join the Caterpillar class …
On January 20 Apple sued Qualcomm for $1 Billion claiming unfair exclusionary tactics and charging excessive royalties and on January 22 Patently Apple covered the full lawsuit where Apple revealed secret licensing agreements and more. On January 25 Apple took their war against Qualcomm to Beijing China. Today Apple has launched another lawsuit against Qualcomm, this time in the U.K.
Employees from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the U.S. say they were discriminated against because of their age, according to lawyers representing the workers in a lawsuit. The latest round of performance evaluations from the company led to employees over the age of 55 being unfairly treated, alleges Michigan-based civil rights law firm, Akeel and Valentine, PLC. The firm filed a class-action …
Insomnia Cookies files federal lawsuit against Red Eye Cookie Co. Suit alleges trademark infringement, unfair competition Anchita Khullar | Cavalier Daily Insomnia said it believes Red Eye’s adoption and use of the crescent moon could lead consumers to mistakenly believe the company is affiliated with or sponsored by Insomnia. National late-night cookie chain Insomnia Cookies LLC filed a …
Buy Photo The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles headquarters in Auburn Hills. (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo 269 CONNECTTWEET7 LINKEDIN6 COMMENTEMAILMORE For the second time in two months, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been hit with a discrimination class action, this one alleging it mistreats older employees during their performance evaluations and as a result, gives them lower pay …
Woodmore victim profiles A twelfth civil lawsuit has been filed in Circuit Court in connection with the deadly Woodmore Elementary bus crash that killed six children in November. The most recent lawsuit was filed on Tuesday on behalf of Diamond Brown, the mother of 6-year-old D’Myunn Lamar Brown, and claims she “is the only proper party to bring this cause of action for the wrongful death” of …