Lawsuit

Iowa Attorney General Miller Won’t Defend State in Collective Bargaining Lawsuit

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Tuesday that he’ll not defend the state against a lawsuit from labor over Iowa’s new collective bargaining law. Miller, a Democrat last elected in 2014, said he’ll ask the Iowa Executive Council to seek outside legal help in defending the state against a challenge to the constitutionality of the law, …


Family of Mexican Immigrant to U.S. Settles Lawsuit Over Videotaped Abuse

Family members of an illegal immigrant who died in 2010 following a brutal encounter with federal border agents that was captured on videotape have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the U.S. government for $1 million, court documents show. Video footage of a U.S. Customs officer tasering Anastacio Rojas Hernandez at least four times while he lay on the …


Why Google’s Lawsuit Could Leave Uber in the Breakdown Lane

Uber’s very bad February just got worse. Google’s (er, Alphabet’s) self-driving car company, Waymo, filed a lawsuit against Uber on Thursday, claiming Uber stole its design for a laser-scanning detection system from Waymo. The heart of the claim focuses on Otto, a self-driving trucking company founded by former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski and acquired by Uber for $680 million in August …




$1M Settlement Reached in Border Death Lawsuit

The U.S. government has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit that accuses federal border officers of beating and Tasering a handcuffed Mexican man at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a confrontation that ended in his death. The settlement would be split among the five children of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, and about a quarter of the amount would pay attorney costs and fees. The terms …


ACLU Files Lawsuit Against City of Milwaukee Over Police Department’s Stop-And-Frisk Program

The American Civil Liberties Union in Wisconsin is alleging in a lawsuit that Milwaukee police are operating a stop-and-frisk program mostly targeting black and Latino residents who are often detained without cause. The lawsuit being filed in federal court Wednesday is on behalf of six black and Latino plaintiffs who say they’ve been stopped once or multiple times without a …


ACLU to Challenge Milwaukee Police’s Stop-And-Frisk Policies

The Milwaukee Police Department will need to defend its controversial use of stop-and-frisk policies in light of a class-action lawsuit lodged by the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a report. The nonprofit is representing Charles Collins, 67, and numerous others in the Wisconsin city, with a class-action case accusing the police force led by Chief Edward Flynn of racially profiling …



Scottrade Center Lawsuit Withdrawn Hours After Filing; Opponents Say Options Remain

A lawsuit to force a public vote on the city’s $64 million bond for Scottrade Center renovations was unceremoniously withdrawn Tuesday just hours after it was filed. The lawsuit sought to revive a 2002 voter-approved ordinance that was struck down by a circuit court judge in 2015. But the ordinance exempted professional sports facilities built before 2004, and Scottrade Center …