An attorney for Homeless Angels said she plans to file a motion asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the group by the owner of a south Lansing hotel where the nonprofit once housed Lansing-area homeless families and individuals. Attorney Denise LaFave Smith, who represents the nonprofit, said it has limited financial resources and no intention of …
Theranos and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, are being sued by investors who claim Holmes lied about the company’s technology as the startup raised funds. The lawsuit, filed in California, names two shareholders who are seeking class-action status. They include Robert Colman, a co-founder of Robertson Stephens , the San Francisco investment bank.
Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel has been accused of breaking an Austin bar employee’s nose in a September altercation, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. According to the lawsuit, the bar employee is seeking anywhere from $200,000 to $1 million in damages. After demanding drinks from the employee, Manziel reportedly punched the him in the nose and left the bar.
Jose Anaya Renteria says he was locked in a freezer. Martina Aguilar Aragon says Latino workers were paid less than their white colleagues. And Susana Gonzalez says her bosses told her not to disclose work-related injuries at the hospital.
A former Citigroup Inc financial adviser on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing the bank of running a “boys’ club” that favored men over women, treating her as a “glorified secretary,” and firing her in retaliation for whistleblowing activity. Erin Daly is seeking double back pay, unpaid bonuses and punitive damages over the bank’s alleged harassment, hostile …
A class action lawsuit has accused Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and other North Dakota law enforcement agencies of using excessive force during a Dakota Access pipeline protest where a Bronx woman nearly lost her arm. The National Lawyers Guild claims at least nine plaintiffs suffered from injuries, such as seizures, facial burns, broken bones, bruising and eye damage during a violent …
Mentally ill inmates held in Alabama’s prisons may soon be receiving better care thanks to a federal court. Late last week, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson awarded class action status to a lawsuit on behalf of prisoners allegedly receiving inadequate medical care from the Alabama Department of Corrections. That …
A new class-action lawsuit claims that an electric company deceived Maine consumers and shorted them of $35 million. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland Nov. 18 claims that Electricity Maine used fraud and deception to enroll 200,000 Maine households and small businesses with the promise of substantial cost savings. But attorney Benjamin Donahue says after a …
It looks like the BLU Products saga isn’t over yet, as the US-based company is now facing a lawsuit over the backdoor that was discovered on its smartphones last week. For those of you who don’t remember, security contractors found a backdoor in the form of pre-installed software that monitors the location of the smartphone’s user, as well as whom they talk to and what they write in their text …
The lawsuit claims that AMD bosses, including Rory Read and Lisa Su, made “false and misleading statements to investors about the manufacturing and subsequent launch of, as well as the demand for, its Llano microprocessor” back in 2011 and 2012. Their case claims that AMD and its management violated the Securities Exchange Act. The court has ruled that anyone who bought AMD stock between April …