A years-long lawsuit between Michael Jackson’s estate and one of the superstar’s former managers has been settled, ending one of the final legal fights over the King of Pop’s assets. The confidential settlement announced Thursday with Tohme R. Tohme, Jackson’s manager in the last year of his life, was reached after a trial had been underway for five days. It comes a month short of the 10th …
A lawsuit filed today in federal court in Louisiana challenges the state’s “critical infrastructure” law, used to press felony charges against fossil fuel pipeline construction opponents, as unconstitutional. The Louisiana law went into effect in August 2018 and was immediately used against opponents of Energy Transfer’s Bayou Bridge oil pipeline. Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois are among the …
Three Yale students have filed an 85-page class action lawsuit against the university in federal court, alleging gender discrimination. NBC Connecticut’s Keisha Grant sat down with the students spearheading a lawsuit against Yale University and its fraternities to find out why they call the culture on campus dangerous. “It’s a class action lawsuit on behalf of all women,” McNeil explained. They …
Namely, the then-32-year-old Prabhjot Singh, who at that time, still hadn’t completed his residency program at Mount Sinai. Now, a lawsuit aimed at Charney and the Arnhold Institute for Global Health (AIGH) describes a toxic work culture that the plaintiffs say manifested under Singh, and alleges that the dean cast aside many of the older women employees who had worked to make AIGH successful. …
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed a 10 page lawsuit Wednesday against e-cigarette maker JUUL. “JUUL created and spread the disease, the disease of an addiction among North Carolina teenagers,” said Attorney General Stein. It’s part of the reason why Attorney General Stein is filing a lawsuit against JUUL, which owns 75 percent of the e-cigarette market. North Carolina is the …
Vegan brand Miyoko’s Kitchen amicably settled a lawsuit filed against the vegan creamery in October out of court. The suit, brought by New York plaintiff Jasmine Brown, alleged that the vegan brand “basks in dairy’s ‘halo’” by using the term “butter” on its Cultured Vegan Butter—which overtly states that the cashew-based product is made from plants. “We have been asked not to comment on it …
The parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash last year are suing Tiger Woods. They blame the golfer and his girlfriend for allowing their son to drive home from their Florida restaurant while intoxicated. The wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday says Nicholas F. Immesberger was served excessive amounts of alcohol before the Dec. 10 car crash. Immesberger worked at The Woods …
Dynagas LNG Partners is facing a class action lawsuit and multiple investigations on behalf of all investors that purchased DLNG securities between 16 February 2018 and 21 March 2019. LawsuitBragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., and Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, have both independently announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all investors that purchased Dynagas LNG Partners LP …
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced over the weekend it has asked a judge to dismiss the bombshell class-action lawsuit that accuses both the trade group and major real estate companies of conspiring to determine buyers’ agents’ compensation. In a statement, NAR explained that it wants the suit thrown out because it “misrepresents” the organization’s rules that govern multiple …
Now the Israeli firm linked to that attack is under further scrutiny, as they are facing a lawsuit from human rights NGO Amnesty International. The lawsuit is being filed in Israel and alleges that software created by NSO Group, a cyber intelligence technology firm, has been used to surveil Amnesty staff and other human rights defenders. The affidavit from Amnesty submitted to the court claims …