A hearing on the pension plans’ motion to intervene as defendants is scheduled for June 17. “As things stand, this litigation presents a truly anomalous scenario: Johnson & Johnson is the only party defending shareholders’ right to bring a class action against Johnson & Johnson,” the pension plans’ motion states. Together, CalPERS and Colorado PERA own 10 million shares of Johnson & Johnson …
GettyThe National Association of REALTORS has filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit that was filed against the organization in March. Mantill Williams, NAR’s vice president of communications, says the group will move to dismiss the other cases as well. He also says the class action attorneys involved in the case “dreamed up” anticompetitive rules that don’t exist within NAR’s …
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 …
Mountaire is appealing an order from Judge Maryellen Noreika to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Action on the consent decree has been stayed by Delaware Superior Court Judge Richard Stokes until the federal court proceedings are resolved. In an April 12 court filing, Mountaire said it will begin the improvements despite not knowing how the legal process will play out. DNREC …
A West Virginia judge has granted HBO and John Oliver’s request to have a defamation suit against them dismissed, according to The Hill. The case in question was brought against Oliver by coal CEO Bob Murray, who the comedian heavily mocked on a 2017 installment of his HBO series, Last Week Tonight. Murray threatened to sue Oliver for his comments’ which ranged from accusations …
[JURIST] Facebook [corporate website] settled a class-action lawsuit levied against it on Wednesday for its prior practice of scanning private messages to aid in ads. A motion [text, PDF] was filed on Wednesday, subject to court approval, for declaratory and injunctive relief, though it does not discuss specific monetary awards. In pertinent part, the motion states “[t]he settlement achieves …
On Thursday, in a court of law, BuzzFeed fought for the right to verify what’s true and what’s fake. The digital news hub, partly owned by NBCUniversal, is defending an $11 million defamation lawsuit over an Aug. 24, 2015 story headlined, “The King of Bullsh*t News.” The subject of that story was the wacky reports from Michael Leidig’s Central European News, including a story about a woman in …
A public-interest law firm that represents class members against unfair class action procedures and settlements has filed an objection to a $5.5 million settlement with Google Inc. over allegations that the search engine giant circumvented web browser privacy settings. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed its objection …
A motion will be heard Dec. 21, 2016 in the ongoing class-action bingo lawsuit. Getty Images A motion will be heard Wednesday in the ongoing class-action bingo lawsuit between the City of Windsor and the ALS Society. The motion to be heard before Superior Court Judge Terrence Patterson regarding whether or not a protective order keeping secret the identities of those groups that opted out of …
Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. Related Articles Trump University lawsuit: Judge Curiel won’t bar controversial statements In the motion filed Saturday evening in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli …