When asked on MSNBC why he went to The New Yorker with the story, Farrow replied: “You would have to ask NBC and NBC executives about the details.” Ronan Farrow told Rachel Maddow on Tuesday that he was threatened personally with a lawsuit by Harvey Weinstein while reporting on what ended up becoming a New Yorker feature. “In the course of this reporting, I was threatened with a lawsuit …
National City has received a payout from the Bernie Sanders Campaign after a lawsuit was filed in August, Mayor Ron Morrison told NBC 7. The costs are from a rally at Kimball Park, shortly before California’s presidential primary in May 2016. Monday, Morrison said they treated the debt just like any other owed to the city.
A class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Cook County after local owners of Honda CRVs complained of falling ill from an odor–and their attorney says there could be hundreds of others–if not more–who have yet to come forward. Every time Carol gets in her CRV she says she doesn’t know when she’ll smell gasoline. NBC 5 is not using Carol’s last name due to concern over her privacy.
An advocacy group is suing the Department of Homeland Security to release details about every time U.S. border officers have searched travelers’ electronic devices over the past five years. According to documents filed Monday, the Knight First Amendment Institute has alleged that recent reporting by NBC News shows that U.S. border officers are acting unconstitutionally, violating both the First …
The family of a 12-year-old boy is suing BART, saying there was insufficient security at the El Cerrito del Norte station when their son was robbed at gunpoint. The incident happened last April, and the boy was not hurt. The boy told his mom he gave his backpack to the robber, held onto his cellphone and ran away.
A former Uber employee is suing the ride-sharing company saying it allowed unauthorized access to private information of it’s 40 million customers. This access allowed Uber employees to track customers’ trips without their knowledge. Those customers included high-profile politicians, celebrities, ex-spouses and former boyfriends/girlfriends.
A new lawsuit accuses New Jersey police officers of unjustly strip searching a honeymooning man at a mall and mocking his genitals. The unidentified 38-year-old man filed a discrimination lawsuit in Bergen County Superior Court on Wednesday. The lawsuit says security at the Westfield Garden State Plaza mall stopped the man in November 2015 after he was accused of shoplifting.
One of the largest vacation rental sites, Airbnb, is under major scrutiny and being hit with a class-action suit for discrimination against its African-American users. The class-action suit that was held in Washington D.C. federal court on Tuesday was due to the allegations that Airbnb violated the Fair Housing Act. According to NBC Bay Area, in March 2015 25-year- …