A legal watchdog group is expanding a federal lawsuit filed earlier this year against President Trump, accusing him of violating the Constitution by continuing to own and profit from his far-flung business empire. The amended complaint, to be filed on Tuesday in a federal court in the Southern District of New York, alleges that Mr. Trump has harmed an organization that represents …
One of the most successful litigation funding companies in the world has widened its U.S. reach, establishing a base of operations in Texas. On Feb. 21, Bentham IMF announced attorney Eric Chenoweth, a commercial and intellectual property litigator formerly of Yetter Coleman, will head the Australian-based company’s new Houston office. “I believe there are many funding opportunities …
A former Trump Organization senior VP won a $1.5 million settlement from a “doctor to the stars” — and claimed during the proceedings that Donald Trump treated sick execs like “spoiled goods” and made them feel “discarded,” court papers show. Thomas Pienkos filed suit in 2012 against Dr. Ronald Primas, who’s treated a long list of celebrities along with Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her …
President-elect Donald Trump has no plans to settle his lawsuit against a celebrity chef who pulled out of opening a restaurant in one of Trump’s hotels, a lawyer for the Trump Organization told a judge on Tuesday. Trump is suing restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian, who canceled a deal for a restaurant in Trump’s hotel in downtown Washington after Trump made disparaging comments about Mexicans and …
Last week, president-elect Donald Trump settled the pending Trump University case to the tune of $25 million. The lawsuit has attracted a great deal of attention in recent months. It had been scheduled for November 28 before Judge Jeffrey Miller mediated an outcome that appears to have been mutually satisfactory for all parties.
Today young people filed a constitutional climate lawsuit against the Norwegian government for allowing oil companies to drill for new oil in the Arctic Barents Sea, endangering young people and future generations with more climate pollution. The plaintiffs, Nature and Youth – the largest youth-led organization in Norway – and Greenpeace Norway, argue that Norway has violated …
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] dismissed [Opinion, PDF] on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by third party presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein against the Commission on Presidential Debates [official website] requesting that third party candidates be included in the presidential debate this year. The candidates did not receive …
WWE Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Michelle Wilson speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on January 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada …
The “highly sensitive” personal information of 285 clients and people being investigated by the Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville was stolen by a hacker and posted on Facebook due to “reckless” and “disgraceful” conduct of the organization, according to a $75-million class action lawsuit filed today. The statement of claim, filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf…
“We Shall Overcome,” a song that was the “unofficial anthem to the civil rights movement,” was wrongly placed under copyright and should be put in the public domain, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court. The complaint (PDF) was filed by the same group of lawyers who succeeded at putting the world’s most famous song, Happy Birthday, into the public domain after years of …