Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., will likely lose an effort to get a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that she abused her authority as California’s attorney general. On Wednesday, a San Diego dstrict court judge indicated the allegations likely have enough merit to go to trial. “At this juncture, given the limited scope the court has to view these allegations … it seems almost inconceivable the …
A Chicago woman who claims Amazon continued to draw payments from her bank account for an Amazon Prime membership she says she didn’t even purchase has filed a class action suit against the online retailer. On Feb. 20, plaintiff Latoya Christmas filed a complaint in Chicago federal court against Seattle-based Amazon, alleging the retailer violated the federal Electronic Funds Transfer Act and …
President Obama decided to reject TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, ending seven years of debate over an infrastructure project that swelled into one of the most contentious environmental issues of his presidency. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) While President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Peña Nieto, the three “amigos” of North America, …
The U.S. Justice Department has joined a whistle-blower’s lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services alleging the hospital chain fraudulently billed Medicare for beneficiaries admitted as inpatients when they should have been treated as outpatients. The government filed notice in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday saying it would partly intervene in the case. Whistle-blower cases often …