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Lawsuits Feb 13, 2017

Monument Lawsuit Could Head to Supreme Court

The Bloomfield City Council may vote today to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lawsuit over the Ten Commandments monument on the lawn of City Hall. Councilors are set to enter a closed session during their meeting Monday and could vote to file a petition for a writ of certiorari, according to the agenda for the meeting. A writ of certiorari asks the Supreme Court to order a lower court to produce its record of the case for the high court to review. The closed session will allow councilors to …

Legal News Jan 25, 2017

Sixth Circuit Declines to Call Off Class Action Settlement Over Wage Law Allegations

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declined to dissolve a class action settlement regarding alleged violations of the Kentucky Wage and Hour Act. Plaintiffs William Whitlock, David Skyrm, James Middleton and Kristin Moore, who were former employees of Fourth Street Live, an entertainment area located in downtown Louisville, filed a suit in Kentucky …

Class-Actions Sep 12, 2016

Sick Kids Hospital, Motherisk Director Point Fingers at Each Other in Class-Action Lawsuit

Statements of defence from both deny blame over faulty hair tests used in court to remove children from their parents. He rejects the findings of an independent review led by retired Court of Appeal Justice Susan Lang last year, which harshly criticized hair testing procedures at Motherisk. “The hair testing methodologies employed by (Motherisk) were, at all material times, accurate and …

Lawsuits May 8, 2016

Couple Fights Off $1 Million Lawsuit Over Bad Yelp Review

“I had no idea this could happen, it’s frightening,” said Michelle Duchouquette. Michelle Duchouquette and her husband Robert were sued earlier this year after writing a one-star review about Prestigious Pets in Dallas. The review said she didn’t like the extra $5 fee to walk her dogs and that the fish bowl water appeared cloudy with …

Lawsuits Apr 21, 2016

Federal Courts Can’t Intervene ‘Too Deeply’ in EEOC Class Actions, Attorney Says

After a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, companies facing class action Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints will have a tough time mounting a certain defense, a Charlotte, N.C., attorney says. In Mach Mining vs Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the high court’s decision held that courts have authority to review whether the EEOC has fulfilled its…

News Apr 7, 2016

College Rankings Should Include Campus Safety

It’s college acceptance season. Millions of students are now weighing their options about where to spend the next four years of their lives. As they do, they will likely turn to premier college rankings guides such as The Princeton Review, an independent organization that has offered data on colleges and universities for more than three decades.