A Kansas sheriff’s jail policy allowing inmates to receive and send only postcards through the mail violates the free speech and due process rights of prisoners and their families, civil rights advocates said in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Social Justice Law Collective are seeking a court order to end the practice. Their lawsuit, which seeks …
The sources told NBC News and NBC station WDIV of Detroit that state Attorney General Bill Schuette will announce criminal charges against two employees of the state Department of Environmental Quality and one who works for the City of Flint. Reuters reported that Attorney Valdemar Washington, who represents the residents in the lawsuit, said they were considering filing an appeal of O’Meara’s…
The sources told NBC News and NBC station WDIV of Detroit that state Attorney General Bill Schuette will announce criminal charges against two employees of the state Department of Environmental Quality and one who works for the City of Flint. Reuters reported that Attorney Valdemar Washington, who represents the residents in the lawsuit, said they were considering filing an appeal of O’Meara’s…
The motion alleges that Spotify may be misrepresenting the details of a proposed settlement with publishers. Attorneys representing David Lowery in his lawsuit against Spotify want to know what the music streaming service has been telling songwriters. In a motion filed this week in the Central District Court of California, Lowery and the other three plaintiffs have asked the judge for…
Christopher Elliott | March 12, 2016
Kelli Schultz wants our help, but she also wants everyone to know what Carnival has done to her. I can’t help with the first one, but I can definitely do something about the second. What happened to her?
In the early 1970s, as feminists advocated for abortion rights in the lead-up to Roe v. Wade, an L.A. county hospital was years into a federally funded population-control program that targeted poor Mexican American women for sterilization when they came to the hospital to give birth. Several only learned years later that they’d had tubal ligations without their consent; 10 testified against the …
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP reminds investors that they have until March 21, 2016 to file a motion seeking to be appointed lead plaintiff against Cnova N.V. (NASDAQ:CNV). If you purchased Cnova between November 19, 2014 and December 18, 2015 (the “Class Period”) we encourage you to contact Johnson & Weaver regarding your rights and options. …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is trying to rally a federal appeals court to hear a lawsuit in which network hardware maker Cisco is accused of helping China identify members of a religious minority who were later tortured by its government. Cisco built the Golden Shield system that blocks foreign content and tracks online activity in China. According to the EFF, the plaintiffs …