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Lawsuits Aug 21, 2017

Sierra Club Files Lawsuit Against Oklahoma’s $100 Electric Car Fee

Oklahoma hopes to correct a budget shortfall by enacting an electric car fee, but a lawsuit against the state asserts that proper procedures for such a tax were not followed.

Oklahoma’s Sierra Club Chapter isn’t happy about the recent proposed $100 fee for electric vehicles, and an additional $30 registration fee, which won’t be instated for gasoline and diesel engines. Of course, the environmental organization may move to battle anything that gets in the way of EV adoption or fails to note its benefits. Director of the organization’s Oklahoma chapter, Johnson Bridgewater, said in an interview: …

News Feb 3, 2017

Exactly How and Why Zenimax Was Awarded $500M in Lawsuit Against Oculus

The years-long legal battle between Zenimax and Oculus drew to a close yesterday, as the court ruled in Zenimax’s favor after two days of deliberations. As a result, Zenimax is owed a total of $500 million for a variety of charges against Oculus, CTO John Carmack, and co-founders Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe. Now that the dust has had a chance to settle, a pair of legal experts sat down to …

Legal News Jul 30, 2016

Appeals Court Nixes Payday Lender Class-Action Suit

Cash Zone store that operated at 8923 Culebra Road. In a 2-1 opinion, the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled that payday-loan customers must use arbitration instead of the courts if they think a lender illegally used the criminal justice system to pursue unpaid loans. Cash Zone store that operated at 8923 Culebra Road.

News Jul 22, 2016

Lawsuit Aims to Get Dulles Toll Road Drivers Their Money Back

A long shot federal class-action lawsuit filed by long-time critics of the Dulles Toll Road argues the tolls are unconstitutional and the agency that runs the road does not have the proper authority to exist. The complaint filed in federal court in Washington earlier this month argues that the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which also runs Reagan National Airport and …

Lawsuits May 26, 2016

Vernon Hills Resident Files Federal Lawsuit to Try to Stop Longmeadow Parkway

Hoping to stop the progress of the Longmeadow Parkway, Vernon Hills resident Geoffrey Petzel said he filed a federal citizen lawsuit Friday over the project against the Kane County Department of Transportation and several other governmental bodies. Petzel, a Carpentersville native, filed a pro se lawsuit that asks a judge to prevent construction of the bridge and road, vacate previous approvals …

Lawsuits May 23, 2016

Judge Halts Developer in Fishkill Flooding Lawsuit

The developers of a seven-home subdivision in the Town of Fishkill have been ordered to halt further work on drainage infrastructure that one of its neighbors says caused flooding on its property. State Supreme Court Judge Christine Sproat on May 17 granted the East Hook Sportsmen Association’s request for a preliminary …

Class-Actions May 10, 2016

Two Plaintiffs Voluntarily Withdraw From NYC Marathon Sweepstakes Lawsuit

This January, we reported on a proposed class action sweepstakes lawsuit filed on behalf of all runners who entered the New York City Marathon’s (“Marathon”) general entry drawing (“Drawing”) between 2010 and 2015. Last month, two of the named plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their claims against the Marathon’s organizer and operator – New York Road Runners, Inc. (“Road Runners”) – after Road …

Lawsuits Jan 28, 2016

NYC Marathon Organizers Are Sued Over Lottery to Enter Race

NEW YORK The organizers of the New York City Marathon have been sued by two runners who said the use of a lottery to decide who gets to race in the world’s largest marathon is illegal. In a proposed class-action lawsuit filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Utah residents Charles Konopa and Matthew Clark said the nonprofit New York Road Runners Inc violated New York’s …