Facebook Inc. defeated a bid for a group lawsuit claiming the company illegally gave its users’ personal information to advertisers, with a judge ruling the plaintiffs didn’t have enough in common to pursue a class action. Facebook users accused the social network of “automatically and surreptitiously” disclosing to advertisers information about them when they clicked on ads. …
A judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Illinois by a coalition of social services providers trying to force the state to pay more than $100 million in overdue bills. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Rodolfo Garcia ruled that the fiscally shaky state, which has racked up $8 billion in unpaid bills, was immune from lawsuits of this …
The Superior Court of California has issued a tentative ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed over a hotelier-approved assessment on hotel room bills, which funds operations of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District. Judge Joel Wohlfeil said the court found that San Diegans for Open Government, represented by local attorney Cory Briggs, does not have standing since it does not include parties …
Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul’s lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter will proceed after a Florida judge declined to dismiss the case, according to a report by The New York Post. Pierre-Paul is suing Schefter and ESPN for publishing an image of his medical records in July of 2015 when Schefter reported Pierre-Paul’s right index finger had been amputated …
Beachgoers in North Carolina have long enjoyed open access to the state’s 301 miles of shoreline – from the ocean’s edge to the waterside base of the shifting dunes. At low tide, people might be walking, sunbathing on a towel, building sand castles, throwing out a fishing line or playing beach games on wet or dry sand. High tide might leave only a sliver of dry sand for the public access, but …
The man who sought to represent all 154 Long Beach leaseholders in a class-action lawsuit against the town may continue his own push against the leases and changes carried out by Rockport officials. But a Lawrence Superior Court judge has ruled that Stephen Sheehan — and any other Long Beach tenants who wish to challenge their leases — will have to do so individually, not as a …
In a ruling that widens the divide between federal appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit sided today with the Seventh Circuit and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in holding that the class action waiver provision of a company’s arbitration agreement with employees violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Prior to this decision, the Seventh Circuit was alone in its dissention …
Last September, federal judge George King ruled that “Happy Birthday to You,” the iconic song sung at children’s parties everywhere daily, was not subject to copyright protection as previously thought. Now free from the grasp of music publishing company Warner Chappell, it’s free to be used by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose, with only a specific arrangement covered by the 1035 copyright …
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Cleveland State University law professor and the former assistant dean of the school, who claimed former Dean Craig Boise retaliated against them because the faculty formed a union. Professor Sheldon Gelman and his wife, former assistant dean Jean Lifter, contended in the lawsuit in U.S. District Court that they lost income and …
A federal appeals court has dealt the latest blow to a lawsuit alleging law school students were defrauded with misleading employment statistics. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower-court’s ruling that Widener University School of Law graduates don’t have enough in common to sue the school through a class action.