Volkswagen AG, in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating scandal, has agreed to pay $175 million to US lawyers suing the German automaker on behalf of the owners of 475,000 polluting vehicles, two people briefed on the agreement said on …
The Justice Department today announced a settlement with Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan, resolving allegations that the township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) in denying zoning approval to allow the Michigan Islamic Academy (MIA) to build a school on a vacant parcel of land. The settlement, which must still be approved by the U.S. …
An Islamic academy will get $1.7 million and be allowed to build a new school after it settled a federal lawsuit against a Michigan township that initially denied its zoning request. The Michigan Islamic Academy will move ahead with plans to build the school and housing on land in Pittsfield Township, near Ann Arbor, after township officials approved the settlement Wednesday. The academy sued …
The National Football League’s $1 billion concussion settlement should be rejected, according to a Supreme Court petition filed Sept. 26. The deal unfairly denies compensation to some former players and circumvents due process standards for class action settlements, the petition says. The settlement would create a compensation plan for more than 20,000 former …
Truck maker Navistar has moved nearer the end of the road in a legal fight over whether it had misled investors about its chances to build a new truck engine both in line with federal emissions requirements and superior to those made by competitors, as a group of shareholders have asked a federal judge to sign off on a $9.1 million settlement deal. On Sept. 28, attorneys for the shareholders …
A settlement was reached with the defendants in the lawsuit filed on behalf of certain investors of Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited (AMEX:LPH) over alleged securities laws violations and a deadline to submit the settlement claim is upcoming on October 5, 2016 and AMEX:LPH investors should contact the Shareholders Foundation. …
Kim Palmer| CLEVELAND CLEVELAND The family of a African-American man who died in 2010 after being tasered by Cleveland police will receive a $375,000 settlement from the city, the mayor’s office said on Thursday. Rodney Brown died on New Year’s Eve after a police radio caught him telling officers “I can’t breathe.” First responders were unable to resuscitate the 40-year-old, 12 minutes after …
Today I attempt to destroy the character and chances of a certain presidential candidate. This candidate is a TV star. He’s abrupt and a social climber.
Attorney General Andy Beshear is warning Kentuckians who own a Volkswagen or Audi 2.0-liter Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI®) diesel-engine vehicle to be wary of a “buyback” scam. Volkswagen announced in June that it would provide customers restitution and offer the buyback program in response to a class-action lawsuit and a suit brought by Beshear. The suits sought …
Arkansas is the first state to successfully settle a class action lawsuit against tobacco giant Philip Morris; now some smokers could get their hands on some of the $45 million settlement. Glenda Wills started smoking back in the 1980’s; before the dangers of cigarettes were fully understood.