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Croman Backed Out of Deal Over Rent-Control Concerns: Lawsuit

Notorious landlord Steve Croman has been hit with another lawsuit, this one accusing him of backing out of a deal to buy a Greenwich Village property. Ecalp did not show up for the closing and has refused to consummate the deal, the lawsuit says. North Hudson is suing for breach of contract and requesting a declaratory judgment that will let it retain a $585,000 down payment from when the …


Google Agrees to Pay $13 Million Settlement in Street View Privacy Case

Google has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement that could resolve a class-action lawsuit over the company’s collection of people’s private information through its Street View project. The agreement, if approved by a judge, would resolve a 2010 suit over the Street View program’s privacy violations, ending nearly a …


World Trade Center Lawsuit Unraveling as Trial Approaches

The increasingly bizarre litigation over the World Trade Center building appeared to quickly unravel Monday (Nov. 7) when neither the man behind the lawsuit nor any lawyers representing his company showed up in court to pursue the case. Two Canal Street Investors’ case against the city of New Orleans challenges the lease of the 33-story building to a Four Seasons hotel development team with …


Former Virago Chef’s Lawsuit Resolved

A Nashville chef’s discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the Gulch restaurant Virago and its parent company has been resolved, according to federal court records. Jessica Benefield filed the lawsuit in 2013 against restaurant Virago, CEO Chris Hyndman and M Street Entertainment Group.


State Street Sees Double Whammy of Op Risk Losses

Megan van Ooyen is a senior associate business operations specialist in the OpRisk Global Data group at SAS in North Carolina It’s been two years since the peak of the regulatory fallout from residential mortgage-backed securities. Since then, regulatory fines and settlements, which tend to result in the largest operational risk losses for financial services firms, have largely settled down. …


Lawsuit Filed Over Beale Street Bucks Cover Charge Program

A Memphis woman has filed a federal lawsuit regarding the Beale Street Bucks program and fast pass tickets. In June, a cover charge was implemented for those over 21 years of age to get on Beale Street after hours on the weekend. The cost was $10, which includes $7 in vouchers.


Pleasanton Street Preacher’s Lawsuit Alleges Santa Cruz Violates His Free Speech

A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to allow a Pleasanton man to resume preaching on a public street after he was ticketed three times for noise complaints and had his amplified speech permit revoked by Santa Cruz police. The lawsuit also seeks to overturn two city laws that allow police to issue a city permit for amplified public speech and allows police to revoke the permits …


20 Years After “boom-Boom Room” Lawsuit, It’s Still Tough for Women on Wall Street

Twenty years ago this month, 23 women came together to file a major class-action lawsuit against Wall Street brokerage house Smith Barney, claiming widespread sexual harassment and pay discrimination. Close to 2,000 women ended up joining the complaint which became known as the “boom-boom room” suit, borrowing the name of a seedy sounding party room in the basement of a Smith Barney branch in …