The Westchester County Department of Health has asked to be dropped from a lawsuit brought by a property owner who accuses it and several other defendants of botching contamination cleanup decades ago …
A western Massachusetts bean sprout farm has agreed to pay $78,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged the farm was discharging pollutants into the Connecticut River. The suit alleged that Chang Farms, in Whately, violated the terms of its federal Clean Water Act permit by discharging industrial wastewater into the river.
Ride-hailing corporation Uber is facing a class action lawsuit after a plaintiff filed a suit in federal court late Wednesday evening claiming officials violated federal telecommunications laws for sending unsolicited text messages to app users. The lawsuit’s plaintiff, local activist Melissa Cubria, filed the suit claiming the company’s text messages to her violated the federal Telephone …
A former server at the El Gaucho steakhouse in downtown Tacoma has sued the company, accusing management of not properly paying its employees. Managers have withheld tips from employees, failed to pay them time and a half for overtime work and required servers to work while not being clocked in, the class action alleges. It also contends management has paid workers with credit to use only at …
Lawyers for Condé Nast were back in court on Tuesday, trying to beat back an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by a Michigan woman who objects to her name being sold on a mailing list used by other companies. Condé Nast violated Michigan privacy laws when it sold subscription information without permission, Suzanne Boelter claims in a federal court suit. Condé Nast lawyers argued Tuesday that …
A New York court has dismissed the lawsuit of a man who died before certification of a class in his claim against a company that allegedly violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The plaintiff, Mark Hannabury, sued Hilton Grand Vacations over two calls to his cell phone, attempting to sell interests in timeshare properties. Hannabury allegedly was …
Families involved in the lawsuit standby during Wednesday’s press conference. Last year, Illinois’ District 211 fought hard to maintain discrimination against a transgender girl (identified only as “Student A”) who simply wanted access to …
Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that a century-old Louisiana law discriminates against foreign-born, naturalized U.S. citizens by arbitrarily subjecting them to “heightened” voter registration requirements that don’t apply to native-born citizens. Attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Fair Elections Legal Network are seeking a court order …
Wendy’s faces a class-action suit over a breach that occurred last year and resulted in hundreds of thousands of fraudulent credit card transactions. Pennsylvania-based First Choice Credit Union filed a class action lawsuit against Wendy’s over a data breach the retailer experienced last year. The suit alleged that …
A federal lawsuit alleges TD Bank’s Penny Arcade machines inaccurately counted customers’ coins and seeks class-action status. A proposed class-action lawsuit against TD Bank seeks damages for customers it …