Thursday

Huntsville Attorneys to Settle Lawsuit Alleging Officer’s Excessive Force

Huntsville’s city council voted to allow City Attorney Trey Riley to settle a lawsuit alleging that a STAC investigator from Huntsville Police Department hit a detainee. The lawsuit, “Vance Derrick Stone v. City of Huntsville, et al,” alleges officer Anthony McElyea struck Vance Stone while he was waiting to be taken to the hospital post-arrest. It was …


Genovese Mob Snitch Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against Feds

​A wannabe-wiseguy who turned government stool pigeon was reduced to tears Thursday when a Post reporter told him his lawsuit against the feds got a thumbs up from a judge. Genovese mobster-turned-FBI informant Joseph Barone​, 54,​ ​sobbed tears of joy when told he’d been ​given the green​ ​light to sue the feds for prosecuting him in a murder-for-hire that he claims was all part of his …


VW Says Accord With Class Action Plaintiffs to Yield Settlement

Volkswagen said it has reached a framework agreement with class action plaintiffs in U.S. court proceedings on Thursday. The accord with class action plaintiffs will result in “a comprehensive settlement” in coming weeks, Volkswagen (VW) said in an emailed statement published by its Wolfsburg, Germany-based headquarters. The German carmaker and the U.S. Justice Department…


A Lawsuit Argues That the US Should Appoint Lawyers to Represent Undocumented Children Facing Deportation

Lawyers for nine children suspected of being illegal immigrants argued on Thursday that they have the right to a court-appointed attorney, in a lawsuit that challenges the notion that minors can competently represent themselves. The lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups in federal court in Seattle seeks to force the federal government to provide …


New Class-Action Suit Filed Against Energy Firm After Ex-Ceo Killed in Car Crash

Federal authorities sought Thursday to drop a criminal indictment of bid rigging against Oklahoma energy tycoon Aubrey McClendon, who died in a fiery single-car crash just hours after the indictment was announced. Meanwhile, attorneys for a northwest Oklahoma landowner filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against McClendon’s former company, Chesapeake Energy, alleging a conspiracy that …


MannKind Has New Partner but Faces Class Action Suit

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Matthew Pfeffer, the chief executive officer of MannKind, speaks during last year’s annual meeting. Pfeffer announced Thursday that the company has a new licensing agreement for its Technosphere particle. Matthew Pfeffer, the chief executive officer of MannKind, speaks during last year’s annual meeting.