Trial

Uber Drivers Could Miss Out on More Than $700 Million in Settlement

Uber drivers may be settling for about 12% of the total amount they could have received at trial. Uber Technologies Inc. reached a $100 million settlement agreement in April for two class-action lawsuits brought by drivers who argued that they should be employees and were owed reimbursement. But, according to documents released this week, if drivers in both cases had won on trials on a class- …



Trump Will Testify After Election in University Lawsuit

Donald Trump will testify after the presidential election on a class-action lawsuit that accuses the billionaire businessman and his now-defunct Trump University of defrauding people who paid up to $35,000 for real estate seminars, his attorney said Friday. A federal judge in San Diego set a Nov. 28 trial, raising the possibility that Trump could take the stand as a president-elect if …


Judge to Consider Timing of Trump University Trial

U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel has said he wanted a trial by the middle of this year in a federal class-action lawsuit against Donald Trump by students of Trump University who say they were defrauded. That was before the real estate mogul appeared headed for the Republican presidential nomination. The judge is expected to address timing at a final pretrial conference Friday in San Diego.


Donald’s Defense: Trump University No Different Than Hamburger University

That’s where a district judge on Tuesday struck down a Hail Mary defense from Trump’s legal team in an attempt to prevent their client from facing trial in a lawsuit against his now defunct Trump University. The mogul faces a class action lawsuit in the state for his mid-2000s project which promised to make ordinary people experts in real estate, earn them tons of money, and provide expert …


Judge to Volkswagen: Show Timetable for Diesel Fixes, or I’ll See You in Court

A federal judge in San Francisco has given Volkswagen one more month to meet a demand from U.S. regulators for a fix to its diesel engines. The automaker faced a deadline Thursday to create a fix acceptable to the California Clean Air Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency for diesel engines that emit more than acceptable levels of nitrogen oxides. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer …


Donald Trump Says He Wants to Go to Court in the Trump University Lawsuit—But His Lawyers Don’t

In December, in a deposition regarding one of the class-action lawsuits being brought against Trump University, Donald Trump said, “I’m dying to go to court on this case.” On Friday, however, his lawyers argued that by requesting a summer trial the plaintiffs were trying to undermine his presidential campaign. “I so look forward to having this case go to court. I’ve been waiting for it for a …


After False Start, New GM Ignition Switch Trial Set to Start

NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after the first New York trial over General Motors’ faulty ignition switch controversy ended prematurely, a new one is set to start. The Manhattan federal court trial that begins on Monday is meant to define legal boundaries that may aid the settlement of hundreds of lawsuits filed after GM revealed that it had continued to sell flawed cars after discovering an ignition …


Woman Wants Out of Lawsuit Against Trump University, but Trump’s Lawyers Say No

Lawyers for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday contested an Orange County woman’s request to withdraw from a lawsuit she filed against Trump University, claiming the entire case was built around her and it would be unfair to the defense for her to bail out now. “We’ve passed the point of no return,” attorney Daniel Petrocelli told U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San …


Residential School Survivor ‘Elated’ by Settlement Talks

A woman from Nain—one of 1,200 former residential school students from this province suing for damages—says she’s elated by a decision to halt the trial in a class action lawsuit so settlement talks can be held. “I wasn’t expecting it, but I’m very happy,” said Cindy Dwyer. “After eight years of all this waiting, I’m actually elated.”