A U.S. District Court judge denied Trump’s motion to have a suit against his Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida, dismissed. The case was presented before Judge Kenneth Marra in August during a two-day non-jury trial. Marra has yet to issue a decision. Before the trial began, lawyers for Trump asked that the case be dismissed. Marra denied …
President-elect Donald Trump may have won the election but he still has one final hurdle to clear. His actual victory doesn’t come until the Electoral College votes on December 19. According to Colorado state law, Colorado’s electors are required to vote for whoever won the popular vote in the state, but two electors have filed a lawsuit in hopes of changing that rule.
Last week, president-elect Donald Trump settled the pending Trump University case to the tune of $25 million. The lawsuit has attracted a great deal of attention in recent months. It had been scheduled for November 28 before Judge Jeffrey Miller mediated an outcome that appears to have been mutually satisfactory for all parties.
On Friday Donald Trump settled the class action lawsuit against his bogus university for $25 million , despite repeated claims that he would not settle and settling was for losers. The settlement makes him look like a hypocrite (and also a crook). In fact, Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway had stated that when Bill Clinton settled the civil suit brought against him by Paula Jones it …
A sweeping climate change lawsuit filed against the Obama Administration will move forward, a judged ruled on Thursday, setting up an extraordinary legal battle between environmentalists and President-elect Donald Trump. The lawsuit claims the rights of 21 young Americans have been unconstitutionally violated because the federal government has allowed greenhouse gas pollution to be pumped into …
Donald Trump’s attorneys filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. Related Articles Trump University lawsuit: Judge Curiel won’t bar controversial statements In the motion filed Saturday evening in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli …
Supporters of the youth plaintiffs assemble on the steps of the US District Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon, after the hearing. The banner reads, “Our future is a constitutional right.” (Photo by Clayton Aldern/Grist & BillMoyers.com)
Donald Trump’s election to the presidency is a devastating blow to the environmental community, coming at a crucial juncture in the fight against climate change.
A US federal judge has encouraged lawyers involved in a class-action lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump’s now-defunct university to settle the case out of court. US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, whom Trump accused of bias during the campaign because of his Mexican heritage, said at a hearing in San Diego, California, yesterday that another judge had offered to work with both sides on a possible settlement. …
Awkward is the idea of a president-elect going to trial for fraud between his election and inauguration. Which is why the Trump University lawsuit may be fizzling out. The six-year-old class-action suit—brought by former students of Donald Trump’s now-defunct education company, who allege that …
Over the course of his campaign, president-elect Donald Trump has laid out an extensive plan of legislative actions for his first 100 days in office, but he may be a bit preoccupied with something unrelated to the nation’s highest office: dozens of lawsuits. The soon-to-be-president faces the unprecedented task of defending himself in 75 cases while preparing to transition and settle into the …