Just two weeks before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump will be deposed for his ongoing legal squabble with chef JosĂŠ AndrĂŠs. The chef, youâll recall, was originally supposed to open a restaurant in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., before he bailed on the projects following racist remarks Trump used to launch his …
A government lawsuit against Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc . will move to the mortgage lender’s hometown, a federal judge ruled Monday, after finding that the Washington, D.C., connection to Quicken’s practices was too “insubstantial” to keep the case there.
Don’t offer prison inmate John Demos your Hershey Bar, your Kellogg’s corn flakes or your Bazooka bubble gum. And he doesn’t think your Campbell soup Is mmmm-mmmm good. The Washington state inmate filed a lawsuit in Macon’s federal court this week, arguing that those companies and several others gave him bladder and intestine problems. Also named in the lawsuit are …
In 2012, Hyundai and Kia were found to have been overstating fuel economy on over a million model year 2011-2013 vehicles by between one and four MPG combined. After many lawsuits and hundreds of millions in fines , the Korean automakers are finally putting this issue to rest. Again, expensively.
With Coach Mike Lonergan’s termination from the George Washington University men’s basketball team now official, his legal recourse has been set into action: Reps for former GW Coach Mike Lonergan release statement saying he is filing suit against the school for wrongful termination. — Gene Wang (@gene_wang) September 18, 2016 Statement from Lonergan legal reps: “He will seek …
Among continued struggles with algae in the Chesapeake Bay, regulators are cracking down on nutrient contributors. State Attorney General Brian Frosh and Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles announced late last month that the owners of two Maryland power plants in the Washington suburbs would have to pay $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit, according to The …
When someone you don’t know suddenly sends you a check for nearly a hundred dollars – it can pay to be suspicious. But in this case, the checks are real. They’re settlement checks from a class action lawsuit over illegal robocalls.
On August 5, 2016, the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) agreed to improve how the state hospitals develop treatment plans and determine which residents are ready to leave the hospital grounds for family visits and other outings or be released to live in the community. A series of restrictive policies were enacted in 2010 after a 2009 …
Twelve families, representing Washington’s eight public charter schools – including Excel Public Charter School in Kent – as well the Washington State Charter Schools Association, filed a collective motion last week to intervene in a recently filed lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the schools. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson also a filed a motion on the state’s behalf last …
A group of women who were unknowingly videotaped by a D.C. rabbi as they took part in a religious ritual bath are suing him and affiliated organizations, and on Tuesday announced that they are seeking $100 million. The lawsuit was also amended Tuesday to include the Beth Din of America, an Orthodox court that oversaw Rabbi Barry Freundel. Related Stories The changes to the lawsuit …