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Ark. Police, Firefighters Notch Important Win in Class Action

The Supreme Court of Arkansas on Feb. 16 decided to uphold a Faulkner County Circuit Court certified a class of Conway police and firefighters who are seeking salary increases. Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Judge Rhonda K. Wood wrote in the court’s opinion that the case originated when Conway police officers and firefighters brought a class action lawsuit …


Fraud Lawsuit Against Bronx Dems Won’t Halt Election

Fraud allegations won’t stop the Democratic Party primaries from rolling on in the Bronx — at least for now. A group of activists who sued the Bronx Democratic Party — claiming they were used as straw candidates for political posts — have not shown they will suffer enough “irreparable harm” to justify halting next week’s elections, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. But Judge Kimba Wood said in …


Checks at Center of Filings in Lawsuit; Lobbyist Admits He Changed Date

Attorneys for the family of a woman who died in one of Michael Morton’s nursing homes filed arguments and hundreds of pages of sworn testimony Wednesday in an attempt to keep a corruption lawsuit against Morton and lobbyist Gilbert Baker alive. Among those giving depositions under oath to attorneys gathering information for the lawsuit were Morton; Baker; lobbyists Bruce Hawkins and …


Federal Appeals Court: PF Chang’s Can Be Sued Over Potential ID Theft From Data Breach

A Chicago federal appeals panel has given the P.F. Chang’s restaurant chain a case of legal indigestion, by reversing a district court’s dismissal of a class action suit brought by two diners, who claimed they were vulnerable to identity theft, because the chain’s allegedly poor data security allowed hackers to obtain diners’ debit and credit card information. The decision was delivered April …


Maibec Defective Wood Shingle Class Action Lawsuit

This lawsuit alleges that Maibec, who manufactures and sells wood shingles made from Eastern White Cedar trees sold to the public under the brand names Nantucket, Kennebunk and Bar Harbor, are defective as the shingles are plagued by design flaws that result in warping, peeling, cracking, buckling and curling. The lawsuit also alleges that Maibec breached its express warranty to customers by …