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SEC Sues Founder of Closed BitConnect Exchange Alleging $2B Fraud Scheme
Sep 2 2021 // The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect over his alleged role in fraudulently raising about $2 billion from retail investors. Expanding...
Judge Will Approve Purdue Bankruptcy Plan, Freeing Sacklers From Future Liability Suits
Sep 2 2021 // A U.S. judge said on Wednesday he would approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, clearing a path to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits and shielding the company’s wealthy...
School Board in Virginia to Pay ACLU’s Legal Costs Over Bathroom Lawsuit
Sep 1 2021 // A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union after the nonprofit spent six years representing a student who sued over the board’s transgender bathroom...
Tennessee Leads States’ Suit Against Biden Administration Over LGBT Protections
Sep 1 2021 // Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Biden’s administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people, ranging from transgender girls...
Texas Industrial Equipment and Services Firms Sued for Disability Discrimination
Sep 1 2021 // Federal officials say a pair of Texas-based industrial equipment and services companies refused to hire worker because of medical treatment for anxiety and opioid addiction. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Court Revives Bernie Madoff Customers’ $343M Clawback Suit Against Citigroup
Aug 31 2021 // A U.S. appeals court said the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm can pursue a $343.1 million clawback lawsuit against Citigroup Inc., a decision that could help the late swindler’s customers recover...
‘Mission: Impossible’ Movie Producer Sues Insurer Over 7 Coronavirus Stoppages
Aug 31 2021 // Production on the new “Mission: Impossible” movie was shut down seven times due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday that accuses the film’s insurance company of failing to...
South Carolina Supreme Court to Hear Pair of Mask Mandate Lawsuits
Aug 31 2021 // South Carolina’s highest court will hear two challenges to the state’s refusal to let school districts require masks for students and teachers this week. The state Supreme Court has set aside two hours to hear...
Couple Files Lawsuit Over Shooting of Dog That Ran at Colorado Officer
Aug 31 2021 // A couple whose young dog was shot by a police officer in a northern Colorado city has filed a lawsuit accusing the officer’s supervisors of covering up what happened and claiming that the city has fostered a culture...
Parents File Suit for Children Injured on Washington Tilt-A-Whirl Ride
Aug 31 2021 // The families of children who were injured on the Tilt-A-Whirl at the Kitsap County Fair in Washington in 2018 are suing the owner of the amusement company that operated the ride at the fair’s carnival and its...
Law Firms Battle Lawsuits Calling for SPAC Regulation
Aug 30 2021 // The legal tussle around special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) intensified on Friday as a group of U.S. law firms hit out against lawsuits last week that called for blank-check firms to be regulated as investment...
Nirvana Sued in California by Man Who Was Nude Baby On Album Cover
Aug 27 2021 // A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind”album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography they have profited from. The...
Former Iowa Anchor Wants Age Bias Lawsuit to Change TV News
Aug 27 2021 // As a prominent reporter and anchor at one of Iowa’s biggest local television stations, Sonya Heitshusen was known for doggedly investigating injustices and holding the powerful accountable. A year after WHO-TV in Des...
Jury Denies Damages in Montana Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Aug 26 2021 // A federal jury has denied a damage award to the family of a Livingston, Mont., man who was shot and killed by police in January 2016. The estate of Sean Patrick O’Brien filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City...
Lawsuit: Teens Sexually Assaulted in Illinois School Team Hazing
Aug 25 2021 // The parents of two teenage boys filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging their sons were sexually assaulted in a hazing tradition by older players on their suburban Chicago, Ill., high school football team, and that three...
Man Sues Nebraska Sheriff After Pepper Ball Blinded Him
Aug 24 2021 // An Iowa man is suing an eastern Nebraska county, its sheriff and several deputies, saying their lack of training led one of the deputies to shoot him in the eye with a pepper ball during a protest last year. Adam Keup, 24,...
Giant Container Ship, Which Blocked the Suez in March, Again Crosses the Canal
Aug 23 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – The giant container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez canal for six days in March, crossed the waterway on Friday for the first time since it left Egypt after the incident. The ship, en route from...
Lawsuit Filed in Wyoming Says Mixup Kept Family at Gunpoint
Aug 20 2021 // Yellowstone National Park rangers and Wyoming sheriff’s deputies seeking a murder suspect held a vacationing family at gunpoint for an hour without adequate cause, a lawsuit claims. Brett and Genalyn Hemry, of...
Alaska School District Agrees to Settle Abuse Lawsuit for $3.8M
Aug 19 2021 // An Alaska school district agreed to pay $3.8 million to two children abused by a former principal who said school leaders had been “well aware of my problems with young girls” for years, news outlets...
Judge Tosses Most Claims in Oregon Armed Occupation Death Suit
Aug 19 2021 // A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of an Arizona rancher who served as spokesperson for the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife...
