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Johnson Controls, Manpower to Pay $40K in Oklahoma Harassment/Retaliation Suit
Nov 10 2020 // Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI) and ManpowerGroup US Inc. (Manpower) have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit charging the companies with sexual harassment and retaliation against a worker at a JCI plant in Norman,...
New York Sues Sotheby’s for Helping Client Escape Sales Taxes on Artwork
Nov 10 2020 // Sotheby’s was sued on Friday by New York’s attorney general, who accused the auction house of defrauding the state by helping an important client avoid millions of dollars of sales taxes on art he...
Mediator Reports ‘Substantial Progress’ by Bayer in Resolving Roundup Cancer Lawsuits
Nov 10 2020 // A court-appointed mediator on Monday said Bayer AG has made “substantial progress” toward resolving tens of thousands of remaining claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The mediator Kenneth Feinberg...
UPI News Photographer Sued by Gun-Waving St. Louis Couple
Nov 9 2020 // A St. Louis, Mo., couple facing felony charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home allege in a lawsuit that a news photographer trespassed to capture an image of the...
English Court Blocks $6.6B Brazil Lawsuit Against Mining Firm BHP Over Burst Dam
Nov 9 2020 // A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group seeking damages after a devastating dam failure in...
Alabama Settles Terminix Suit Over Trade Practice Violations for $60M
Nov 9 2020 // Alabama has reached a $60 million settlement with Terminix International for systematically overcharging customers for termite services and failing to honor service contracts, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced...
Washington Firm to Pay $175K to Settle Federal Disability Discrimination Suit
Nov 6 2020 // Northwest Wireless Enterprises LLC, an exclusive T-Mobile retailer, will pay $175,000 to a former employee to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. According a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...
Apple Faces Shareholder Class-Action Suit over CEO’s China Sales Comments
Nov 6 2020 // Apple Inc has been ordered to face a proposed class-action lawsuit by shareholders who accused Chief Executive Tim Cook of concealing falling demand for iPhones in China, resulting in billions of dollars of investor...
Lawsuit Against Police Department in Hawaii Settled for $1.84M
Nov 6 2020 // An assistant chief of police in Kauai settled a lawsuit against his department and Kauai County for $1.84 million. Mark Begley sued the county and the Kauai Police Department in 2016, alleging he was harassed and...
Companies to Pay $70K to Settle Harassment, Retaliation Suit Filed in Texas
Nov 5 2020 // Federal officials in San Antonio say a pair of construction-related companies have agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Women Suing Goldman Sachs Demand Files with Words They Say Prove Discrimination
Nov 4 2020 // Women suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for gender discrimination are going after any internal documents with words like “babe,” “bimbo” or worse that they say would show bias by executives who...
Civil Rights Groups Settle Lawsuit with Georgia City Over Utility Access
Nov 4 2020 // Civil rights groups have reached a settlement with a Georgia city to end policies that they said illegally restricted access to utility services and disproportionately affected Black and Latino residents. The lawsuit filed...
California Insurance Co. Hits Commissioner with Anti-SLAPP Motion
Nov 3 2020 // California Insurance Co. has filed an “Anti-SLAPP” motion the company says is to protect its First Amendment rights in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Insurance and Insurance...
Bayer Fails to Settle U.S. Roundup Lawsuits, Risking Restart of Federal Trials
Nov 3 2020 // Bayer AG failed to settle outstanding U.S. Roundup lawsuits by Monday, the deadline set by a judge who has said he’ll resume federal trials over claims the weedkiller caused consumers’ cancer. Ahead of its...
Federal Judge Dismisses Amazon N.Y. Warehouse Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit
Nov 3 2020 // A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers’ lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic should have been brought to the Occupational...
Illinois Sports Apparel Chain Pay $420K to Settle Race/National Origin Discrimination Suit
Nov 3 2020 // A Chicago-area sports fashion chain will pay $420,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said City Sports has more...
Man Wrongly Arrested in Fatal Shooting in Texas Sues for $3M
Nov 2 2020 // A man who was arrested and charged with murder a year ago in a fatal shooting near Greenville, Texas, before being cleared is suing the county sheriff’s office, sheriff and law enforcement officials for more than $3...
Rhode Island Climate Change Suit Remains in State Court
Nov 2 2020 // A lawsuit filed by the state of Rhode Island against 21 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for the impacts of climate change will be allowed to proceed in state court, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision...
Reporter Tear Gassed at Oregon Protest Settles Lawsuit
Nov 2 2020 // A Eugene Weekly reporter who was hit with a tear gas canister while he filmed police breaking up a protest in late May in Oregon has settled a lawsuit against the city of Eugene. Henry Houston said he and the Civil...
Australian Pension Fund Agrees to Settle Landmark Climate Risk Litigation
Nov 2 2020 // SYDNEY — One of Australia’s largest pension funds on Monday agreed to settle a landmark climate risk litigation filed by a 25-year-old member who alleged it was failing to protect his retirement savings against...
