All posts tagged "lawsuit"

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  Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with $350 million discount

  NEW YORK — Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user...

  • Posted February 21, 2017
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  Washington State Sues Trump Over Immigration Order

  Trump's order sparked large protests around the country over the weekend

  • Posted January 30, 2017
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  Sports Secretary-designate Retires Lawsuit Against Education Dept.

  Waldemar Volmar had sued in federal court alleging gender discrimination

  • Posted December 22, 2016
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  Death Threats and Abuse for Woman Leading Brexit Court Fight

  LONDON — Gina Miller is paying the price for going to court. The financial entrepreneur says she has received death threats and racial and sexual abuse since she won a High Court ruling forcing the British government...

  • Posted December 2, 2016
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  García Padilla Pleased by Federal Court Ruling Against Creditors

  Puerto Rico governor also urged the fiscal oversight board to approve his fiscal plan

  • Posted November 16, 2016
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  Democrats across nation sue GOP alleging voter intimidation

  NEWARK, N.J. – Lawyers for Democrats around the country are filing lawsuits claiming Republicans and the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump are pushing supporters to intimidate and confront voters on Election Day. Trump has called...

  • Posted November 4, 2016
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  McDonald’s Agrees to $3.75M deal with California Workers

  SAN FRANCISCO — McDonald’s has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a federal lawsuit that sought to hold the company liable for allegations that a franchise owner in the San Francisco Bay Area cheated hundreds of...

  • Posted October 31, 2016
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  UK Uber Drivers Win Case to get Paid Vacation, Minimum Wage

  LONDON — Uber drivers in Britain should get paid vacation days and be guaranteed a minimum wage, a tribunal said Friday, in a ruling that tests the limits of the so-called “gig economy,” in which companies rely...

  • Posted October 28, 2016
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  Jury awards more than $70M to woman in baby powder lawsuit

  ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising...

  • Posted October 28, 2016
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  TED Conference Creator in $10M Lawsuit over Sale of Spinoff

  PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The man who created the TED conference is embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal dispute over the sale of a TED spinoff. Richard Saul Wurman is an architect and graphic designer who founded TED in...

  • Posted September 15, 2016