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Money woes end racing at Freeport Raceway
The State Bank of Freeport, Ill., filed a foreclosure lawsuit against Freeport Raceway Park and its owners, Randy and Virginia Gill, last month in 16th Judicial Circuit Court. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11A
Lawsuit threat deters public participation
Such legal action if initiated would amount to a SLAPP suit, “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” A majority of states have enacted anti-SLAPP legislation in one form or another to prevent certain private entities from threatening legal
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11A
Judge OKs $410 million settlement for Bank of America
AP MIAMI — A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $410 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit affecting more than 13 million Bank of America customers who had debit card overdrafts during the past decade. Senior US District Judge
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11A
La. Suit Filed Over 2010 Death at Community College
A man whose son was killed in an accident last year during a class at River Parishes Community College has filed a lawsuit. The Advocate reports that 19-year-old Joshua Wallace of Prairieville was killed in Oct. 2010 during an electrical lineman class
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:10A
Challenging Planned Parenthood in Court Again – This Time in Texas
We have filed a federal lawsuit representing Karen Reynolds, a former Health Center Assistant at the Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC), in Lufkin, Texas. This is another whistleblower case. And, once again – Planned Parenthood (PP) faces serious
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:09A
Antitrust lawsuit against Russian Railways to be heard in January
The trial was suspended on June 1. Russian Railways' lawyer said earlier that the company challenged the antimonopoly service's decision in the Moscow Commercial Court and requested to suspend the case until the court passes its judgment on Russian
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:08A
Another lawsuit filed against Hale
A Groveport woman filed a civil lawsuit yesterday against Franklin County Environmental Judge Harland H. Hale, saying he used his authority as a judge to subject her to unwanted sexual advances.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:07A
California Supreme Court to hear redevelopment agencies case
In August the California Supreme Court issued a stay on the law and agreed to hear the lawsuit brought by the League of Redevelopment Agencies. The lawsuit is based on voter-approved Proposition 22, which bars the state from seizing money used for
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:05A
Ellison, McCollum, Walz challange constitutionality of federal marriage ban
The lawsuit began in 2009, when the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed suit on behalf of eight legally married same-sex couples and three surviving spouses after they were denied federal legal protections.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:04A
Harpur College to offer special seminar on class action lawsuits
Harpur College of Arts and Sciences will offer Harpur seniors the opportunity to take a special seminar next semester on the topic of class-action lawsuits, taught by Jonathan Plasse '97, chair of the securities litigation committee of the Association
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:03A