News by subject: LAW

A motion was filed on September 28, 2023, by Phillip White asking the court to dismiss his entire lawsuit against TW Garner Food Co. regarding the Texas Pete® brand. With TW Garner Food Co.'s approval, the court dismissed the lawsuit in its entirety...

Owners of more than 50 children's gyms across the United States have taken individual legal action against Unleashed Brands, contending the private-equity backed parent company that assumed ownership in 2021 is imposing "damaging changes" on the...

On August 22, 2023, Tecnología en Entretenimiento Caliplay, S.A.P.I. de C.V. ('Caliplay'), the leading Mexican online casino and sports betting company (known in the market as Caliente Interactive), issued legal proceedings before the 46th Civil...

Blackbaud , the leading provider of software for powering social impact, today announced it has reached a settlement with 49 state Attorneys General and the District of Columbia related to the previously disclosed multi-state investigation of its...

On September 11th, 2023, after a 5-week jury trial, Frantz Law Group won the largest jury verdict involving a wrongful death/tractor-trailer crash in the Superior Court of San Joaquin County in the City of Stockton's history. The case was filed by...

If a noncustodial parent fails to fulfill their child support obligations, the custodial parent may have the right to sue for unpaid child support. Before initiating a lawsuit, it is advisable for the custodial parent to explore other options to...

Take notice of the following merits hearing date changes in the above-named matter: the hearing on October 5, 2023 will not proceed as scheduled; andthe hearing on October 10, 2023, scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. will instead commence at 12:30...

AXS LAW Group is capitalizing on its recent successes?including two high profile federal jury trial victories (a $63.5 million First Amendment verdict and a $8.5 million trademark infringment verdict) and twice winning the Daily Business Review's...

The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canadian and foreign species of wild animals and plants that are threatened, or that may be at risk of over-exploitation due to unsustainable or illegal trade. On October 3, 2023, Nationalwide Star...

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO") has commenced disciplinary proceedings in respect of Sean Joseph Howes (the "Respondent"). In its Notice of Hearing dated September 13, 2023 (the "Notice of Hearing"), Staff of CIRO alleges...

The U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition and the United Steelworkers (USW) union today filed petitions charging that unfairly traded imports of aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia,...

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are committed to safeguarding our country and keeping illegal and dangerous drugs from reaching our communities.  On July 16, 2023, CBSA border officers at the...

Take notice that an attendance in the above named matter is scheduled to be heard on October 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities Commission

Take notice that the merits hearing in the above-named matter scheduled to be heard on October 5, 2023 will not proceed as scheduled. Registrar, Governance & Tribunal Secretariat Ontario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities Commission

Twin-Cities based Robins Kaplan LLP announced today a $12.2 million settlement on behalf of its client Terrance Dwayne Winborn, who suffered severe and permanent injuries, including the eventual amputation of his arms below the elbows, while he was...

Kenon Holdings Ltd. ("Kenon") announces that an arbitration tribunal (the "Tribunal") constituted by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") has delivered a final award (the "Award") in favor of Kenon and its...

Attorney Zulu Ali, founder and principal of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP (https://zulualilaw.com/), the largest Black-owned law firm in California's Inland Empire, wins a landmark decision establishing the standard to present claims...

Aimia Inc. ("Aimia" or the "Company") today acknowledges it has received notice from Mithaq Capital SPC ("Mithaq") confirming its intention to commence an offer to acquire all issued and outstanding shares for C$3.66 per share (the "Proposed...

Take notice of the merits hearing time change on October 4, 2023, in the above named matter. The hearing on October 4, 2023, scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. will instead commence at 11:00 a.m. Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario...

On October 3, 2023, the Tribunal issued a Notice of Hearing pursuant to Section 127 of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, to consider the Application filed by Highland Capital Management, L.P. dated October 2, 2023, requesting an order that...

Rebecca Phillips of The Lanier Law Firm has been appointed among three co-lead counsels for plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation alleging complications and injuries from Bard PowerPort implantable catheter devices. In this capacity Ms. Phillips...

A 3-year-old girl has lost her hearing, and a new lawsuit claims her preventable injury at Crosby Christian Academy occurred when caregivers dropped the ball on their responsibility to create a safe environment and watch over the children in their...

A hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Mutual Funds Division of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) to consider whether the panel should accept a settlement agreement entered into between Enforcement Staff and...

Andreozzi + Foote, a nationally recognized civil law firm known for successful advocacy on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse, proudly announces the filing of multiple lawsuits against institutions in Maryland as the Maryland Child Victims Act takes...

The Tribunal issued a Notice of Hearing on October 2, 2023 setting the matter down to be heard on October 27, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as the hearing can be held in the above-named matter. A copy of the Notice of Hearing dated...

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today it filed a Statement of Allegations against Manticore Labs OÜ and Manticore Labs Inc. (collectively, CoinField) for failing to comply with Ontario securities law. The OSC alleges that, since at...

A hearing has been scheduled before a hearing panel of the Investment Dealer Division of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) to consider whether the panel should accept a settlement agreement entered into between Enforcement Staff...

Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a court filing from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), et al. notifying FGA of the government's decision to reverse its position of non-enforcement of...

A Hidalgo County judge has entered a final judgment of more than $10.5 million on behalf of a worker injured in a 2017 forklift accident, finding the manufacturer sold a defective machine. The trial lawyers at Cowen Rodriguez Peacock represented...

Take notice that the merits hearing in the above-named matter scheduled to be heard on October 27, 2023 and November 6 and 7, 2023 at 20 Queen Street West, 17th Floor, Toronto, Ontario will instead proceed by videoconference.  Registrar, Governance...

Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. and Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC, two leading Maryland-based medical malpractice, personal injury, and civil litigation law firms, are partnering in a class action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Washington...

LEGAL NOTICE Attention purchasers and holders of EQT Corporation ("EQT")and Rice Energy Inc. ("Rice") common stockfrom June 19, 2017 through June 17, 2019 SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION TO:      all persons and entities who: (i) purchased...

A jury awarded an unprecedented $6.19 million to a man who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that led to a brain bleed while he was admitted to Firelands Hospital. The verdict ranks as the largest judgment in Judge Roger E. Binette's court...

Legal-Bay LLC, The Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, a leader in lawsuit funding services for civil suits, negligence lawsuit funding, civil suit settlement cash advance requests, civil suit legal funding, and quick turnaround times, announced...

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union ("ILWU" or "the Union"), a labor union that represents a wide range of workers on the West Coast of the United States, in Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada, including dock workers, warehouse...

Today, the nearly half-decade legal attack by the U.S. government against John Wilson and his family has ended with the court's resentencing on a single tax charge that resulted in 12 months of probation, a fine, and community service. Earlier this...

Take notice that an attendance in the above-named matter is scheduled to be heard on October 3, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Registrar, Governance & Tribunal SecretariatOntario Securities Commission SOURCE Ontario Securities Commission

Yesterday, 67 American Gold Star family members, servicemembers, and their families, prevailed in a high-profile Anti-Terrorism Act lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against MTN Group, South Africa's...

The Tribunal issued its Reasons and Decision and an Order pursuant to Subsections 127(1) and 127(10) of the Securities Act in the above named matter.  A copy of the Reasons and Decision and the Order both dated September 28, 2023 are available at...

Horrifically abused as children decades ago, tormented throughout their emotionally fractured lives, today five courageous survivors are among the first to file catastrophic injury lawsuits under Maryland's new Child Victims Act of 2023. Their signed...

Complex litigation powerhouse Berger Montague announces that it filed a lawsuit against CVS Caremark LLC, the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the country, alleging that it wrongfully increased and collected Medicare Part D fees. The lawsuit was...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing that BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay a $9 million civil penalty. The settlement resolves CPSC's charges that BJ's knowingly failed to...

HIGHLIGHTS RIX states that the transfer of two Exploration Sub-Plots to Sigma Brazil was approved by the Brazilian courts on June 27, 2023, subject to certain conditions which are fair and do not impact the potential future mining operations of...

HIGHLIGHTS Sigma Lithium vehemently denies inaccurate recent media reports that incorrectly denominated as an "injunction" certain conditions established upon the approval by the Brazilian Courts of the transfer of two Exploration Sub-Plots by RIX to...

Catalyst Metals Limited (Catalyst) is pleased to announce that it has resolved a legacy dispute between Wolf Contracting and the previous owners of Plutonic Gold Mine, Superior Gold....

National Trial Law has recently secured a multimillion-dollar victory for an Army veteran in the case of Pfanner v. United States. Law firm Partners Jamal Alsaffar and Tom Jacob obtained a $2.7 million settlement for their client, who lost...

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") today announced that it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to resolve a previously-disclosed SEC investigation involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt...

Na'Aikane o Maui Cultural Center, Ke'eaumoku Kapu and U'ilani Kapu have sued Peter Martin and his West Maui Land Company's water subsidiaries Launiupoko Irrigation Company, Launiupoko Water Company and Launiupoko Water Development LLC over the...

Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization ("CIRO") announced that it has issued a Notice of Settlement Hearing dated September 11, 2023, regarding the presentation, review and consideration of a proposed settlement agreement by a Hearing Panel of...

AlphaBow Energy Ltd. ("AlphaBow") is calling on the Alberta Ombudsman to review the Alberta Energy Regulator's ("AER") decision-making practices, which have deprived the company of its procedural fairness rights. In a complaint filed with the Alberta...