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IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE VLADIMIR FISHEL, derivatively on behalf of SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC. and directly on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated stockholders of SIRIUS XM HOLDINGS INC., Plaintiff, v. LIBERTY...

In a new lawsuit filed against Stepping Stones Early Learning Center, Nacogdoches mother Lindsay Tompkins claims caregivers neglected her 3-year-old daughter, allowing her to exit the daycare unnoticed, walk over half a mile, and end up in the middle...

The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com)  informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been against Assertio Holdings, Inc. ("Assertio") . The action charges Assertio with violations of the federal securities...

ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. ("ACE") announced today that it has received Court approval for a final distribution to the shareholders in the amount of $5.3 million (or approximately $0.16 per share) and the dissolution of ACE. Liquidation ProcessThe...

A hearing on the merits of the matter of Antony Kin San Chau before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), previously scheduled for February 21-22, 2024, has been adjourned to an interim appearance on March 5,...

On February 16, 2024, staff members at Stan Daniels Healing Centre, a minimum-security Section 81 facility, discovered that Lathan Alexis was not accounted for....

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

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

On January 31, 2024, a Federal judge entered judgment against Happy Hours, LLC, one of the Coachillin Business Park parcel owners who leveled baseless claims against Kenneth Dickerson, Coachillin Holdings, and other individuals and entities...

The Government of Canada enforces the laws that protect Canada's air, water, and natural environment, and takes pollution incidents and threats to the environment seriously. On February 15, 2024, the Town of Trenton was ordered to pay a total of...

An attendance in the above-named matter is scheduled to be heard on March 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. by videoconference Members of the public may observe the hearing by videoconference, by selecting the "Register to attend" link on the Tribunal's...

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A CASH PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT IF YOUR CREDIT WAS ACCESSED BY VIVINT, INC. TO OPEN ACCOUNTS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OR IF YOU WERE SUBJECTED TO COLLECTION ATTEMPTS...

Consumer Watchdog published a new Consumer Alert video today taking on a deceptive television ad by a group called Californians For Energy Independence, which records show is funded with more than $3 million from Chevron....

As a result of an investigation by Fishery Officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), an individual from the Belleville, Ontario area was recently sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justice for violations of the Fisheries Act. The sentencing...

GR Silver Mining Ltd. ("GR Silver Mining" or the "Company") ? is pleased to announce that it has signed a Waiver and Release Agreement (the "Agreement") with Mako Mining Corp. ("Mako") under which the parties were mutually released from...

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news conference to release its investigation report (A21C0038) into the 2021 fatal collision with terrain involving a Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. Airbus AS350 on Griffith Island,...

On February 8, 2024, McCune Law Group (MLG), a national consumer firm dedicated to upholding consumer rights, filed a class action lawsuit alleging that consumers were misled by Wells Fargo's overdraft fee policies and that the American Arbitration...

Being arrested is a stressful experience. If you find yourself facing this situation in Florida, it's important to understand what to expect and how to navigate the legal process effectively. Once you are taken into custody by law enforcement...

A Los Angeles jury awarded $28,724,350.29 in damages last week to a man who was left brain injured and paralyzed from a medical error during what should have been a routine procedure at Los Angeles Community Hospital. Trial attorney Sean O'Neill,...

A B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has permanently banned a convicted Vancouver fraudster from participating in the investment market. Jeffrey Shaughnessy had pleaded guilty in provincial court to the Criminal Code offence of obtaining credit...

A sanctions hearing in the matter of Ann Reid was held before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) on February 5, 2024. After hearing submissions from CIRO Staff and Ann Reid with respect to sanctions, the...

Grossman Law Offices, with its principal office in Dallas, TX, has learned of a truck accident that occurred on January 13, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m. along U.S. Highway 290 in Washington County, TX. The incident resulted in injuries to...

A hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) has issued a decision and reasons on costs in the matter of John Dixon Moody. The hearing panel's Reasons for Decision on Sanction issued on December 1, 2023 is available at...

Following a settlement hearing under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules held on November 22, 2023, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that Robert Friesen acting in the capacity as branch...

Hilliard Shadowen LLP, along with five other leading antitrust and labor law firms, filed a landmark antitrust case in New York federal court today, aimed at exposing what plaintiffs allege to be egregiously anticompetitive collusion that targets...

A fair and impartial justice system is at the heart of America's commitment to the rule of law. Individual judges are prohibited from commenting about pending cases, particularly those over which they preside. Judges may only speak through their...

The following merits hearing dates have changed in the above-named matter: the previously scheduled days of April 30 and May 1, 2024 will not be used for the hearing; andthe hearing will continue on May 24 and May 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. on each day...

Ontario's financial services regulator (FSRA) has initiated enforcement action against Lin Liang (Liang), Yujun Shi (Shi), also known as Janet Shi, and Yu Wang (Wang), also known as Jade Wang....

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news conference to release its investigation report (A21C0038) into the 2021 fatal collision with terrain involving a Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. Airbus AS350 on Griffith Island,...

Legal Notice If you paid for Inpatient Hospital Services at NorthShore University HealthSystem (or Evanston Northwestern Healthcare), you Could Get Money from a Settlement. Your rights may be affected by a proposed Settlement in a class action...

LV Distribution, a distinguished entity specializing in third-party asset management distribution, is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with Crossmark Global Investments, a leading values-based investment management firm known for its...

Deque Systems Inc., the leading provider of web and mobile accessibility solutions, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against BrowserStack, Inc. and its affiliate companies for copyright infringement, breach of contract and false advertising. Given...

Plaintiffs' law firms Altshuler Berzon LLP and Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe LLP announced today that Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with Defendant Oracle America, Inc. ("Oracle"), in which Oracle will pay $25 million to settle a class action...

Last night, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) filed a motion to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit against Penn filed by Kasowitz Benson Torres on behalf of Jewish Penn students who allege that they have faced pervasive antisemitic hatred,...

On February 13, 2024, the Tribunal issued a Notice of Hearing pursuant to sections 104 and 127 of the Securities Act, RSO 1990, c S.5, to consider the Application filed by Aimia Inc. dated February 13, 2024, requesting an order declaring that Mithaq...

Milbank LLP and the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law are excited to announce a comprehensive, four-year partnership to combat inequities in the US criminal justice system with a focus on wrongful conviction, excessive sentencing and...

An initial appearance scheduled before a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) in the matter of Sandly Alteon for February 5, 2024 has been adjourned to February 20, 2024.  The hearing is open to the public unless...

Following a settlement hearing under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules held on August 21, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that Stephen Talosi sent confidential client information...

Following a settlement hearing under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules held on September 11, 2023, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) found that Shawn Michael Obradovic Mollons signed the...

Attorney William Gentry announces the publication of his "divorce checklist" as a guide for people to organize their information and help their attorney build an effective strategy....

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news conference to release its investigation report (A21C0038) into the 2021 fatal collision with terrain involving a Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. Airbus AS350 on Griffith Island,...

This notice is directed to all persons and entities who purchased securities of The Toronto-Dominion Bank on or after December 3, 2015 and held all or some of those securities until March 9, 2017 (collectively, the "Class" or "Class Members"). In a...

The Lawfare Project (LP) together with co-counsel Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt and Kakoyiannis, P.C., announced today that they have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mackenzie Forrest, a Jewish student at Columbia University's School of Social Work (CSSW),...

ClassWallet is grateful that Oklahoma Attorney General Drummond has confirmed that the allegations against our company are wholly without merit. We have always maintained that ClassWallet, as a software vendor, had neither responsibility for, nor...

Nurses are praising the ruling by the province's Court of Appeal confirming that Bill 124 is invalid as it applies to "represented" or unionized employees. "The ruling upholds what we all know: That nurses have a right to bargain a fair labour...

Attorneys for Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman ("Milberg"), Napoli Shkolnik, and Kresch Legal Services PR have filed an amended proposed class action complaint on behalf of Puerto Rico residents who claim they were injured by ethylene oxide...

In a preliminary victory for the U.S. industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) found on Friday, February 9, that there is a reasonable indication that the domestic wine bottle industry is injured as a result of imports from...

Following a disciplinary hearing held on January 16, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that Omadai (Amy) Sukhai borrowed monies from a client,...

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 to oppose a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit against...

The Scouting Settlement Trust ("Trust"), the fund established to compensate Survivors of childhood sexual abuse while in the Boy Scouts of America ("BSA"), today announced that it will accelerate partial payments to eligible claimants, many of whom...