Husband and wife team of TruTV’s television show “Storage Hunters”, Scott and Chrissy Tassone, are suing TruTV for breach of contract and defamation after being unceremoniously dropped from the show. The couple filed their case with the California Superior Court on October 8th stating “the defamatory and harassing actions were made in an attempt to […]
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Louisiana Sheriff’s Pension & Relief Fund Named Lead Plaintiff in Lululemon Sheer Yoga Pant Case
U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan named Louisiana Sheriff’s Pension & Relief Fund as lead plaintiff in the Lululemon Securities Litigation case. The Louisiana Sheriff’s Pension & Relief Fund owns about $1.3 million of Lululemon stock and will handle litigation on behalf of Houssam Alkhoury of Natick, Massachusetts and other shareholders that step forward […]
Coastal States Ban Together in NFIP Lawsuit Against FEMA
The coastal states of the United States are fighting back against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for skyrocketing flood insurance rates. Mississippi filed the lawsuit against FEMA accusing the organization of basing their excessive high rate increases for the National Flood Insurance Program off incomplete data. Massachusetts, along with South Carolina and Louisiana are […]
Is Family Dollar Violating Labor Laws?
Family Dollar is in legal trouble yet again. Fourteen former and current Family Dollar managers have filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming they were forced to work overtime without pay. The company already fighting a reopened lawsuit filed by female managers claiming they were paid less than their male peers is once again under […]
Government Sponsored Prayer Issue Revisited
This July marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Marsh v. Chambers. Even with so much passage of time, the Supreme Court is again revisiting the separation of church and state with another decision on government sponsored prayer in Town of Greece v. Galloway. Marsh v. Chambers began after a state senator […]
Penn State and The Jerry Sandusky Case
The scope and horror of all the stories that were uncovered during the take down of Jerry Sandusky, the now maligned former assistant football coach at Pennsylvania State University, have parents across the country on high alert. While Sandusky sits in prison serving his 60 year sentence for his criminal conviction of involuntary deviate sexual […]
GPS Tracking Devices
Just a few weeks ago Philadelphia’s Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling in United States v. Katzin that will effect the practices of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies across the country. The Court decided that law enforcement agents need probable cause and a warrant before attaching a global positioning system […]
Hockey Civil Lawsuit
Most professional sports are rather strict when it comes to purposeful injury committed by one player towards another, hockey is historically not one of these sports. Kicking, hitting, and fighting among players is not uncommon, along with overenthusiastic fans getting into scuffles. While penalties, fines, and suspensions have increased over the years, player violence is […]
Brazil Internet Regulation
The international political fall out continues over the revelations of the expansive National Security Agency (NSA) spy program leaked by Edward Snowden. Media attention has been mainly focused on Snowden and his flight to Russia and subsequent asylum. Not as much focus has been paid to the protests across the globe and the especially strong […]
