Thousands of current and former staff joined the suit, which claims the chain required people to do unpaid work after their shifts ended. This April, about 280,000 current and former Chipotle employees got a postcard in the mail, sent by attorneys building up a lawsuit against the burrito chain. The postcard said they had the…
St. Jude Medical Inc on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against short-selling firm Muddy Waters and cyber security company MedSec Holdings Ltd, saying they intentionally disseminated false information about its heart devices to manipulate its stock. St. Jude’s shares fell sharply on Aug. 25 after Muddy Waters, run by Carson Block, said it had taken a…
FOX agreed to pay $20 million to former broadcaster Gretchen Carlson to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit she filed against former FOX News CEO Roger Ailes. Twenty-First Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News Channel, apologized Tuesday to Gretchen Carlson as it agreed to pay $20 million to the former Fox broadcaster to settle…
A California gun shop sees sales of firearms that use bullet buttons to swap magazines sky rocket as new gun laws that will ban those types of weapons looms. Christopher Lapinski, the operations manager at Last Stand Readiness & Tactical in Sacramento, told Fox 40 Sacramento that he’s seeing more people coming in to buy…
(Ashley Cullins) APA claims Garrett Smith breached his “duty of loyalty,” among other things. Two more Hollywood agencies are facing off in the courtroom over allegations of poaching — this time it’s APA and Gersh. APA is suing its ex-agent Garrett Smith over his recent exit to Gersh, claiming he breached his contract by leaving…
There are no “Bright Red Chords” copied in “Domino.” The songwriters behind Jessie J’s hit “Domino” didn’t steal their melody from a Santa Barbara indie band, according to a 9th Circuit ruling published Friday. The legal battle began in 2012 when Will Loomis sued Jessica Cornish, known as Jessie J, along with Universal Music Group….
Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper and a US blogger for $150m (£114m) over allegations she was a sex worker in the 1990s, her lawyer says. The Daily Mail suggested Mrs Trump may have worked as a part-time escort in New York, and met husband Donald Trump, who is now running for the White…
A New York state appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by actress Lindsay Lohan that says the producers of Grand Theft Auto used a likeness of her in one of their video games. A panel of judges in the Manhattan Appellate Division ruled that Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. didn’t use her actual “name, portrait…
(By Althea Legaspi) New York federal judge Jed Rakoff has dismissed a lawsuit against Beyoncé concerning Lemonade, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In June, independent filmmaker Matthew Fulks had filed the lawsuit, which alleged elements of Lemonade were lifted from his short film, Palinoia. RELATED How Beyonce Demolished the 2016 Video Music Awards: Middle Fingers…
[JURIST-Alexandra Farone] The New York Court of Appeals [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that the definition of “parent” under a section of the state’s Domestic Relations Law [S. 70, text] should be expanded, in a decision that will serve to better accommodate same-sex couples. Because the previous legal definition of a parent “has become…
