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Babyganics Settles Lawsuit Accusing it of Violating Marketing Laws

Brianna Smith - August 24, 2018

As any parent knows, the baby aisle at any grocery or retail store is overwhelming for even the most seasoned among us. With endless brands to choose from and varieties of products to sift through, dashing to the store for a replacement sippy cup or bottle of lotion can turn into an hour-long ordeal in no time. This is especially true of product labels are confusing or misleading. In fact, when this happens, some parents just opt to file lawsuits. That’s exactly what happened earlier this week. A group of parents filed a “class-action lawsuit alleging that the language used on Babyganics packaging, such as the name ‘Babyganics’ and terms like ‘mineral-based’ and ‘natural’ violated marketing laws.”

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Lawsuit Filed Against Hallsville R-IV School District After Bullied Student Commits Suicide

Brianna Smith - August 24, 2018

Rylie Wagner, a 13-year-old student in the Hallsville R-IV School District recently took her own life. According to a wrongful death lawsuit recently filed by her mother, Elizabeth Overstreet, Wagner “took her own life because of the bullying” she was experiencing at school.

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Second Lawsuit Filed Against Oklahoma Couple Over Human Trafficking Allegations

Brianna Smith - August 24, 2018

A federal lawsuit was recently filed against a pair of business owners in Oklahoma, alleging that they lured “immigrants to the US on work visas then paid them substandard wages.” This latest suit was filed back in June by three “Jamaican immigrants who came to the US under student work visas between 2008 and 2012.” It’s the second lawsuit of it’s kind. Last year another suit was filed by “three Filipino immigrants who came into the country on temporary work visas in 2012” and experienced similar conditions the three Jamaican immigrants allegedly did.

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Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Coast Guard Over Inadequate Disaster Preparedness Plan

Brianna Smith - August 23, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard is at the center of a new lawsuit filed by two environmental groups, the National Wildlife Federation and the Environmental Law & Policy Center. According to the two groups, their decision to sue came in response to the U.S. Coast Guards “admitted inability to respond adequately to a Great Lakes oil spill.” As a result, the lawsuit seeks to “invalidate the response plans for facilities such as Enbridge, which operates Line 5 beneath the Straits of Mackinac.”

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City of Wilmington Hit With Religious Discrimination Suit After Muslim Students, Teacher Kicked Out of Public Pool

Brianna Smith - August 23, 2018

A lawsuit was recently filed against the City of Wilmington after it allegedly discriminated against a “teacher and her young Muslim students.” According to the lawsuit, the teacher and her students were “asked to leave a public pool in June,” and other members of the Darul Amaanah Academy, where the students attended, claim they have “been repeatedly harassed by management and staff at the Foster Brown Pool.”

Judge Says Trump Could Be Held Liable for Security Team’s 2015 Assault on Mexican Protesters

Ryan J. Farrick - August 23, 2018

A New York judge discarded President Trump’s claims that his security team couldn’t be held responsible for an attack on peaceful Mexican protesters at a 2015 rally. The Washington Post reports that Bronx Supreme Court Judge Fernando Tapia denied the commander-in-chief’s motion to dismiss ‘allegations of assault and battery and destruction of property.’ While the

Koch Foods Agrees to Pay $3.75M to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit

Brianna Smith - August 22, 2018

Koch Food of Mississippi LLC agreed to a $3.75 million settlement earlier this week, ending a discrimination lawsuit that was filed by “11 workers at the Morton plant and another filed on behalf of the workers by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.” The settlement agreement was filed in federal court in Jackson on Tuesday with U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan signing off on the three-year consent decree outlining the settlement terms. But what happened? Why was the lawsuit filed against the company in the first place?

Lawsuit Accuses Google of Tracking Consumers’ Movements Without Consent

Ryan J. Farrick - August 22, 2018

A lawsuit accuses Google of tracking consumers’ movements and data even when they’ve ticked options to opt out. The complaint, filed Friday, accuses the company of offering customers false assurances. Google users are told they won’t be tracked if they turn off the service’s “Location History.” However, services like Maps may continue doing just that—regardless

Civil Suit Filed Against Massage Envy Over Sexual Assault Claims

Brianna Smith - August 21, 2018

Massage Envy is back in the news, this time in connection to a civil lawsuit that was recently filed by five women. In the suit, the women allege that “male massage therapists sexually assaulted them before and during massages at franchise locations in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Southern California.” It was filed in San Mateo County and comes nearly a year after an investigation conducted by Buzzfeed News found that “more than 180 people have filed sexual assault lawsuits, police reports, and state board complaints against Massage Envy spas, their employees, and the national company.”

Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay $289 Million to Cancer Sufferer

Sara E. Teller - August 21, 2018

Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay $289 Million to Cancer Sufferer

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