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Cedar Grove Composting Agrees to $785K Settlement, Ending Odor Lawsuit

Brianna Smith - September 19, 2018

Earlier this week, Cedar Grove Composting, a composting company, “agreed to pay more than $785,000 to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it was responsible for bad smells.” Additionally, the company agreed to spend $1.45 million to help “reduce the potential for malodorous emissions.” The settlement agreement is currently awaiting final approval from a judge. But what happened? Why was the lawsuit filed in the first place?

Visa and Mastercard to Pay Billions in Antitrust Settlement

Ryan J. Farrick - September 19, 2018

Visa and MasterCard have agreed to pay close to $6.2 billion as part of the nation’s largest-ever antitrust settlement. The agreement, writes CNNMoney, concludes a 13-year old lawsuit brought against Visa, MasterCard and several commercial merchants. Plaintiffs, comprised largely of local retailers and chains, claimed the companies were foisting unfair ‘card swipe’ fees on businesses.

Judge Agrees to Expedite Ojibway Correctional Closure Lawsuit

Ryan J. Farrick - September 19, 2018

A Michigan judge said he’d expedite a lawsuit challenging the closure of Ojibway Correctional Facility in the state’s upper peninsula. According to the Detroit Free Press, Marenisco Township is suing the state Department of Corrections over its decision to close Ojibwe. Township Supervisor Richard Bouvette said the department didn’t pay proper mind to the devastating

Chicago Approves $16m Settlement for Family of Bettie Jones

Ryan J. Farrick - September 19, 2018

A Chicago City Council committee recently approved a $16 million payment for the family of a woman who was accidentally shot dead by police. The New York Times reports that city corporation counsel Edward Siskel told members of the financial board that a payment to Bettie Jones’ family was the most sensible outcome. Taking the

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Final Approval of Shasta County Prisoners Disability Abuse Class Action Settlement

Press Release - September 19, 2018

On August 7, U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. granted final approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed against Shasta County and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department over systemic ADA discrimination [against prisoners] in the Shasta County Jail in Redding, California.

E-Cig Makers have Sixty Days to Keep Products from Teenagers

Sara E. Teller - September 19, 2018

E-Cig Makers have Sixty Days to Keep Products from Children

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Pandering to For-Profit Schools Shot Down By Judge

Ryan J. Farrick - September 18, 2018

A federal judge ruled that Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s decision to rescind protections for students defrauded by for-profit colleges should be reversed. But, reports the New York Times, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss put the ruling on hold for 30 days, to give the Education Department time to respond. Moss’s decision could drastically alter

CORRECTION: Vizio Moves to Settle Class Action Regarding Unauthorized Data Tracking

Sara E. Teller - September 18, 2018

Vizio Moves to Settle Class Action Regarding Unauthorized Data Tracking

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Did University Help Cover-Up Fatal Botched Abortion? One Lawsuit Says Yes

Brianna Smith - September 17, 2018

A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed against the University of New Mexico (UNM) and abortionist Curtis Boyd by the sister and mother of 23-year-old Keisha Marie Atkins. Atkins passed away in February 2017 during a late-term abortion, and now her mother and sister want justice against the parties who allegedly covered up the cause of her death.

McDonald’s Sued Over the 2017 Fatal Shooting of Zachary Zumwalt

Brianna Smith - September 17, 2018

McDonald’s recently came under fire in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man “fatally shot in the parking lot of a Springfield McDonald’s.” According to the suit, the death of the man, Zachary Zumwalt, was totally preventable and claims “McDonald’s is partially to blame for the fatal shooting.” But what happened? What led to Zumwalt’s death?

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