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Lawsuit Against Celebrity Chef Mario Batali Set to Continue Into 2018

- December 29, 2017

Earlier this year celebrity chef Mario Batali was accused of sexual misconduct by a number of different women. However, they weren’t the only ones with complaints against the chef. It turns out a male employee also decided to sue the chef “over claims of discrimination and sexual harassment.” The openly gay employee, Isaac Franco Nava, is a former pastry cook at Babbo, according to the lawsuit. In addition to suing Batali, Nava also filed the suit against Babbo and Batali’s partner, Joeseph Bastianich back in May, alleging that “he was harassed and ultimately fired for taking a pork chop home with him.”

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Trial Date Set Involving Universal ‘Chocolate Factory’ Lawsuit

- December 29, 2017

A trial date has been set regarding a lawsuit surrounding Universal Orlando and its Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen. What is the lawsuit about, though? Well, it turns out that Adam Limle, a resident of Ohio, sued Universal Orlando because he claims the “company’s restaurant and dessert attraction was his idea.” On the other side of the aisle, however, Universal is accusing “Limle of trying to claim general ideas and a mixture of known ingredients as trade secrets.”

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Three Cities Suing the Pentagon After Sutherland Springs Shooting

- December 28, 2017

Three cities are suing the Pentagon, claiming its “clearly broken” system of background checks enabled a Texas shooting spree last month. In a recently-launched federal lawsuit, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco seek to have the Department of Defense “fulfill their long-standing legal obligation to report all service members disqualified from purchasing and possessing firearms

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Kmart Corporation Agrees to Pay $32.3M to Settle Drug Fraud Allegations

- December 27, 2017

A $32.3 million settlement has been reached between Kmart Corporation and the United States government, bringing an end to allegations that “in-store pharmacies in Kmart stores failed to report discounted prescription drug prices to Medicare Part D, Medicaid, and TRICARE, the health program for uniformed service members and their families.” The lawsuit itself was filed against Kmart Corporation, a “wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (SHC),” back in 2008.

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