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Apr 23 2015
News
Michael Brown's Family Will Sue Ferguson Over Police Shooting Death
The lawsuit will be filed at the St. Louis County Courthouse Thursday morning. It's not yet known whether it will include Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown.
NPR (Online News)Oct 21 2019
News
Four big drug firms agree $260m opioid payout hours before trial set to begin
Four major pharmaceutical companies have agreed a multimillion-dollar payout over the US opioid epidemic, hours before a federal trial in Ohio in which they were to be accused of a conspiracy to profit off of addiction and death.
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the largest manufacturer of generic drugs in the world, and three drug distributors, among the biggest corporations in America, have
The GuardianNov 07 2020
Opinion
It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself In the Oval Office and Refuse to Come Out if Biden Wins
By now you’ve likely heard that after pulling ahead in Georgia and, most crucially, Pennsylvania, Joe Biden will very likely be the next president of the United States. As you’ve probably also heard, Donald Trump is taking it as well as everyone had expected, ranting and raving about all kinds of made-up fraud, demanding counts be stopped in one state and continued in others, and filing
Vanity FairSep 28 2020
News
Breonna Taylor Grand Juror Demands Release of Court Transcript, Records
A grand juror in Breonna Taylor’s case has filed a motion demanding the full release of transcripts and records from the secret proceedings. “The full story and absolute truth of how this matter was handled from beginning to end is now an issue of great public interest and has become a large part of the discussion of public trust throughout the country,” an attorney for the unnamed juror wrote
Daily BeastAug 13 2020
News
DOJ accuses Yale of illegally discriminating against white and Asian American applicants
The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white students in admissions, a major escalation of the administration's attacks on affirmative action.
If Yale does not change its admissions policy, "the Department will be prepared to file a lawsuit," according to a letter from Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General
NBC News DigitalApr 30 2023
Headline Roundup
Senate Makes Bipartisan Push to Further Regulate Ticketing Industry
Earlier this week, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced a bill that would require ticket retailers to disclose fees upfront.
The Details: The bill was followed on Wednesday by the Unlock Ticketing Markets Act, led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), which would allow the Federal Trade Commission to prevent ticket vendors from using
New York Magazine CNBC Newsmax (News)Oct 25 2017
News
Mike Pence casts tie-breaking vote to cancel Obama-era rule favoring class-action suits against banks
With Vice President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote, the Senate voted late Tuesday night to undo a rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would bar financial firms from contracts that rule out class-action lawsuits related to their products. The measure now goes to President Trump's desk.
Washington ExaminerJan 02 2020
News
Ex-FBI Deputy McCabe admits to leaking info to media, obstructing probe
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted he misled investigators about his role in a media leak and apologized for it, according to transcripts of his interviews with investigators released Thursday.
The transcripts were released by the Justice Department’s inspector general in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington TimesOct 02 2019
News
Johnson & Johnson settles for $20m in Ohio to avoid opioids crisis trial
Pharmaceutical and baby products giant Johnson & Johnson has announced it has reached an agreement worth just over $20m with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis.
The deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties comes a little more than a month after an Oklahoma judge ordered the New
The GuardianSep 17 2020
Analysis
Cutting emissions, exporting gas: Does Biden’s climate plan make sense?
For more than a decade, Susan Jane Brown has been battling to stop a natural gas pipeline and export terminal from being built in the backcountry of Oregon. As an attorney at the nonprofit Western Environmental Law Center, she has repeatedly argued that the project’s environmental, social, and health costs are too high.
All that was before this month’s deadly wildfires in Oregon
Christian Science Monitor