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Feds accuse PHEEA, student loan trusts of botching pandemic
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed suit against the trusts that administer student loans, arguing they failed to grant forbearance to debtors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Law firm wants client data back from debt-settlement company
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Following a split, a law firm representing clients troubled by debt has gone to court to retrieve their information from a settlement company.
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Solar company faces shareholder lawsuit over stock drop
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - An Oklahoma public pension system has filed a securities class action lawsuit against a solar power company over a drop in its value.
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Lawsuit accuses firm of inducing client to settle class action
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A nonprofit targeted with a class action lawsuit is suing the lawyers who represented it, accusing them of fraud and breach of contract.
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Dollar Tree cinnamon has lead in it, lawsuit alleges
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Dollar Tree is facing a class action lawsuit brought over cinnamon it buys from a co-defendant and sells and allegedly contains a dangerous amount of lead.
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Lawyer tries New York for lawsuit over 'reef-conscious' sunscreen
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Big Lots sunscreen purporting to be reef-friendly is the subject of a New York class action lawsuit that alleges the coral reef around the state's coast has become damaged.
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AFL's Gene Hamilton testifies on lawfare tactics before House Judiciary Subcommittee
Today, Gene Hamilton, the Executive Director of America First Legal (AFL), is testifying before the House Judiciary's Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The focus of his testimony is on the use of lawfare tactics to weaponize the rule of law.
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AFL files petition against FCC's collection of broadcasters' race and sex data
America First Legal (AFL), in conjunction with co-counsel Boyden Gray PLLC, has lodged a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The petition is on behalf of the National Religious Broadcasters and American Family Association, against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC has issued an order that allegedly unlawfully mandates television and radio stations in the United States to publicly disclose the race, ethnicity, and sex of their employees.
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America First Legal challenges Biden's Title IX rules with injunction
Today, America First Legal (AFL) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amended complaint and a motion for a preliminary injunction against President Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, among others. The aim is to halt the implementation of the Biden Administration's Title IX rules which they argue could have detrimental effects on women, children, and schools across the country.
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Lawsuit: HP customers never received refunds they were promised
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit alleges HP, Inc., offered sort-of warranties with the promise of a full refund if no issues arose with its computers but failed to pay up.
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Nip-slip lawsuit: Cakes nipple covers not 'grippy,' slide off easily
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Citing negative online reviews, class action lawyers are suing the maker of nipple covers that allegedly fail to stay in place.
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Waiter, there's a plate in my food
TAMPA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida man is suing Texas Roadhouse after he says a piece of broken plate in his food caused him injuries.
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Personal injury lawyer wanted his ad on cars but says he was cheated
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Texas lawyer says a company that was supposed to put his ad on cars and drive them around failed to deliver.
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Sadism by guards in Fla. prison leads to man's brutal death and mutilation, lawsuit says
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A man was paired with a dangerous cellmate for the amusement of Florida prison guards, a lawsuit alleges, leading to his violent and disturbing death.
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Maker of Boeing fuselages resists Texas AG's demand for information
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Kansas company that makes fuselages used in Boeing 737s is fighting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request for company records.
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Lawyer sues Fla. country club after he's not allowed to visit with mother
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer says he was wrongfully kept from visiting with his mother at a Florida country club and has gone to court.
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AFL lawsuit exposes political appointees in Biden's DHS
America First Legal (AFL) has obtained employment records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. The records reveal detailed information about political appointees in the Biden Administration, including their full names, salaries, titles, and work histories.
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Buckeye Institute Successfully Challenges Cleveland's Taxation of Out-of-State Remote Worker
The Buckeye Institute won a significant victory for its client Dr. Manal Morsy in Morsy v. Gentile (previously Morsy v. Dumas). The City of Cleveland abandoned its appeal in the case and agreed to 1) fully refund the taxes that were illegally taken from Dr. Morsy, 2) pay the interest owed to her according to Cleveland City Ordinance, and 3) reimburse her court costs.
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Lawsuit says child at daycare allowed to play with toys leaking bleach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida daycare facility faces allegations it let a child play with toys that appeared to be leaking bleach.
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Fla. city accused of putting corpse in wrong burial plot
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida lawsuit alleges the City of Boca Raton took the remains of a woman's mother and placed them in the burial plot the daughter had planned for herself.