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Judge Pushes Lawyers to Resolve Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Claims
WEBJan 24, 2024 — A federal judge urged lawyers for the Justice Department and potential victims of Camp Lejeune toxic water contamination to intensify their efforts to quickly resolve what could be hundreds of thousands of claims. “It’s frustrating to have this enormous load hanging over our heads,” Judge Terrence Boyle …
US Offers Plan to Expedite Camp Lejeune Payouts, Limit Suits (1)
WEBThe government is offering settlements of up to $450,000 to compensate Camp Lejeune veterans and others who say they were sickened by toxic water on the North Carolina Marine base, in a bid to quickly resolve what could be hundreds of thousands of claims. The Justice Department and the Navy announced the program Wednesday, saying it would ...
Chegg May Seize Homeworkify Website in Suit Over Stolen Answers
WEBNov 8, 2023 — Online learning platform Chegg Inc. may seize the internet domain of Homeworkify, a competitor that allegedly provided free homework answers to students after stealing them from Chegg, a federal court ruled.. Chegg provided sufficient evidence to show a likelihood of success on all of its claims against the defendants and that it suffered irreparable harm due to the defendants’ continued ...
Quick Camp Lejeune Payout Unlikely for Most, Claim Data Shows
WEBJan 4, 2024 — In court filings, the Navy said it has received at least 152,000 claims for compensation on behalf of Camp Lejeune veterans, workers, or other people who spent at least a month on the base when its water was contaminated. Those whose claims are rejected or unresolved can sue. More than 1,550 lawsuits have already been filed in …
DOJ’s Google Monopoly Case Explained With Six Key Documents
WEBNov 17, 2023 — The most damning evidence in the US antitrust trial against Alphabet Inc. ’s Google that concluded in Washington this week came not from the parade of witnesses from Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other companies, but from internal documents.. During the 10-week trial, the Justice Department used emails, slides and other records to illustrate how Google’s lavish payments to other ...
How to Recover Assets Lost to Cryptocurrency Theft and Fraud
WEBDec 9, 2022 — TrustStorm. Olshan Frome Wolosky’s Robert Appleton and TrustStorm’s George McEachern explain how cryptocurrency investors might respond and recover assets from losses due to fraud and theft. Investor funds losses continue to mount with the meltdown of numerous cryptocurrency and misuse of investor funds by centralized cryptocurrency exchanges.
TikTok $92 Million Privacy Settlement Granted Final Approval (1)
WEBJul 28, 2022 — TikTok must pay $92 million to resolve multidistrict litigation over the company’s alleged misuse of its users’ private data, after a federal judge in Illinois granted final approval of a settlement Thursday.
Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Claims Already Top $3 Trillion, US Says
WEBOct 30, 2023 — Government cites Federal Tort Claims Act guidelines. Compensation claims filed by veterans and others who say they were sickened by toxic water at Camp Lejeune already total nearly $3.3 trillion, US Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing. That figure was disclosed for the first time in a 17-page memo government lawyers filed Friday ...
High Court Religious Bias Decision Paves Way for EEOC Vax Suits
WEBEEOC suits address religious bias over vaccination mandates. Higher bar for employers recently clarified by Supreme Court. The EEOC’s first-ever lawsuits filed against companies over failure to grant employee religious exemptions to Covid-19 vaccine policies signal the commission may be ready to bring many more such cases now that a US ...