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Ecuador’s Indigenous People Take Their Case Against Chevron To Canada

December 21, 2016 Yasmin Khan, www.counterpunch.org , , , ,
By Yasmin Khan for Counter Punch - With eyes red with fatigue, Pablo Fajardo stood in front of a room of activists in Toronto, Canada explaining the plight of the more than 30,000 indigenous peoples and farmers whose lands in the Ecuadorian Amazon are covered in toxic sludge. Fajardo was presenting evidence that the pollution stems from decades of oil extractions by Chevron-Texaco, one of the world’s largest oil companies. He and his clients are fighting a drawn-out legal battle that is part of a growing list of high-profile cases brought by indigenous communities against extractive industries...

Water Protector Legal Collective Sues For Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters

December 2, 2016 Tasha Moro, www.waterprotectorlegal.org , ,
By Tasha Moro for NLG - CANNON BALL, ND —Today, the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC-formerly Red Owl), an initiative of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed suit in US District Court against Morton County, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirschmeier, and other law enforcement agencies for using excessive force against peaceful Water Protectors on the night of November 20, 2016. The class action suit, filed on behalf of persons who were injured on the night of November 20 and early morning of November 21, seeks an immediate injunction preventing the Morton County Sheriff’s Department...

Class-Action Lawsuit Adds To ExxonMobil’s Climate Change Woes

November 22, 2016 David Hasemyer, www.insideclimatenews.org , ,
By David Hasemyer for Inside Climate News - ExxonMobil shareholders have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, alleging it misled its investors and the public by failing to disclose the risks posed to its business by climate change. The alleged deception resulted in stockholders paying inflated prices for Exxon stock and subjected them to financial losses because the company knew the value of its oil reserves was less than what it was telling investors, according to the lawsuit filed in Texas federal court earlier this month.

DAPL Company Files Lawsuit To Finish Pipeline And Bypass “Political Interference”

November 22, 2016 Alexandra Jacobo, www.nationofchange.org , ,
By Alexandra Jacobo for Nation of Change - Dakota Access Pipeline parent company, Energy Transfer Partners, along with its subsidiary Sunoco Logistics, announced two court filings made last week in U.S. federal district court. The filings demand judgement declaring that they have the legal right-of-way to finish the Dakota Access Pipeline, despite the recent decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to delay granting the necessary easements to complete the project until “additional discussion and analysis” can take place with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.

Constitutional Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. To Proceed

November 14, 2016 Julia Olson and Philip Gregory, www.static1.squarespace.com , ,
By Julia Olson and Philip Gregory for Our Children's Trust and Earth Guardian - Eugene, OR – Today, the federal court in Eugene, Oregon decided in favor of 21 youth plaintiffs in their “groundbreaking” constitutional climate lawsuit against President Obama, numerous federal agencies, and the fossil fuel industry. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken completely rejected all arguments to dismiss raised by the federal government and fossil fuel industry, determining that the young plaintiffs’ constitutional and public trust claims could proceed.

New Lawsuit Aims To Be ‘Death Of The Super PAC’

November 5, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org , ,
By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - While most people point to Citizens United as the case that opened the door to big money in U.S. elections, the lesser-known 2010 appeals court ruling in SpeechNow.org v. FEC is perhaps just as blameworthy—one legal scholar says the decision "gave birth to the super PAC takeover of American politics." Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, congressional candidates, and campaign reform advocates is taking aim at that ruling, filing a lawsuit on Friday that they say "will provide the U.S. Supreme Court the opportunity to end the super PAC threat facing our democracy today."

Lawsuit Aims To Block U.S. Aid To Israel

November 4, 2016 Grant F. Smith, www.wrmea.org , , ,
By Grant F. Smith for Washington Report - ON AUG. 8 THIS writer filed a lawsuit in DC federal court challenging U.S. foreign aid to Israel. The U.S. is finalizing a new 10-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will reportedly boost that aid to between $4 billion and $5 billion per year, up from its current $3.1 billion annually. However, U.S. aid to Israel violates longstanding bans on funds to non-signatories to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) with nuclear weapons programs. Many have wondered why these bans are never enforced, but none have had standing to mount a challenge—until now.

Civil Rights Group Sues Federal Gov Over Surveillance Of Black Activists

October 26, 2016 Aaron Morrison, www.mic.com , , , ,
By Aaron Morrison for Identities Mic - It's no longer a secret that police have conducted surveillance on activists involved in the Movement for Black Lives. Increasingly, these activists say they want to know exactly what's in the files the government may be keeping on them. Color of Change, a national racial justice group, filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York on Thursday, over the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's rejection of its request for surveillance information on Black Lives Matter activists.

The New Election Laws And The Suits Challenging Them

September 27, 2016 Sarah Smith, www.propublica.org , ,
By Sarah Smith for Pro Publica - There are 15 states with new voting laws that have never before been used during a presidential election, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice. These laws include restrictions like voter ID requirements and limits on early voting. Many are making their way through the courts, which have already called a halt to two laws in the past month — one in North Carolina and one in North Dakota.

Yankton Sioux Tribe Sues US Army Corps, USFWS Over Dakota Access

September 12, 2016 Staff, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com , ,
By Staff of ICTMN - The Yankton Sioux Tribe, Ihanktonwan Oyate, is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for allowing the Dakota Access oil pipeline to go through without a full environmental impact study or meaningful consultation. “As chairman of the Ihanktonwan, I and the Ihanktonwan Oyate support the efforts our relatives at Standing Rock and Cheyenne River are taking to protect what we as the Oceti Sakowin hold sacred,” said Business and Claims Committee Chairman Robert Flying Hawk in a statement from the tribe.

Why Almost 10,000 Employees Are Suing Chipotle

September 3, 2016 David Laconangelo, www.csmonitor.com , ,
By David Laconangelo for CS Monitor - After settling claims in several states, the burrito chain faces a class-action lawsuit from employees across the country. Nearly 10,000 current and former Chipotle employees have joined a class-action lawsuit against the burrito chain, alleging that they were routinely forced to work off the clock. Chipotle, say plaintiffs in the case, "routinely requires hourly-paid restaurant employees to punch out, and then continue working until they are given permission to leave," according to a complaint initially filed in 2014.

Non Profits Sue General Mills For False And Misleading Use Of ‘Natural’

August 27, 2016 Staff, www.organicconsumers.org , , ,
By Staff of Organic Consumers Association - Washington, DC - Today, three non profit organizations filed a lawsuit against General Mills for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand granola bars “Made with 100% NATURAL whole grain OATS.” It was recently discovered that the herbicide chemical glyphosate, an ingredient in Roundup and hundreds of other glyphosate-based herbicides, is present in the Nature Valley granola bars, which consumers expect to be natural and free of toxins.

New York To Pay $4.5 Million To Settle Police Killing Lawsuit

August 17, 2016 Staff, www.reuters.com , , , ,
By Staff of Reuters - The city of New York has settled for $4.5 million a lawsuit over the 2014 police killing of an unarmed black man in an unlit stairwell that sparked demonstrations around the city, officials said. The settlement comes amid a wave of angry protests that have roiled the United States over the past two years in response to high-profile police killings of unarmed black men, with the most recent killing in Milwaukee unleashing rioting.

2016 Election Lawsuit Tracker: New Election Laws And Suits Challenging Them

August 15, 2016 Sarah Smith, www.propublica.org ,
By Sarah Smith for Pro Publica - There are 15 states with new voting laws that have never before been used during a presidential election, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice. These laws include restrictions like voter ID requirements and limits on early voting. Many are making their way through the courts, which have already called a halt to two laws in the past month — one in North Carolina and one in North Dakota.

Lawsuit Claims Aid To Nuclear Israel Illegal Under Symington Glenn Amendments

August 13, 2016 Editor, www.corporatecrimereporter.com , ,
By Editor of Corporate Crime Report - A lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. claims that United States aid to Israel is illegal under a law passed in the 1970s that prohibits aid to nuclear powers that don’t sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The lawsuit was filed by Grant Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy (IRMEP). The lawsuit comes as the Obama administration is pushing to finalize a ten-year memorandum of understanding which will reportedly boost aid to Israel to $4 billion per year.
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