Lawsuit

Flint Residents FINALLY Suing Government For Poisoning Them

February 3, 2016 Reagan Ali, www.countercurrentnews.com Resist! Flint, Lawsuit, Michigan, Water, Water Pollution

By Reagan Ali for Counter Current News - It’s not generally very easy to sue the government. But now a well known Baltimore attorney, William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr. — who recently won a $6.4 million settlement for the family of Freddie Gray — has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against state and local government officials in Flint, Michigan over the poisoning of the city’s drinking water. The city first monopolized the water – not allowing residents any choice in where they obtained their water services from – then they cut corners, and knowingly poisoned the city’s water supply, even while government officials had clean water shipped in for them.

Lawsuit: SoCal Gas Knew Of Deteriorated Pipes Before Massive Leak

January 30, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! California, Gas, Lawsuit

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - Southern California Gas Co. knew of deteriorating wells at its underground methane storage facilities and warned state regulators of the risks almost a year before a massive, uncontrolled leak was discovered at its Aliso Canyon unit on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The gas company disclosed the risk as part of a state regulatory filing and requested a rate increase to pass along the cost of more inspections and well repairs to customers. The regulators and the gas company failed to act.

Settlement Reached In Barneys ‘Shop-And-Frisk’ Case

January 25, 2016 Staff, www.amsterdamnews.com Resist! Lawsuit, New York (NY), Protests, Racial Profiling, Racism

By Staff of Amsterdam News. New York City, NY - Reports indicate that Barneys has agreed to pay a settlement to a Black man who accused the luxury retailer of racially profiling him. In 2013, then-19-year-old Trayon Christian was stopped and questioned by NYPD officers outside of Barneys after he bought at $350 belt. Christian alleged that he bought a designer belt before he was stopped by undercover officers. He claimed officers said they were tipped off by a Barneys sales clerk, who accused Christian of using a debit card that did not belong to him.

Two OWSers Awarded $52,000 For Arrest

January 22, 2016 John Marzulli, www.nydailynews.com Resist! Lawsuit, Occupy Wall Street, Protesters Arrested

By John Marzulli for Daily News - A pair of Occupy Wall Street jerks who sued the city after getting arrested for flipping off NYPD cops are a little closer to joining the one-percenters. The city has agreed to pay $52,500 to Nicholas Thommen and Channing Creager who put the First Amendment to the test so they could exercise their Constitutional right to be obnoxious. Thommen, 21, and Creager, 26, will split the payout evenly, according to court papers. They were arrested June 27, 2013 for gesturing with their middle finger at Officers Diane Bowman and John Harrigan on a Queens subway train.

Suit Accuses City & LAPD Of Violating Protesters’ Rights

January 18, 2016 Richard Winton, www.latimes.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Lawsuit, Los Angeles, Protestors Arrested

By Richard Winton for Los angeles Time - Individuals arrested in Los Angeles while protesting the killing of a black man in Ferguson, Mo., have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the city and police of violating their constitutional rights. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that in November 2014, the Los Angeles Police Department surrounded several hundred protesters as they marched downtown and in the Westlake district. Police then arrested or detained and questioned dozens of individuals without lawful dispersal orders, the suit says.

Occupy Class Action Suit Against Zuccotti Eviction Can Move Forward

October 29, 2015 Sheila Anne Feeney, www.amny.com Resist! Lawsuit, Occupy, Protestors Arrested

By Sheila Anne Feeney for AM New York - A class-action lawsuit alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution and free speech infringement for evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park almost four years ago can move forward, a judge has ruled. U.S. Southern District Court Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. ruled that the lawsuit -- which names the city, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and other police officers -- "adequately alleges the elements of a First Amendment retaliation claim." "On the facts currently alleged, the officers lacked probable cause to arrest for trespass, disorderly conduct, or obstruction of governmental administration," he wrote in his 30-page ruling on Tuesday night.

BAMN Hosts Tribunal, Talks Ongoing Trial Over Occupy Cal Protests

October 2, 2015 Harini Shyamsundar, www.dailycal.org/ Resist! Lawsuit, Occupy, Protest

By Harini Shyamsundar for The Daily Californian - On Monday, the UC Berkeley chapter of BAMN held a public tribunal in Wheeler Hall during which it discussed its ongoing lawsuit regarding the 2011 Occupy Cal movement and encouraged campus and community members to join its cause. The lawsuit — which names the campus and district police as well as the administration — accuses certain individuals of alleged “first amendment violations and use of excessive force.” It was first filed Nov. 29 of that year, a few weeks after the demonstrations. The two parties are waiting on a final decision from the court. According to Shanta Driver, BAMN national chair and one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys on the case, the case has been ongoing because such polarized court cases “tend to get dragged out.”

“King Obama,” His Royal Court, And The TPP

June 26, 2015 Ralph Nader, www.facebook.com Resist! Democracy, Free Trade, Law, Lawsuit, TPP

By Ralph Nader - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a global corporate noose around U.S. local, state, and national sovereignty – narrowly passed a major procedural hurdle in the Congress by gaining “fast track” status. This term “fast track” is a euphemism for your members of Congress – senators and representatives – handcuffing themselves, so as to prevent any amendments or adequate debate before the final vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership – another euphemism that is used to avoid the word “treaty,” which would require ratification by two-thirds of the Senate. This anti-democratic process is being pushed by “King Obama” and his royal court. Make no mistake. If this was only a trade treaty – reducing tariffs, quotas, and the like – it would not be so controversial.

Verdict: Kellog’s Cereal Isn’t ‘Natural’

May 29, 2014 Jill Ettinger, www.organicauthority.com Resist! Cereal, Food and Agriculture, Kellog's, Lawsuit, Organic

“All Natural” and “100% Natural” will no longer be seen on some of the popular Kellogg’s cereal brands, including Kashi and Bear Naked brands, the company announced after settling a class-action lawsuit for more than $5 million. The largest breakfast cereal manufacturer in the world faced a string of lawsuits in recent years, culminating into a single case in 2011 that cited consumer fraud and deception in labeling of its cereals as “natural” when in fact many contained synthetic and genetically modified ingredients, including pyridoxine hydrochloride, calcium pantothenate or hexane-processed soy oil. According to Reuters, the settlement must be approved by “a federal judge in San Diego overseeing the case before the suit is dismissed.” In a statement released by Kellogg last week, company spokesperson Kris Charles said the brand’s Kashi and Bear Naked lines “provide comprehensive information about our foods to enable people to make well-informed choices.”

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