Lawsuits

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (869+ words) Lawyers for Texas have appealed a federal judge’s order requiring all state lockups to be climate controlled before 2030 to the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, continuing a yearslong legal fight over air conditioning in the country’s largest prison system....

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (82+ words) Bloomberg Law News A Texas car dealership operator will pay $430,000 and provide additional relief to settle sex discrimination and retaliation allegations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The settlement comes after a federal district court denied Benson Enterprises…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (307+ words) Benson Enterprises Inc., which owns three San Antonio car dealerships, will pay $430,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Benson in 2021, alleging that a male manager at Ingram Park…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (318+ words) ITHACA, N.Y. – Some Cornell students staged a sit-in at a dining hall and vowed not to spend money on campus Wednesday to protest sexual violence and how the university has handled complaints, in the latest expression of outrage over an alleged…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (303+ words) President Donald Trump speaks at a midterm rally in Nebraska. Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. Don’t miss our weekly town hall! by Matthew Benninger, De'Janee Ross ITHACA, N.Y. — Hundreds…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (439+ words) Starbucks is facing a consumer lawsuit over claims that the protein drinks labeled “sugar-free” on its cafe menus may actually contain more sugar than a Reese’s peanut butter cup. The federal lawsuit filed late Friday in Seattle alleges that eight…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (371+ words) Cornell spokesperson Kyle Kimball said in a statement that the university was investigating and that “damaging property is not the answer” to Cornellians' “frustration and strong emotions.” Campus police referred questions to his office, which declined to provide more detail…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (628+ words) Countless women, and some men, posting on social media that they were Jane Doe, in support of a young woman using that name to file a lawsuit against Cornell University and seven fraternity members she accuses of raping her. For…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (893+ words) A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school's investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation. While…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (198+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday she appointed the office of Attorney General Letitia James as the special prosecutor to oversee the investigation, saying she had lost faith in the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case. The investigation had…...