U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Ruling Mandating Bottled Water Delivery and In-Home Filtration to Affected Michigan Residents

A U.S. appellate panel ruled on December 16 to uphold a court order stating that the State of Michigan is required to deliver either bottled water or provide a mechanism for home filtration for any qualifying residents in and around the Flint area. Over the past year, lead contamination in the region’s tap water has …

Texas Court Exonerates Women Imprisoned for Nearly 15 Years

In Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that the four San Antonio women comprising the infamous “San Antonio 4” are innocent. In a high-profile decision, the four women have been exonerated, following nearly 15 years in prison. The four women (Kristie Mayhugh. Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera and Anna Vasquez) were wrongfully convicted in …

Senior female executive at Bank of America sues over “Brother’s Club”.

A senior female broker at Bank of America Corp has recorded a claim blaming the bank for coming up short on her and other ladies, and retaliating when she griped about unlawful or untrustworthy practices by her partners. In an objection documented , overseeing chief Megan Messina said she was a casualty of “horrifying pay …

Puerto Rico declares state of emergency for highway authority

Puerto Rico’s governor on recently declared a state of emergency at the U.S. territory’s highway authority, an effort to keep the agency functioning by directing revenues toward operational costs rather than debt payments. The order from Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla does not declare a moratorium on debt payments at the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation …

Prophet co-CEO says Google brought on Oracle income to plunge

Long-lasting clients drastically decreased the measure of authorizing income they paid to utilize Oracle items after Google stole its copyrighted programming to enter the cell phone market, Oracle’s co-CEO Safra Catz told members of the jury recently. In a trial at San Francisco government court, Oracle Corp has asserted Google’s Android cell phone working framework …

Obama organization discharges rules on well-being programs

A government office on Monday discharged last principles on how businesses can offer laborers budgetary motivating forces of up to 30 percent of the expense of their least expensive health care coverage arrangements to take part in well-being programs without disregarding elected laws securing the privacy of medicinal data. The move from the Equal Employment …

New Jersey man permitted to keep Trump banners at his home

A New Jersey supporter of Republican White House cheerful Donald Trump can continue showing Trump banners over his home, his lawyer said, taking note of a judge, who rejected an objection that brought about a civil reference and fine for his customer. Joseph Hornick had confronted a $2,000 fine and up to 90 days in …

Fields All American Pipeline prosecuted in Santa Barbara oil slick

A Houston-based pipeline organization has been arraigned in California on 46 criminal allegations coming from a noteworthy oil slick a year ago that constrained shoreline terminations and fouled miles of shoreline close Santa Barbara, prosecutors said recently. The prosecution returned by a Santa Barbara County jury later blames Plains All American Pipeline LP for four …

LendingClub now focused in shareholder claim

LendingClub Corp has been hit with the first of what could be numerous government claims by shareholders, who say the online loan specialist, which constrained out its CEO weeks ago, swelled its offer cost by hiding its failure to screen its operations. In an objection documented recently in San Francisco government court, the offended party …

UBS urges judge not to hold it obligated for home loan bond misfortunes.

UBS AG asked a U.S. judge on Friday to reject guarantees that it ought to be held at risk for $2 billion in misfortunes that speculators brought about on home loan upheld securities issued before the breakdown of the U.S. lodging market. Legal counselors for UBS made their end contentions in the non-jury trial in …