Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sued The Athletic and former reporter Molly Knight, accusing them of “creating and spreading the false narrative” that he had fractured a woman’s skull during a sexual encounter. The 26-page complaint, filed in U.S. …
The family of a man with mental health issues who was shot and killed by a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy in Washington will receive $1 million. The Spokane County Commissioners approved the federal civil rights lawsuit settlement this week, The …
A jury has awarded $102.5 million to two women who sued a Northern California school district over what they said was officials’ failure to stop a middle school teacher from sexually grooming and abusing them as minors. Parents had repeatedly …
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered the consent decree between Activision Blizzard Inc. and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which includes $18 million in monetary and injunctive relief. By signing the three-year consent decree, Judge …
Honolulu officials are looking at new ways to regulate short-term vacation rentals in residential areas to address not only parking concerns but the need to create affordable, longer-term rentals. A bill approved by the Honolulu City Council’s zoning and planning …
A jury in Las Vegas has awarded $8 million to a middle school special education teacher who sued after being permanently injured when he was served cleaning solvents instead of tap beer at a casino bar. Lon Enwright, 38, used …
Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance this week for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring the workers’ claims to investors who can profit off …
Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. The asbestos came from mining vermiculite that was …
A coalition of businesses wants a court to block Oregon’s plan to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the state’s new Climate Action Plan administrative rules, passed in December, target a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions …
GameStop Corp.’s stockholders may be enjoying the biggest rally of the year, but not everyone is happy. Boston Consulting Group claims it hasn’t been paid about $30 million in fees for its work “setting the company on a more sustainable …
