Tag: lawsuits

Building Collapse Lawsuits Seek to Get Answers, Assign Blame

The quest to learn why a Florida condo building collapsed has already moved to the legal system, even before rescuers finish searching for victims and possible survivors. Authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the collapse of the oceanfront Champlain Towers South, which killed at least 36 people and left more than 100 missing….


US Judge Rejects Bayer’s $2 Billion Deal to Resolve Future Roundup Lawsuits as ‘Unreasonable’

A U.S. judge rejected Bayer’s $2 billion class action proposal to resolve future lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, saying in a Wednesday order that parts of the plan were “clearly unreasonable.” U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the proposal “would accomplish a lot for Monsanto,” which Bayer acquired for…


Florida Voting Integrity Bill Immediately Faces Lawsuits After Becoming Law

A Florida bill that seeks to protect the integrity of elections has been hit with legal challenges immediately after it became law. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law the Republican-backed Senate Bill 90 that adds safeguards to the way people vote using ballot drop boxes and mail-in ballots. The bill has been heavily opposed…


Fox News Ask New York Court to Dismiss Smartmatic Lawsuit

Fox News has asked a court in New York to dismiss a lawsuit filed by electronic voting company Smartmatic, arguing that the company is seeking to stifle “debate and chill vital First Amendment activities.” The news broadcaster on Monday filed a request to dismiss the defamation lawsuit arguing that Smartmatic’s case is “meritless.” The filing contends…


Trump Won Two-Thirds of Election Lawsuits Where Merits Considered

The claim often repeated by the mainstream media, social-media content moderators, and fact-checkers that lawsuits filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republicans were universally dismissed by the courts is untrue, according to a new analysis. The findings do not necessarily suggest that if the lawsuits had all been decided before Joe Biden was certified…


Texas Set to Bring Volley of Lawsuits Against Biden Administration

With President-elect Joe Biden set to assume office and two newly-elected Georgia Democrat senators poised to be sworn in on Wednesday, Texas Republicans are preparing to mount a flurry of legal challenges to push back against the incoming administration’s progressive agenda. The Biden administration has signaled a left-leaning agenda on energy, taxes, immigration, health care,…


Trump Ends Georgia Lawsuits Challenging Election Results

President Donald Trump’s legal team has voluntarily ended multiple lawsuits seeking to challenge the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia. Lawyers for the Trump campaign in two cases, in which the president was the plaintiff, filed notices for voluntary dismissal, saying that they requested the courts to dismiss the cases due to “an…


Video: What the Constitution Says About the Jan 6 Electoral Votes—Interview With Rick Green

Questions are swirling over what will happen when a joint session of Congress comes together on Jan. 6 to count the Electoral Votes from each state, given the various anomalies, lawsuits, and dueling electors. To learn more about this we’ve invited to speak with us Rick Green, founder of Patriot Academy and an expert on…