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Consultants File Lawsuit Against LuLaRoe, Calling it a Pyramid Scheme

- October 24, 2017

Have you heard of LuLaRoe? It’s company popular for it’s “vibrant print leggings and affordable casual wear.” Unfortunately, it’s in a spot of legal trouble. It turns out a class-action lawsuit has been filed against the company, labeling it as a pyramid scheme. The lawsuit itself is being taken on by the same lawyer who just won a “$25 million settlement against Trump University for charges related to fraudulent business practices,” Amber Eck. She will represent four named plaintiff’s and “thousands of consultants” across the country. The lawsuit alleges “six charges of unlawful, fraudulent, and unfair business practices, advertising, and breach of contract under California law.”

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Man Wearing MAGA Hat in NY Bar Files Spiritual Discrimination Lawsuit

- October 23, 2017

Do you remember reports of the man, Greg Piatek, who alleged a cocktail bar known as The Happiest Hour, refused to serve him because he was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat? Well, he ended up filing a lawsuit against the bar, and just recently it took an odd turn. When the lawsuit was first filed, Piatek claimed he was discriminated against for his hat’s political statement. Now, however, he claims “he wore the hat, which was sold as campaign gear from President Donald Trump, when he went to visit the September 11 memorial as part of a spiritual expression.”

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Wisconsin Dairy Business Association Settles Lawsuit with Environmental Officials Over Regulations

- October 20, 2017

A settlement has been reached between Wisconsin environmental officials and the Dairy Business Association after members of Wisconsin’s dairy industry filed a lawsuit “alleging the agency was over-regulating large livestock farms.” The lawsuit itself was filed back in July and claimed the “state Department of Natural Resources had stopped allowing concentrated animal feeding operations to pass runoff through vegetation patches to filter pollution without going through the administrative rule-making process.”

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Court Refuses to Revive Defamation Suit Against Bill Cosby

- October 20, 2017

A federal appeals court rejected a plea to revive a defamation lawsuit against disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby. The claim dates back to an incident which purportedly took place in 1974. An actress says that Cosby raped her, and later went public with the accusation. After she published an account of her ordeal in a newspaper

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Black Contractors Sue Tesla Over Racial Discrimination Claims

- October 20, 2017

Three former contractors in the employ of Tesla filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging racial discrimination and harassment. The Los Angeles Times reports that the plaintiffs – Demetric Diaz, his father, Owen Diaz, and Lamar Peterson – say they were the target of “racially motivated abuse, including the frequent use of racial slurs” while

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