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Family of Actor Bill Paxton Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against California Hospital

- February 15, 2018

Remember Bill Paxton? He starred in movies like Twister, Titanic, and Mighty Joe Young and tragically died last year on February 25 shortly after “having heart surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.” Now his family has decided to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the “California hospital where he died” on allegations that “the heart complications that ultimately took Paxton’s life were a result of negligence by the hospital and the surgeon who operated on him.”

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Oil Giant Exxon Mobil Starts Suing Its Suers Over Rapidly-Warming Climate Change Suit

- February 14, 2018

Oil industry giant Exxon Mobil is launching a wide-ranging legal attack against its litigatory opponents, hitting attorneys and public officials across the country with retaliatory suits and demands. According to Bloomberg, the company has targeted at least 30 individuals and organizations. Among them are New York and Massachusetts attorneys general Eric Schneiderman and Maura T.

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CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Golden Valley Lending

- February 14, 2018

A lawsuit against Golden Valley Lending was just dropped by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, despite allegations that the lender “allegedly charged people up to 950 percent interest rates.” To many, the watchdog group’s latest move is yet another example of how it’s moving “away from aggressive enforcement under interim director Mick Mulvaney,” and many career staff members are none too pleased about that.

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Le Cordon Bleu Agrees to Settlement for Former Students, Ending Decade-Long Lawsuit

- February 11, 2018

A decade-long class-action lawsuit between the “now-defunct Le Cordon Bleu culinary school” and 2,200 former students is finally coming to an end. Recently the school’s parent company, Career Education Corporation, announced that it will be paying “44 percent of its students’ tuition or loan amounts,” among other concessions. But why was the lawsuit filed against the culinary school and Career Education Corporation in the first place?

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Did Ulta Beauty Resell Used Cosmetics? One Lawsuit Seems to Think So

- February 11, 2018

For many women, Ulta Beauty is a haven of brand new quality makeup and beauty products. The key words in that sentence are ‘brand new,’ because naturally, that’s what any sensible person would expect when making a purchase at a store that doesn’t advertise itself as a second hand or thrift store. Unfortunately for Ulta Beauty, a recent lawsuit claims the Chicago-based retailer resold “used makeup as new to unsuspecting consumers.”

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