Compensation for Damages (Law)
Judge Orders New Bankruptcy Officials in Alex Jones Case
WATERBURY, Conn. — A federal bankruptcy judge in Houston ordered new personnel to oversee the bankruptcy of Alex Jones’s Infowars late on Tuesday, citing an ongoing lack of transparency, including over Mr. Jones’s lavish personal spending. Judge Christopher Lopez dismissed Mr. Jones’s attorney and chief restructuring officer in the bankruptcy of Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ […]
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Help! My Lost Luggage Wasn’t Delivered for 12 Days. I Want Restitution.
I wasn’t born yesterday. Elvira Nurbayeva, the Kazakh carrier’s manager for corporate communications, had already passed along documentation from WorldTracer, an international service that works with airlines to track lost luggage, saying that your bags were left in Newark. The reason: That you “DID NOT CLAIM AND CHECK IN FOR INTL FLT.” This “obviously means […]
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Apple Agrees to $50 Million Settlement Over Butterfly Keyboard Complaints
Apple agreed on Monday to pay a $50 million settlement on a class-action lawsuit over so-called butterfly keyboards, a component of some MacBook laptops that left many users fuming in key-smashing frustration over typing failures. The butterfly keyboard, a thin model that aimed to provide more precision, ended up not being as graceful as the […]
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For Young Offenders, Restitution Debts Can Present Crippling Obstacles
WASHINGTON — Arabella Guevara spent much of her adolescence paying for her mistakes. She entered the juvenile justice system at 13, after she ran away from home for the first time, hoping to escape a volatile relationship with her mother. Before long, running away escalated to petty theft, then stealing cars and breaking into homes. […]
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Sweet & Vicious Bar Owner Will Pay $500,000 for Harassing Workers
Sweet & Vicious, a downtown Manhattan bar and restaurant popular for its “jargaritas” — frozen margaritas served in giant Mason jars — has been a nest of sexual, racial and gender-based harassment where workers endured racial slurs, had tips taken by the management and went unpaid for work, according to a 16-month investigation by Letitia […]
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The Elon Musk-Twitter Saga Now Moves to the Courts
Now that Elon Musk has signaled his intent to walk away from his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, the fate of the influential social media network will be determined by what may be an epic court battle, involving months of expensive litigation and high-stakes negotiations by elite lawyers on both sides. The question is […]
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Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Must Pay Damages
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A jury on Tuesday found that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted Judy Huth in 1975, when as a 16-year-old girl she accepted his invitation to join him at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. The decision by the jury once again tarnished the reputation of a man whose standing as one of […]
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Massachusetts to Pay $56 Million After Deadly Covid Outbreak at Veterans’ Home
Massachusetts said on Thursday that it had agreed to pay $56 million to resolve claims that the leaders of a state-run nursing home for military veterans showed deliberate indifference during a coronavirus outbreak that was linked to the deaths of 84 residents early in the pandemic. An independent investigation had painted a picture of chaos […]
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LinkedIn Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million to Women Over Discrimination Claims
LinkedIn, the professional networking platform, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $1.8 million to female employees who the agency said received far less compensation than their male colleagues from 2015 to 2017, the department said on Tuesday. According to a statement released by the agency, LinkedIn denied 686 women […]
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