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Wheaton College Suit Against Government Tossed |
| A U.S. District Judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Obama administration by Wheaton College over health insurance mandates requiring companies to cover contraception costs in employee insurance. The judge declared the lawsuit premature, saying that the government could not enforce the mandate until 2013 and has promised to revise the requirements for religious institutions. Manya A. Brachear , Chicago Tribune 08/27/2012 | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
Missouri 8th State to Pass Kelsey's Law |
| Missouri will become the eighth state to pass Kelsey's Law, which will require cellphone carries to provide police departments with customer locations during emergencies. The law stems from the murder of a Kansas teenager in 2007, whose body was found four days after she was abducted with the help of information from her cellphone provider. The law will also have a provision protecting cellphone carriers from lawsuits, an attempt to cut down on liability roadblocks. Jess Rollins, USA Today 08/29/2012 | Read Article: USA Today |
Bank Settles Discriminatory Mortgage Lawsuit |
| GFI Mortgage Bankers has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the lender of improper bias against nonwhite borrowers. The suit, which affects about 600 black and Hispanic borrowers, accused the bank of "charging higher interest rates and fees on mortgages to nonwhite borrowers." According to The New York Times, the bank charged 0.19 to 0.41 percentage points more to nonwhite borrowers. Russ Buettner, The New York Times 08/28/2012 | Read Article: The New York Times |
School Sex Abuse Suit to Proceed, Officials May Have Lied |
| A federal judge has said he will allow portions of a sexual abuse case against Brooklyn’s Poly Prep Country Day School to proceed despite the expiration of the statute of limitations. In his ruling, the judge said the suit will go forward because he believes school officials "may have lied when they claimed they only learned in 1991 that a longtime football coach had allegedly molested boys for several decades." This deception, the judge said, may have guided victims to believe they could not take action against the school because it was unaware of the abuse. Michael O'keeffe , New York Daily News 08/28/2012 | Read Article: New York Daily News |
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Killing of SC Mayor Prompts Suit Against Police |
| A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over the fatal police shooting of the Cottageville, S.C., mayor last year. The suit claims a police officer shot Bert Reeves in the chest during a dispute at the victim's construction business. The suit claims the town should never have hired the officer, who had been fired by multiple police departments in the past. Wire Report, The Sacramento Bee 08/28/2012 | Read Article: The Sacramento Bee |
Synthetic Marijuana Killed Georgia Teen, Suit Says |
| The death of a Fayette County, Ga., teenager, allegedly caused by a synthetic marijuana, has prompted a lawsuit against the man accused of selling the drug to the store where it was purchased by 16-year-old. The product, known as K2 or Spice, can be seized from merchants under state law, but no arrests can be made for the sale. The suit says the defendant is a "well-know manufacturer and distributor," but lawyers for the defendant say he has no connection to the product. Christian Boone, Atlanta Journal-Constitution 08/28/2012 | Read Article: Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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