lawsuits

Fast Food Workers Are Suing McDonald's for Wage Theft

Hamilton Nolan · 03/13/14 11:37AM

A coalition of McDonald's workers today announced that they're filing several class action McLawsuits against the company for "forcing them to work off the clock, shaving hours off their time cards and not paying them overtime."

Gabrielle Bluestone · 03/09/14 05:56PM

The New York Post will have to settle or try their case: their lawyers just lost a motion to dismiss the libel action brought against the paper for running a front-page photograph wrongfully identifying Salaheddin Barhoum and Yassine Zaimi as the Boston Marathon bombers.

Lawsuit: Clueless California Cops Beat Deaf Man For Doing Nothing

Adam Weinstein · 02/17/14 05:47PM

A Southern California man was beaten, Tasered and burned by local cops who thought he was threatening them and didn't realize he was gesturing that he was deaf, according to a discrimination lawsuit he's filed in federal court.

Brewpub Responds to Starbucks Cease and Desist with Lots of F Words

Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/30/13 03:25PM

When Starbucks sent a cease and desist to a small Missouri brewpub demanding they change the name of a little imbibed beer called "Frappicino" lest the coffeehouse chain's customers mistake it for their own "Frappuccino," the owner had no choice but to comply.