CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Private lawyers who thought they could make millions of dollars by representing municipalities seeking to impose new fees on streaming video services lost again as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a proposed class action by East St. Louis, Ill.
Easing federal wetland standards could spark a “race to the bottom” as newly polluted water would flow into downstream states, a group of largely Democrat-led states argued in a Supreme Court brief.
On Wednesday, the City of East St. Louis, Ill. filed a class action complaint claiming that streaming platforms failed to pay it and other municipalities