Volkswagen and Bosch beat putative class claims from drivers who say defects cause their vehicles' automatic emergency braking systems to randomly engage after a California federal judge found Tuesday the drivers have not shown why they need repairs or buybacks rather than cash damages.
A California federal judge has declined to sanction an objector to a Wells Fargo settlement over fake accounts after investors accused the objector and his attorneys of extorting $1.75 million from the bank, saying the court won't order disgorgement of a settlement reached in a state court lawsuit.
The members of a California white nationalist group face federal charges of organizing and participating in riots across the state.
FILE – In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, multiple white nationalist groups march with torches through the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va. (Mykal McEldowney/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)
PASADENA, Calif. (CN) A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday reversed a federal judge’s dismissal of an indictment charging four members of a white nationalist group with organizing and inciting violent riots across California.
Members of the white supremacist group Rise Above Movement (RAM) were arrested in 2018 on charges of plotting riots and inciting violence across the Golden State for more than a year prior.
A California federal judge said Wednesday he'll approve PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's nearly $12 million deal to close the book on a job applicant's collective action accusing the accounting firm of age discrimination, but held off on deciding the attorney fee request, which he pointed out is 40% higher than the Ninth Circuit's benchmark.