IL Appellate Court Holds City Immune From Tort Liability in Zoning Case

This post was originally published in Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. of Ancel Glink and is reposted with permission In Xochi, LLC v. City of Galena, the Illinois Appellate Court found the City immune from liability under the Tort Immunity Act for claims relating to a zoning approval relating to a cannabis dispensary and upheld the dismissal of the case against the City. Xochi owned a building in the City of Galena which it agreed to lease to Veriflife, who intended to operate a cannabis dispensary. Verilife asked the City to complete a zoning form to certify that local…
Read More

New York attorney general calls for new sanctions against Donald Trump

NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general on Tuesday asked a judge to sanction former US President Donald Trump, his adult children, the Trump Organization and their lawyers over their responses to her $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against them. The lawsuit by Attorney General Letitia James last September accused the defendants of involvement in a decade-long scheme to manipulate asset values ​​and Trump’s net worth, in order to induce banks and insurers to provide better terms. On Jan. 26, the defendants filed formal “answers” where, as often occurs in similar lawsuits, they are denied or claimed…
Read More

HAGENS BERMAN, NATIONAL TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages PLDT

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges PLDT Inc. (NYSE:PHI) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit your losses now. Class Period: Jan. 1, 2019 – Dec. 19, 2022Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr. 7, 2023Visits: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/PHI Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895 PLDT Inc. (NYSE: PHI) Securities Fraud Class Action: The litigation focuses on PLDT’s past disclosures about the capital expenditures incurred in its massive network transformation program. Specifically, the complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose that: (1) PLDT incurred huge capital spending overruns; and…
Read More

Hagens Berman, National Trial Attorneys,

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) investors who suffered $500k or more in losses to submit your losses now. Class Period: Aug. 5, 2022 – Nov. 3, 2022Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr. 4, 2023Visits: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/TEAM Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895 Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) Securities Fraud Class Action: The litigation focuses on Defendants’ past assurances that Atlassian was vigilantly watching all stages of the funnels in which it operates, that “[t]he good news […] is that we have yet to see any specific trend geographically or even in industry segments or…
Read More

Seventh Circuit Upholds Digital Sign Ban Citing Recent Supreme Court Case

This post originally appeared in Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. of Ancel Glink and is reposted with permission. We have written a number of posts on Municipal Minute discussing the US Supreme Court’s rulings in cases challenging municipal sign codes under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed v. Gilbert that struck down the Town of Gilbert, Arizona’s temporary sign regulations. The Reed case had afterward been applied by a number of courts across the country in challenges to municipal sign regulations where sign companies and others made an argument that the challenged…
Read More

FATE INVESTOR ALERT: Hagens Berman, National Trial

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE) investors who have suffered significant losses to submit your losses now. Class Period: Apr. 2, 2020 – Jan. 5, 2023Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Mar. 22, 2023Visits: https://www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/FATE Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895 Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (FATE) Securities Fraud Class Action: The litigation focuses on Fate’s widely touted April 2020 collaboration agreement with Janssen Biotech, pursuant to which Janssen and Fate agreed to collaborate to develop iPSC-derived CAR-NK and CAR T-cell product candidates for the treatment of cancer. Under this agreement, Fate received a $50…
Read More

Legal experts mock Trump lawyer’s “really weak defense” of classified-marked folders found by his bed

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney downplayed a folder marked classified that was found in his bedroom, claiming that he only used it to help him sleep. Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore told CNN on Sunday that the former president’s legal team completed its searches for classified material on his properties and turned over an empty folder marked “Classified Evening Summary,” which was found in Trump’s bedroom, in response to a subpoena. Parlatore told CNN that Trump used the folder to block a light on his phone, calling it one of the more “humorous” aspects of the investigation. “He has one of…
Read More

ROSEN, LEADING TRIAL ATTORNEYS, Encourages Atlassian

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) between August 5, 2022 and November 3, 2022, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important April 4, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased Atlassian common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Atlassian class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=11753 or call Phillip…
Read More