Tag: dismissal

Meta lawyers seek suit dismissal alleging failure to address human trafficking

Lawyers for Meta Platforms and several of its current and former leaders, are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging the company has deliberately failed to protect users of its social media platforms from human trafficking and child sexual exploitation. The lawsuit, filed last year by several investment funds, claims that Meta’s […]

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago co-defendant seeks dismissal of charges in documents case

Lawyers for Donald Trump’s second co-defendant in the criminal case involving his retention of classified documents has asked a federal judge to throw out the parts of the indictment charging him with conspiring to obstruct justice and making false statements to the FBI. Carlos De Oliveira, who worked as the maintenance chief at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago […]

Steven Tyler wins dismissal of sexual assault suit

STORY: A U.S. judge has dismissed a sexual assault lawsuit against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. The lawsuit alleged that Tyler had sexually assaulted former teenage model Jeanne Bellino twice in one day nearly 50 years ago. A Manhattan District judge on Wednesday said Bellino had waited too long to sue the 75-year-old Tyler, who has […]

County seeks dismissal of city storrmwater action

Feb. 10—An attorney for Pittsburg County commissioners is asking the courts to dismiss a city petition related to a dispute over unpaid stormwater fees. Attorney Chris Collins, of Oklahoma City, filed the county’s response to the city of McAlester’s petition in which the city is asking the courts for a declaratory judgment to force Pittsburg […]

Germany’s highest-ranking military officers visit Kyiv at Zaluzhnyi’s invitation on day of his dismissal, meet Syrskyi

Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer and Defense Ministry special staff for Ukraine, Major General Christian Freuding, arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit at the invitation of former Commander-in-Chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi on the day of his dismissal, the German newspaper Bild reported on Feb. 8, citing German Defense Ministry. According to the publication, the […]