Ok when was the last time you heard about a city having to settle a lawsuit because it ran out of money? Well, a judge approved a settlement between Roseburg Forest Products and the City of Weed, California, last week, ending a two-year legal dispute over water rights. Under terms of the settlement, the City […]
A legal fight between the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians and Wells Fargo Bank has erupted in New York state court. Wells Fargo is suing California’s Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians over a $250 million loan that the bank says the casino-owning tribe is avoiding paying back. The Fresno Bee reported that the 2012 loan […]
All disputes can get heated, but this one started out pretty hot. Underwood Ranches, growers of chiles used in Huy Fong Foods’ incredibly popular Sriracha sauce recently won $23.3 million in a breach of contract suit. According to news sources, the family-owned Underwood farm was once the exclusive supplier of the chile peppers at the […]
The University of Southern California (USC) is almost synonymous with legal troubles these days and this week, the revered university agreed to pay $50 million to the University of California, San Diego, to settle a highly unusual lawsuit over USC’s hiring of a world-class Alzheimer’s researcher away from San Diego. UC San Diego filed the […]