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☆ Wells Fargo, a juicy target, sparks lead counsel fight among shareholder firms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Alison Frankel | Thomson Reuters | Alison Frankel Has Covered High-Stakes Commercial Litigation As A Columnist For Reuters Since A Dartmouth College Graduate | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, yet another plaintiffs' firm, Robbins, is deep into a similar derivative suit against Wells Fargo board members in San Francisco Superior Court. But it’s worth noting that in 2022, Wells Fargo won the dismissal of a previous shareholder derivative suit accusing the board of regulatory compliance failures. Kessler said its complaint, which includes "detailed" and "substantial" references to Wells Fargo internal documents, was more likely to withstand a dismissal motion from the bank. Scott + Scott told Tigar that it had the most up-to-date documents from Wells Fargo because it brought a Section 220 demand after the $3.7 billion CFPB agreement. I would not be surprised to see a rival derivative suit filed in Delaware Chancery Court by one of the shareholder firms spurned by Tigar.

Persons: Cromwell, Wells Fargo, Wells, Robbins Geller Rudman, Dowd, Kessler Topaz Meltzer, Scott, Scott –, They're, Jon Tigar, Robbins, Wells Fargo’s, Kessler Topaz, Kessler, Robbins Geller, Tigar, Robbins Geller didn’t, Randall Baron, board's, Andrew Cheng, Read Organizations: Sullivan, U.S . Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S . Office, Currency, OCC, Wells, U.S, District, San Francisco Superior Court, Tigar, Wells Fargo, San Francisco, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Oakland, Wells Fargo, San Francisco, Wells, San, California, Delaware Chancery

☆ Women laid off from Twitter say Elon Musk tweeted 'Testosterone rocks ngl' weeks after they were let go, new discrimination lawsuit alleges
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Twitter employees filed a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of sex, race, and age discrimination. The lawsuit notes that within weeks of the layoffs, Musk tweeted: "Testosterone rocks, ngl." A group of former Twitter employees filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the platform's owner, Elon Musk, of sex, race, and age discrimination. It also alleges that the layoffs disproportionately impacted women, Black employees, and employees aged 50 and older. The lawsuit notes that within weeks of the layoffs, Musk tweeted on December 4, "Testosterone rocks, ngl," using the abbreviation for "not gonna lie."

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, James Cameron's, Jon Tigar, baselessly, Tesla Organizations: Twitter, Rolling Stone, US Locations: Fremont

July 27 (Reuters) - A high-profile lawsuit by a California woman who claimed that Subway's tuna products contain ingredients other than tuna has been dismissed. The Oakland, California-based judge will rule later on Subway's request that Amin's lawyers be sanctioned for bringing a frivolous class action. Amin claimed to have ordered Subway tuna products more than 100 times before suing in January 2021, claiming that its tuna sandwiches, salads and wraps included other fish species, chicken, pork and cattle, or no tuna at all. Subway also faulted Amin's "ever-changing" theories to debunk its claim that its tuna products were "100% tuna." In opposing sanctions, Amin's lawyers said she had a "good faith, non-frivolous basis based on testing and evidence that there was something amiss" with Subway tuna.

Persons: Nilima Amin, Jon Tigar's, Amin, Amin's, Tigar, Jonathan Stempel, Jamie Freed Organizations: U.S, District, Subway, Court, Northern District of, Thomson Locations: California, Oakland , California, U.S, Northern District, Northern District of California

☆ A Federal Judge Blocked Biden’s Immigration Restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The number of migrants apprehended at the southern U.S. border has plummeted over the past two months, in spite of expectations of a big influx after the lifting of Title 42 in May. Perhaps the biggest reason for the drop, officials say, is that President Biden’s stringent new asylum rules have effectively turned migrants away. Today, that policy was struck down by a federal judge in California, dealing a major blow to Biden’s efforts to manage immigration along the southern border. The groups argued that the policy left migrants vulnerable during long waits in Mexico border towns and that it mimicked a Trump administration rule that had already been blocked. The judge — Jon Tigar, an Obama appointee — sided with the advocacy groups, writing that the policy was “both substantively and procedurally invalid.” He however stayed his order for 14 days, giving the Biden administration time for an appeal.

Persons: Trump, Jon Tigar, —, Biden Organizations: U.S Locations: U.S, California, Mexico

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's new regulation restricting asylum access at the U.S.-Mexico border, upending a key tenet of his plan to deter migration after COVID-era Title 42 restrictions ended in May. California-based U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar stayed the order for 14 days, leaving the restrictions in place for now. The Biden administration within hours appealed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The number of migrants caught crossing the border illegally plummeted in recent months after the new regulation went into place. Whether the trend will continue if the new asylum restrictions are blocked remains unclear.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Jon Tigar, Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Tigar, prolongs, Katrina Eiland, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Chris Reese, Daniel Wallis Organizations: U.S, District, Appeals, Democrat, Republican, Trump, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, Reuters, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, White, Thomson Locations: U.S, Mexico, . California, Belize, Colombia, Washington, New York

☆ A judge threw out a lawsuit from laid-off Twitter staffers which claimed Elon Musk's cuts unfairly targeted women
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It said "unreasonable" working hours unfairly affected women and cited past apparently-sexist statements from Elon Musk. Two former employees first filed the suit last December, a month after Elon Musk laid off half the company's staff. It also cited Musk's "unreasonable" demands Twitter staff work 84-hours a week, and the end of the work from home policy. "The ultimate decision-maker in these layoffs, Elon Musk, has a history of making hostile and demeaning comments about women," Liss-Riodan told the news outlet. On Monday, Insider's Kali Hays reported that Twitter staff are growing increasingly frustrated over a drastic cut to its parental leave policy.

REUTERS/Thomas White/IllustrationMay 8 (Reuters) - The California woman suing Subway for claiming its tuna products contain ingredients other than tuna wants to end her lawsuit because she is pregnant, prompting Subway to demand her lawyers be sanctioned for bringing a frivolous case. Amin's lawyers did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment. The plaintiff claimed to have ordered Subway tuna products more than 100 times before suing in January 2021. She accused Subway of using other fish species, chicken, pork and cattle in its tuna products, or no tuna at all. The case is Amin v Subway Restaurants Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.

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