Smithfield files federal racketeering lawsuit against union (The Herald-Sun)

Smithfield Foods Inc. filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against the United Food and Commerical Workers union, which for more than a decade has waged an outspoken campaign to organize workers at the company’s massive hog slaughterhouse in rural North Carolina.

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Woman’s Beach jail lawsuit moves to federal court (The Virginian-Pilot) VIRGINIA BEACH The lawsuit by a mentally ill woman who claims she was denied adequate medical care and severely beaten by sheriff's deputies while at the city jail has been moved to federal court. . . . [News Source]

Smithfield Files Lawsuit Against Union (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Smithfield Foods Inc. filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against the United Food and Commercial Workers union, which for more than a decade has waged an outspoken campaign to organize workers at the company's massive hog slaughterhouse in rural North Carolina. [News Source]

Smithfield files federal racketeering lawsuit against union (WAVY 10)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A union representative says the timing of a lawsuit filed by Smithfield Foods shows the company was never negotiating in good faith to hold organizing elections at its plant in Tar Heel.

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Smithfield Files Lawsuit Against Union (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Smithfield Foods Inc. filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Wednesday against the United Food and Commercial Workers union, which for more than a decade has waged an outspoken campaign to organize workers at the company's massive hog slaughterhouse in rural North Carolina. [News Source]

Brualdi Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Bravo! Brands (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - Brualdi Law Firm files Class Action Lawsuit Against Bravo! Brands [News Source]

University leader requests leave amid lawsuit (Sports Illustrated) Richard Roberts said he will step aside temporarily as president of Oral Roberts University as the school fights a wrongful termination lawsuit by three former professors who accuse Roberts and his wife of misconduct. [News Source]

Villagers to launch billion-baht lawsuit (Bangkok Post) Kanchanaburi _ Residents of Klity village plan to file a billion-baht lawsuit against Lead Concentrates Co tomorrow for the continuing threat they say its activities pose to their health. [News Source]

University leader granted leave amid lawsuit (CNN.com) Richard Roberts said he will step aside temporarily as president of Oral Roberts University as the school fights a wrongful termination lawsuit by three former professors who accuse Roberts and his wife of misconduct. [News Source]

Cooper files lawsuit claiming Langford not Birmingham resident (BizJournals)

Birmingham attorney and mayoral candidate Patrick Cooper has filed a lawsuit claiming Mayor-elect Larry Langford is not a resident of the city and should be disqualified.

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