Texas Supreme Court justices Wednesday questioned whether absent former student tenants have standing to seek civil penalties for alleged violations of the state property code, in a case that could reshape the future of representative action in the Lone Star State.
American Campus Communities Inc., a group of over 30 landlords of university apartments, faces potential claims of 80,000 former tenants seeking statutory damages estimated to be more than $100 million. Several student tenants sued, alleging that lease provisions waiving landlords’ duty to make repairs violated statutory anti-waiver provisions. They also alleged that landlords failed to include mandated disclosures in ...
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Kolkata: Kolkata Police has been grappling with a fresh challenge since the past week — controlling fake news. While it initially started with fake circulars, beginning with "restrictions" on cert...