The Supreme Court of Ohio heard the case on Wednesday. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 9:25 AM EDT April 29, 2021
MARYSVILLE, Ohio Union County homeowners west of Marysville say they’re tired of seeing trains sit idle at intersections, sometimes for longer than an hour, preventing them from getting to where they need to be.
“It s a big inconvenience when you live 10 minutes from town and it takes you a half-hour to get there or longer, said one homeowner, who did not want to share his name.
But it’s more than time wasted in the car that has people like him frustrated.
BIPA Preemption is Punted Past Initial Pleading Stage Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Once again, we find ourselves reviewing a pertinent decision regarding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). For our new readers, BIPA regulates the sale and storage of “biometric information”. In 2008, when the legislature enacted it, BIPA was acknowledged as forward thinking. Since then, it has consistently raised novel issues in litigation. A recent case revisits an issue that we have discussed before: whether certain federal statutes may preempt BIPA. In this case, ultimately, the court was unable to reach the issue at the earliest pleading stage. Read on to learn more.
Judge allows Union Pacific to break 149-year-old contract with Palestine The City of Palestine moved on Tuesday to file an initial response to a lawsuit involving Union Pacific. (Source: KLTV News) By Stewart Smith | February 5, 2021 at 11:53 AM CST - Updated February 5 at 2:38 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A federal judge in Tyler has ruled that Union Pacific Railroad is no longer bound by old contracts with the City of Palestine.
In 1872, Union Pacific entered into a contractual relationship with the City of Palestine and Anderson County, wherein Union Pacific agreed to run its rail line to and through Palestine, while also agreeing to “locate and establish and forever thereafter keep and maintain” its “general offices, machine shops and roundhouses” in Palestine. The City of Palestine for their part promised to raise $150,000 in bonds for the railroad from the citizens of Anderson County.