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New Orleans Housing Authority, Private Developers to Settle $250,000 Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Oct 4 2022 // The Department of Justice announced that the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and seven private developers have agreed to pay $250,000 to settle claims that they violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and Americans...
Trump Sues CNN for Defamation, Seeks $475M in Punitive Damages
Oct 4 2022 // Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming the network had carried out a “campaign of libel and slander” against him. Trump...
McDonald’s Defeats Black Franchisees’ $1B Bias Lawsuit, For Now
Oct 4 2022 // McDonald’s Corp. has temporarily beat back a lawsuit by 52 Black former franchise owners who claim the fast-food giant set them up for failure by steering them towards crime-ridden, low-income neighborhoods. A...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit in New Mexico Veteran’s Death Settled for $300K
Oct 4 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed against the New Mexico Department of Health after a Vietnam War veteran contracted COVID-19 at a veterans’ home has been settled for $300,000. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that...
Drag Performer Files Defamation Suit in Idaho for Edited Video
Oct 4 2022 // A drag performer has filed a defamation lawsuit against a far-right blogger he accuses of releasing a doctored video that falsely made it look as if he had exposed himself to children. Eric Posey filed the lawsuit in a...
Ex-PG&E Execs Paying $117M To Settle California Wildfires Lawsuit
Oct 3 2022 // Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment. The settlement...
Peloton, Lululemon Settle Lawsuit Over Women’s Apparel Line
Oct 3 2022 // Peloton Interactive Inc. has reached a settlement of a lawsuit in which Lululemon Athletica Inc. accused the exercise bike maker of infringing its patents by developing a line of apparel for women. Without admitting...
Judge Dismisses Mexico Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturers
Oct 3 2022 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers arguing their commercial practices has led to bloodshed in Mexico. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston ruled...
Jurors to Decide Damages Amount in Sandy Hook Defamation Suit
Oct 3 2022 // After watching days of testimony that included the parents of slain children breaking down on the witness stand, a Connecticut jury soon will have the difficult task of coming up with a dollar amount that conspiracy...
Judge Appoints Mediator in New Orleans Hotel Collapse Lawsuits
Oct 3 2022 // A New Orleans judge has brought in a mediator to try to work out a settlement with hundreds of people who claim damage from collapse of part of a hotel under construction nearly three years ago. Plaintiffs say they were...
Insurer Off the Hook in Defending Western Union Against Terrorist Financing Suit
Sep 30 2022 // An insurer’s war and financial services exclusions relieve it of having to provide coverage for an insured being sued for allegedly aiding international terrorists responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines...
Families of 3 Survivors File First Uvalde School Shooting Lawsuit
Sep 30 2022 // The families of three children who survived the Uvalde mass shooting in May have filed the first lawsuit in a federal court against the Uvalde school district, law enforcement officials, gun makers and others, alleging...
Gun Manufacturer Sued Over Link to July 4 Illinois Parade Shooting
Sep 30 2022 // Survivors of the mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and family members of those killed filed 11 lawsuits Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the attack, accusing gun-maker Smith...
Transgender Teacher, Maryland School District Settle Lawsuit
Sep 30 2022 // UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A transgender teacher who said she was harassed by students, parents and colleagues has settled a lawsuit with a Maryland school district with an agreement that includes policy changes and...
HP Enterprise to Pay $8.5 Million to Settle Gender Pay Gap Suit
Sep 29 2022 // Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. agreed to pay $8.5 million to resolve a lawsuit that alleged it pays female employees less than their male counterparts. The settlement funds, minus attorney fees and expenses, will go to...
Woman Who Gave Birth on Cell Floor Sues, Says Nurses Ignored Her Cries for Help
Sep 29 2022 // A woman who said she was left to give birth to her baby alone on the dirty floor of her jail cell in Maryland filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that jail nurses ignored her screams and pleas for helps for six...
California to Allow Lawsuits Against ‘Cyber Flashers’
Sep 29 2022 // Californians who find themselves victims of “cyber flashing” can sue under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law aims to punish and deter those who send unsolicited sexually explicit messages via text,...
Louisiana Furniture Retailer Sued for Race Discrimination
Sep 28 2022 // Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable Home Furnishings, a furniture retailer and lessor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, violated federal law when it subjected an African American manager-in-training to a...
EU Draft Rules Would Make It Easier to Sue Drone Makers, AI Systems
Sep 28 2022 // Individuals and companies that suffer harm from drones, robots and other products or services equipped with artificial intelligence software will find it easier to sue for compensation under EU draft rules seen by...
Appeals Court Won’t Certify Class Action on State Farm’s Diminished Value Formula
Sep 28 2022 // Auto and property insurers in the last three months have settled class-action lawsuits in Southern states alleging the carriers systematically underpaid claims. A federal appeals court in Georgia has decided a similar...
