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Massachusetts Police Sued Over Wrongful Arrest Deny Racial Profiling Claim
Aug 9 2022 // A Massachusetts police department whose officers are accused of wrongfully arresting a Black man while pursuing a white suspect said Friday that an outside investigation found no evidence of racial profiling. The town...
Gallagher Calls Alliant’s Filing in Poaching Suit a ‘Masterclass in Deflection’
Aug 8 2022 // In the latest in the back-and-forth court filings between Arthur J. Gallagher and Alliant Insurance Services, Gallagher said its competitor is putting on a “masterclass in deflection” to prevent the court from...
Alliant Response to Gallagher Poaching Suit: Female Employees Left Due to Poor Treatment
Aug 5 2022 // Alliant Insurance Services fired back at rival Arthur J. Gallagher in response to a request from Gallagher for a temporary restraining order against Alliant, accusing Gallagher of “rampant sexism, discrimination, and...
Equifax May Face Class-Action Suit After Credit-Score Glitch
Aug 5 2022 // Equifax Inc., the second-biggest global credit bureau, was hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit after a report that it provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of US consumers looking for loans. The suit, filed...
Lawsuit Against Massachusetts Police Alleges Wrongful Arrest of Black Man
Aug 5 2022 // A suburban Boston police officer who was pursuing a white suspect pinned a 20-year-old Black man to the ground as he was walking home and placed a knee on the man’s neck despite having no evidence that he was...
Duante Wright’s Passenger Sues Minnesota Town, Officer
Aug 4 2022 // The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last year is suing the city and the former officer who killed him. The lawsuit says passenger Alayna...
Rent-A-Center Settles California Lawsuit Alleging Overpricing
Aug 4 2022 // Rent-A-Center, one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies, will pay $15.5 million to settle California’s allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers, Attorney General Rob...
Iowa Basketball League to Pay $1 Million in Youth Exploitation Lawsuit
Aug 3 2022 // An Iowa-based youth basketball league agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by former players whose coach secretly recorded them undressing or obtained nude photos of them and is now serving a lengthy prison...
Gallagher Sues Alliant Again for Alleged ‘Corporate Raid’ of Employees
Aug 2 2022 // Broker Arthur J. Gallagher filed another poaching lawsuit against Alliant Insurance Services, alleging Alliant is “presently engaged in a corporate raid of Gallagher’s Chicago office.” According to the...
Blue Cross Sues Mississippi Med Center Officials for Defamation
Aug 1 2022 // Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi on Thursday said it was suing three employees of the University of Mississippi Medical Center for allegedly spreading false information. The lawsuit is the latest development in...
New York Attorney Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Litigation Financing Scheme
Jul 29 2022 // A disbarred New York lawyer was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison for defrauding investors in his now bankrupt litigation finance firm called Cash4Cases. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of...
Tobacco Firms Sued for $133 Million in Missed Settlement Payouts
Jul 29 2022 // Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and more than a dozen other tobacco companies were sued by Iowa’s attorney general for allegedly failing to pay the state $133 million due under a 1998 settlement intended...
Freight Broker Sues Liberty Mutual for ‘Excessive’ Work Comp Premiums
Jul 29 2022 // An Illinois freight broker has filed a lawsuit accusing Liberty Mutual of overcharging it by demanding payment of workers’ compensation premiums for independent contractors who are ineligible for benefits. Virnich...
State Farm Settles Alabama Class Action Charging it Underpaid Claims
Jul 29 2022 // Did State Farm Insurance employ a clever device to reduce its payout – sometimes to zero – on thousands of property claims in Alabama? The insurance company has denied underpaying claims and other wrongdoing, but has...
Black Family Sues Sesame Place Amusement Park, Alleging Discrimination
Jul 29 2022 // A Baltimore family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25 million over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during a meet-and-greet event...
Judge Questions 3M’s Use of Bankruptcy to Fight Veterans’ Suits
Jul 28 2022 // The federal judge administering more than 230,000 lawsuits against 3M Co. questioned whether the industrial giant acted in good faith when it decided to try to shift the cases to bankruptcy court instead of facing separate...
Greensill Capital Sued by 277 Former Employees Over Firm’s Collapse, Job Losses
Jul 28 2022 // A group of ex-Greensill Capital employees sued the defunct firm in London, accusing management of unfairly keeping them in the dark about the company’s “imminent danger of collapse.” A group of 277...
Trial Begins in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook Damages Lawsuit
Jul 28 2022 // Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, an attorney for one...
Insureds Can’t Block Repairs Then Sue Insurer, Florida Appeals Court Agrees
Jul 28 2022 // Insureds cannot recover damages from the insurance company if they failed to comply with the policy and failed to allow the insurer to make the needed repairs, a Florida appeals court decided Wednesday. Florida’s 3rd...
New Hampshire Joins States Suing Pharmacies Over Role in Opioid Epidemic
Jul 28 2022 // The state of New Hampshire sued pharmacy chains Tuesday, becoming the latest government entity seeking to hold them accountable for fueling the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic. The lawsuit filed by Attorney General...
