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Journalists Settle Suit Over Mistreatment Covering Minnesota Protests
Feb 10 2022 // The state of Minnesota has agreed to pay $825,000 and change several policies to settle a lawsuit brought by journalists who said they were hurt or harassed while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd...
FTC Files Suit Against Auto Warranty Firm, Charging Deceptive Practices
Feb 10 2022 // The Federal Trade Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida-based vehicle warranty firm and related companies, charging that the firms’ telemarketers illegally said they represented car manufacturers...
Appeals Court Allows Dallas Police Excessive Force Lawsuit to Proceed
Feb 10 2022 // The family of a Dallas man who died in police custody five years ago can proceed with their lawsuit against four officers, a federal appeals court ruled in an opinion filed last week that overturned a lower court’s...
Families Allege Safety Violations in Suing Building Owners Over Bronx Fire That Killed 17
Feb 10 2022 // Several families whose loved ones died or were critically injured while trying to escape a smoked-filled Bronx apartment building sued the owners Tuesday, alleging safety violations that led to the wrongful deaths of 17...
UCLA Settling Gynecologist Sex Abuse Lawsuit for $246M
Feb 9 2022 // The University of California has agreed to pay $246.3 million to settle allegations that hundreds of women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynecologist, lawyers and the university announced Tuesday. The settlement...
Lawsuit Alleges Negligence in Ohio Jail Inmate’s Diabetes Death
Feb 9 2022 // Corrections and medical officials at an Ohio jail mishandled an inmate with diabetes and their indifference led to his death last year, according to a federal lawsuit. At issue is care received by Chavis Martinez at...
Tesla Expects California Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination, Harassment at Factory
Feb 9 2022 // Tesla Inc. said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and harassment. The lawsuit appears to be...
Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination
Feb 9 2022 // A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc. in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer. U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected...
Lawsuits by Comedians Say Pandora’s Streaming of Their Material Isn’t Funny
Feb 9 2022 // The estates of Robin Williams and George Carlin sued Sirius XM’s Pandora Media Inc. on Monday, claiming the online music service owes royalties for streaming their material millions of times. Williams and...
3 Firms to Pay $65M to Settle Upstate New York Water Pollution Class Action
Feb 8 2022 // HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $65 million settlement in a class action lawsuit with three companies over chemical contamination of the water supply in an upstate New York village. The Times...
Group of Ohio State Sex Abuse Survivors Appeal Lawsuit Dismissal
Feb 7 2022 // The inappropriate behavior of a long-dead Ohio State team doctor went unrecognized as sexual abuse until only recently and hence a deadline for suing the university over the abuse has not passed, a group of survivors argue...
Jury Awards $50 million to South Carolina Mayor in Defamation Lawsuit
Feb 7 2022 // A jury in South Carolina awarded $50 million in damages to a mayor in a defamation case against a longtime critic. Mayor Sulka The Beaufort County jury decided Thursday that Skip Hoagland has to pay Bluffton Mayor Lisa...
NFL Vows to Improve Minority Hiring Policies, Investigate Tanking Allegations
Feb 7 2022 // National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams Saturday that the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches, and he pledged an investigation...
Google Sued by Price Comparison Provider, PriceRunner, for $2.4 Billion
Feb 7 2022 // STOCKHOLM — Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner said on Monday it was suing Alphabet-owned Google for about 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion), the latest firm to take legal action alleging the search giant...
Shares in French Care Homes Company Korian Drop as It Faces Group Lawsuit
Feb 7 2022 // Shares in French care homes company Korian slid lower on Monday after a Paris lawyer said she was preparing a group lawsuit against the company. Lawyer Sarah Saldmann told FranceInfo radio over the weekend that she had...
Reuters Special Report: J&J’s Secret Plan to Limit Payouts to Cancer Claimants
Feb 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly...
Judges Tosses Maryland Family’s Suit Blaming Uber for Driver’s Killing by Passenger
Feb 7 2022 // A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family of a rideshare driver who was killed by a passenger in 2019. U.S. District Judge Catherine...
Texas Sues Google Over Local Radio Ads for Its Smartphones
Feb 7 2022 // Texas’ attorney general on Jan. 19 sued Google, alleging the company asked local radio DJs to record personal endorsements for smartphones that they hadn’t used or been provided. In the lawsuit filed in...
Pennsylvania Township Reported to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $950K
Feb 4 2022 // ALLENTOWN, Pa. —The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania amusement park in 2018 will reportedly receive part of a $950,000 settlement of a federal civil rights...
Geico $4.5M Insurance Fraud Suit Seeks Documents From New York City Mayoral Aide
Feb 4 2022 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff, Frank Carone, was subpoenaed for documents in a $4.5 million federal civil racketeering lawsuit over alleged fraudulent insurance charges. The subpoena to Carone, who...
