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Woman’s Oregon City Suit Blames Tear Gas for Impacting Menstrual Health

Dec 13 2021 // A woman is suing the city of Portland, Oregon, alleging that tear gas deployed by police during summer 2020 demonstrations caused lasting damage to her menstrual health. Lanora Vasquez’s lawyer, Michael Fuller, filed...

Reinsurer Says U.S. Should Regulate $17 Billion Litigation Funding Industry

Dec 13 2021 // Litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52% of that money being spent in the United States, Swiss Re said in a recent report. The reinsurer said third-party litigation funding (TPLF) is...

Virginia Environmental Groups Sue Over James River Pollution

Dec 10 2021 // Two conservation organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Henrico County in Virginia, alleging the county allowed tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage to seep into the James River and its tributaries over...

Carrabba’s Must Pay $690,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit

Dec 10 2021 // Carrabba’s Italian Grill, a nationwide chain, and a restaurant staffing firm must pay $690,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced. The federal agency...

Astroworld Lawsuits to be Handled by One Judge

Dec 9 2021 // The more than 300 lawsuits that have been filed so far in Houston following a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld festival that left 10 people dead have been consolidated and will be handled by one judge as the cases...

Google Sues Russians for Alleged ‘Borderless’ Organized Cyber Crime Operation

Dec 9 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is suing two Russian nationals it claims are part of a criminal enterprise that has silently infiltrated more than a million computers and devices around the world, creating “a modern...

Judge Rules Goldman Sachs Must Again Face 2008 Securities Fraud Class Action

Dec 9 2021 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc .must again face a class action by shareholders who said they lost $13 billion because the Wall Street bank hid conflicts of interest when creating risky subprime securities before the 2008...

Minnesota Trucking Company to Pay $500,000 Settlement over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

Dec 9 2021 // Stan Koch and Sons Trucking, based in Minneapolis, will pay $500,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to the EEOC’s...

Former Oregon Capitol Official Threatens to Sue

Dec 8 2021 // A former Oregon official who was tasked with fielding harassment complaints in the state Capitol before resigning in June says he was pushed out for revealing flaws in the Legislative Equity Office and is now threatening...

Connecticut Town Settles Housing Lawsuit Over Group Home Denial

Dec 8 2021 // The town of Wolcott, Connecticut, said Monday it has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed after it failed to allow a group home for mentally disabled adults to open in a residential neighborhood. The U.S. Justice...

How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes

Dec 8 2021 // Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing...

Arthur J. Gallagher to Pay $40K to Settle Colorado Religious Discrimination Suit

Dec 7 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will pay $40,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC charged that Arthur J. Gallagher violated federal...

Parents of Indiana Girl Sue City After She Drowns in Pool

Dec 7 2021 // The parents of a 5-year-old girl who drowned last summer in a southwest Indiana city’s swimming pool are suing the city and the child’s foster parent, accusing them of negligence in her death. The lawsuit filed...

Nevada Court Sides With Gunmakers in Deadly Las Vegas Shooting Suit

Dec 6 2021 // Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon...

Florida City Braces for Lawsuits Over Repeated Sewage Spills

Dec 6 2021 // The city of Bradenton, Florida, could soon find itself in the same spot as other local governments that have been accused of breaking federal law with repeated sewage spills. Led by Suncoast Waterkeeper, several...

Lawsuit Says Dairy Company is Misrepresenting Hawaii Links

Dec 6 2021 // A food distributor in Hawaii has filed a federal lawsuit against a dairy company because milk from the mainland is allegedly being sold under a name that advertises local ties. The lawsuit filed by Hawaii Foodservice...

14 Insurers Pressing Lawsuit vs. Park Service After Gatlinburg Wildfires

Dec 2 2021 // Fourteen insurance companies are pressing ahead with a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that the National Park Service did little to stop 2016 wildfires that destroyed dozens of homes and businesses in and...

$3.5M Police Wrongful-Death Suit Settled in Washington

Dec 2 2021 // Seattle, Washington will pay $3.5 million to settle a wrongful-death civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the children of a pregnant Black woman who was fatally shot by two white Seattle police officers in 2017. Karen Koehler,...

Michigan Abandons Oil Pipeline Suit, Refocuses on Separate Case

Dec 2 2021 // Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer abandoned a lawsuit Tuesday, Nov. 30 aimed at shutting down an oil pipeline that runs through part of the Great Lakes but said the state would continue pursuing a separate case with the same...

Nebraska Jury Awards $26 Million in Malpractice Lawsuit

Dec 2 2021 // A Douglas County jury has awarded $26.1 million to a Sarpy County family who sued Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha after their child was sent home following an accidental fall and then suffered...