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Actor Cohen Sues Cannabis Firm for $9M Over Use of ‘Borat’ Image on Billboard
Jul 13 2021 // Film and television actor Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his movie character Borat, is suing a Massachusetts cannabis firm for $9 million because Cohen says the firm used his likeness on a billboard without his...
State Officials Sue Owners of Illinois Chemical Plant that Burned
Jul 12 2021 // Illinois prosecutors on July 9 sued the owner of a chemical plant where a fire in June sent dark smoke and ash into the air for days and prompted evacuations, saying the company should be held accountable for air and water...
Shell Abandons Push to Get Oil Spill Lawsuit to Be Heard in Nigeria
Jul 12 2021 // Royal Dutch Shell Plc has abandoned its final attempt to argue that a major lawsuit brought by thousands of Nigerians over an oil spill in the West African country should be heard in Nigeria rather than the...
Former Player Sues Baseball Hall of Fame Over Mickey Mantle’s Bat
Jul 12 2021 // Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has filed a lawsuit against the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum seeking the return of the Louisville Slugger bat that Mickey Mantle used to hit his 500th career home run...
Judge Allows Suits Over New York Police Handling of 2020 Racial Protests
Jul 12 2021 // A federal judge rejected a request by New York City to dismiss lawsuits claiming police violated the constitutional rights of people protesting racial injustice after the death of George Floyd last year. U.S. District...
Cardinal Health, AppleOne Settle California Harassment and Retaliation Suit for $1.45M
Jul 9 2021 // Global health care services and products company Cardinal Health will pay $1.45 million to resolve a racial harassment and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Guy Carpenter Launches Suite of Climate Advisory and Modeling Services
Jul 9 2021 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of a suite of climate advisory and modeling services, as companies look to develop and integrate robust climate change strategies...
Ex-Liberty University Exec Files Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination
Jul 9 2021 // A former NFL player hired last year to help lead diversity initiatives at Liberty University is suing the school, alleging racial discrimination in his demotion and subsequent firing. The federal lawsuit filed Friday by...
Missouri Lawsuit: Former Sheriff Stole Drugs, Assaulted Plaintiff
Jul 9 2021 // A woman has alleged in a civil rights lawsuit that a former northwest Missouri sheriff gave her drugs and sexually assaulted her. The St. Joseph News-Press reported that the claims involve former Harrison County Sheriff...
VW to Appeal Italy Court Decision Ordering $236M Payment in Dieselgate Class Action
Jul 8 2021 // Volkswagen said on Thursday it would appeal against a decision by an Italian court ordering the German group to refund consumers participating in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker’s rigging of diesel emissions...
Trump Lawsuits Allege Social Media Firms Violate Free Speech Rights
Jul 8 2021 // Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Twitter Inc,. Facebook Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, as well as their chief executives, alleging they unlawfully silence conservative...
German Consumer Group Files Lawsuit Against Daimler over Diesel Emissions Scandal
Jul 8 2021 // Germany’s largest consumer protection group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against car maker Daimler that it said would make it easier for Mercedes owners to gain redress over a diesel emissions scandal. The lawsuit,...
Ever Given Container Ship Resumes Journey from Suez, 106 Days After Getting Stuck
Jul 7 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – The Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, resumed its journey and left the Suez Canal on Wednesday, 106 days after becoming wedged across a southern section of the waterway for...
Judge Advances Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Voice Assistant
Jul 7 2021 // A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations of people who accidentally trigger its voice-activated Voice Assistant on their...
British Airways Settles Class Action with 2018 Data Breach Victims
Jul 7 2021 // British Airways has settled a case brought by customers and staff affected by a massive 2018 data breach that led to personal information being leaked, the court-appointed lead solicitors in the case said on Tuesday. Law...
New Mexico City Settling Ex-Officers’ Suit over Race-Based Enforcement
Jul 6 2021 // Hobbs, N.M., will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected to racist language and directed to target minority neighborhoods. The 2017 lawsuit...
Court Won’t Revive Louisiana Suit in Death of Man Who Yelled ‘Kill Me’
Jul 6 2021 // An appeals court has refused to revive a lawsuit in the death of a man who shouted “Kill me” while endangering the life of a Louisiana sheriff’s lieutenant in 2016. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Biden Administration Backs Maine City Ordinance in Pipeline Suit
Jul 6 2021 // The Biden administration supported in court filings this week a South Portland air quality ordinance that has effectively prohibited the import of crude oil via a Canadian pipeline. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a...
Mayo Clinic in Minnesota Sued in Alleged Snooping of Nude Patient Photos
Jul 6 2021 // Mayo Clinic has been sued by three female patients who say a former surgery resident viewed nude photographs of them in their medical records. The lawsuits claim Ahmad Alsughayer, 28, of Saginaw, Michigan, had no reason to...
New Mexico Opening Door to New Era of Civil Rights Lawsuits
Jul 6 2021 // Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and civil rights violations are expanding Thursday as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits against government agencies in state...
