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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...
5 Lawsuits Filed in Surfside Condo Collapse; Judge Says $48M Insurance Not Enough
Jul 5 2021 // Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as plaintiffs move to preserve evidence at the site of the partially collapsed...
Child Sex Abuse Victims to Have More Time to File Suit in Louisiana
Jul 5 2021 // Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation removing deadlines for Louisiana’s child sex abuse victims to pursue damages in civil court, delivering a victory to survivors of abuse at the hands of Catholic...
Ex-Principal Suing Oregon School District for Discrimination
Jul 5 2021 // A former South Albany High School principal is suing Greater Albany Public Schools, claiming the district racially discriminated against him and created a hostile work environment. Nain “Nate” Munoz filed the...
City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
Jul 5 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...
$1M Settlement Reached in Washington Dairy Worker Overtime Suit
Jul 5 2021 // Yakima County Superior Court has approved a $1 million settlement that provides retroactive overtime pay for workers at a Lower Yakima Valley dairy. The settlement wraps up a class-action lawsuit filed in 2016 by Jose...
Content Creators at Risk: How Evolving Copyright Law Is Opening New Doors for Litigation
Jul 5 2021 // There has been a substantial uptick in litigation involving copyright infringement in the music industry thanks a groundbreaking decision involving the 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.” The dispute involved Marvin...
Update: Ship that Blocked Suez Canal to Be Released; Formal Settlement Is Agreed
Jul 4 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt — The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March said on Sunday a formal settlement had been agreed in a compensation dispute, and the canal authority...
Environmentalists To Sue West Virginia Over Pollution At Greensdale Coals Site
Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site. In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...
Pitcher’s Family Sues Angels, 2 Employees for Negligence
Jun 30 2021 // The family of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed lawsuits Tuesday in Texas and California charging the team and two former employees with negligence in his drug-related death two years ago. The lawsuits...
North Carolina Doctor Sued by Former Employees Alleging Sexual Misconduct
Jun 30 2021 // A North Carolina doctor who pleaded guilty in March to assault on a female has been sued by two former employees who allege sexual misconduct. Dr. Diaa Eldin Hussein, who has practices in Morganton, Marion and Lenoir, is...
VW to Appeal Court Ruling That Clean Air Act Doesn’t Bar State Suit Over Emissions
Jun 30 2021 // Ohio’s Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state’s attorney general to move forward with a lawsuit against Volkswagen AG over its “Dieselgate” scandal and manipulation of...
Wall Street, Tech Firms Fear SEC Climate Disclosure Will Trigger Lawsuits
Jun 29 2021 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may make corporations reveal more about climate risks in key regulatory filings, a push that Wall Street and the biggest tech companies say will lead to a barrage of shareholder...
Penn. Manufacturing Company, Owner Sued for Firing Worker Over Safety Concerns
Jun 29 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a Pennsylvania paper products manufacturing company and its owner after they fired a worker for raising safety concerns and asking several times for safety gloves to...
E-Cigarette Maker Juul to Pay $40M to Settle North Carolina Suit Over Youth Marketing
Jun 29 2021 // E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to North Carolina to settle a lawsuit by the state accusing it of marketing its products to minors. The settlement, announced on Monday by North Carolina...
Ex-Player Sues Chicago Blackhawks; Alleges Sexual Assault by Assistant
Jun 29 2021 // An unidentified former Chicago Blackhawks player says in a lawsuit against the team that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted him in 2010 during a playoff run to a Stanley Cup title and that the team did nothing after...
