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Judge Revives Class-Action Claim Against Wynn Resorts in Nevada
Aug 6 2021 // A federal judge in Nevada has revived elements of a securities fraud lawsuit seeking class-action status for allegations that executives at Wynn Resorts Ltd. knew about, but disregarded, reports of sexual harassment and...
New York Gov. Cuomo Eased Path for Harassment Suits That May Now Target Him
Aug 6 2021 // Sexual harassment suits against Andrew Cuomo will face an easier path under changes to state law the governor signed two years ago, though New York taxpayers could be on the hook for the damages. Cuomo has been facing a...
Judge Says LinkedIn Must Face Lawsuit Claiming It Overcharged Advertisers
Aug 5 2021 // A U.S. judge said Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn must face a lawsuit claiming it inflated the number of people who watched video ads on the networking platform, allowing it to overcharge hundreds of thousands of...
Mexico Seeks $10 Billion in Damages in Liability Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers
Aug 4 2021 // Mexico sued several gun makers in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of reckless business practices that supply what it called a “torrent” of illegal arms to violent Mexican drug cartels, leading...
Beazley Launches Suite of Life Sciences’ Insurance in Asia Pacific
Aug 4 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a suite of covers to protect organizations within Asia Pacific’s rapidly expanding life sciences sector. In an environment in which risk exposures are complex and varied –...
South Dakota Supreme Court Allows Police Excessive Force Lawsuit to Proceed
Aug 3 2021 // The South Dakota Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward alleging police officers used excessive force when arresting a Sioux Falls woman in 2016. Nichole Boggs sued in Second Circuit Court for injuries she...
Massachusetts Sues Grubhub Over Fees Charged During Pandemic
Aug 3 2021 // Online food delivery platform Grubhub charged some Massachusetts restaurants illegally high fees during the coronavirus pandemic, the state attorney general’s office alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit,...
N.M. Gas Stations Can Be Sued for Selling to Drunken Drivers
Aug 3 2021 // Gas station retailers are reeling from a recent New Mexico Supreme Court decision that finds the stores can be held civilly liable for selling gas to intoxicated drivers. The July ruling could have major ramifications for...
Insurance Broker Gallagher Sued Over Ransomware Attack
Aug 2 2021 // Insurance and benefits broker Arthur J. Gallagher is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit over a ransomware attack it suffered in 2020. The plaintiffs allege that Gallagher failed to follow federal and state...
Parents Suing Vehicle Maker a Year After 9 Troops Died Off California Coast
Aug 2 2021 // The families of eight Marines and one sailor who died when their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the Southern California coast last summer plan to sue the manufacturer of the vehicle that resembles an armored seafaring...
Idaho Man Sues Scouts Over Alleged Childhood Sex Abuse
Aug 2 2021 // An Idaho man is suing the Boy Scouts of America for failing to warn children that took part in the youth program that they could be exposed to sex abusers. The man, who uses the name Mark Doe 14 in the federal lawsuit...
New Securities Class Actions Including M&As Down But SPAC-Related Suits Up
Aug 2 2021 // Plaintiffs filed 112 new securities class action lawsuits in federal and state courts in the first half of 2021, down 25% from the second half of 2020. This was the lowest number of filings since the first half of 2015,...
Virginia Judge Upholds Liberty University’s Suit Against Falwell
Aug 2 2021 // A Lynchburg judge has upheld most of a lawsuit Liberty University filed against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., after an acrimonious parting last year. The lawsuit survived its first round of legal challenges Friday...
Oregon Home Manufacturer Sued for Alleged Racism, Discrimination
Aug 2 2021 // Two former employees of a home manufacturing company in eastern Oregon filed a lawsuit saying they endured anti-Black racism and discrimination, and were fired after reporting the incidents to managers. The lawsuit was...
$5.5M Settlement Reached in Washington Nurse Lawsuit
Aug 2 2021 // A class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of nurses who said they weren’t properly paid for lunch and other breaks has settled with Kitsap County’s main health care system, Virginia Mason Franciscan...
California Healthcare Provider Paying $37M to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuits
Aug 2 2021 // Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his...
Family of Boy Thrown From Balcony Sues Minnesota’s Mall of America
Jul 30 2021 // The family of a boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in April 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing the mall of failing to provide proper security. The complaint filed says the mall and its...
Gun Maker Offers $33M to Settle Suit by Sandy Hook Families
Jul 30 2021 // The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has offered some of the victims’ families nearly $33 million to settle their lawsuit over how the company marketed the firearm to the...
Bayer Books Additional $4.5 Billion for Roundup Litigation
Jul 30 2021 // Bayer said on Thursday it would book an additional provision of $4.5 billion related to litigation which alleges that its weedkiller Roundup can cause cancer. Bayer made the announcement in an update to investors on how it...
Feds Sue North Carolina County Over Firing of 911 Operator Who Reported Sexual Harassment
Jul 30 2021 // A North Carolina county’s emergency communications unit engaged in unlawful retaliation when it terminated a worker after she told supervisors that she had been sexually harassed while on the job, according to a...
