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North Carolina College Restores Women’s Sports After Lawsuit Threat
Jan 12 2021 // East Carolina University is restoring two of its women’s teams cut last spring for budget problems compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and paying more than $189,000 to avoid a gender discrimination lawsuit. The...
Liability Bill in Montana Would Limit Virus Litigation
Jan 12 2021 // A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against lawsuits related to the pandemic. The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs...
Maine Salmon Product Company Denies Claims in Lawsuit
Jan 12 2021 // A Maine-based smoked salmon producer is defending itself against claims that its products are not sustainably produced. A New York resident alleged in a lawsuit that Ducktrap River of Maine does not use sustainable...
Willis Towers Watson Launches Suite of Cyber Risk Management Assessments
Jan 12 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has introduced two new cyber risk assessment services – the Workforce Cyber Culture Assessment (WCCA) and the Ransomware Risk Assessment (RRA) Willis Towers Watson describes the WCCA...
Voting System Firm Files $1.3B Defamation Lawsuit Against Pro-Trump Lawyer Powell
Jan 11 2021 // Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election...
Social Inflation Lesson: Not Settling Cost Insurer Millions in Suit by Excess Insurer
Jan 11 2021 // The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Mark Braswell, who died on May 16, 2014,...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Over Delaware Firefighter Deaths
Jan 8 2021 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington and several former city officials stemming from an arson that left three city firefighters dead and three others injured. A...
CIC of New Mexico Sues to Enjoin California Department of Insurance from Interference
Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...
COVID Lawsuits by State and Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2021: Seyfarth
Jan 7 2021 // The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow in 2021, according to legal experts. At the same time, the incoming Biden Administration is expected to...
North Carolina CEO Sues Over ‘Faulty’ Windows, Doors in $16M Home
Jan 6 2021 // The CEO of a marketing and technology company has gone to court over what he says are faulty custom-made steel-and-glass windows and doors in his $16 million Charlotte home. Ric Elias, CEO and co-founder of Red Ventures,...
Investors Sue Parent Company Behind Alaska Gold Mine
Jan 6 2021 // The company behind a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska faces lawsuits from investors claiming it misled shareholders who have seen an 85% drop in stock value since the summer. Two lawsuits filed in U.S. District...
Judge OKs $20M Student Fee Refund Lawsuit Against University of Kentucky
Jan 5 2021 // A Kentucky judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking refunds for University of Kentucky students who had to vacate campus because of the COVID-19 pandemic could continue, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Franklin County...
Judge Rules Former Viacom Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger
Jan 5 2021 // A Delaware judge ruled this week that former Viacom shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone of engineering a “patently unfair” merger that created ViacomCBS Inc. so she could become a media...
Tougher Rules for Louisiana Car Accident Lawsuits Now in Place
Jan 4 2021 // Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state’s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, and that backers hope will lower...
Mississippi Defends Medical Marijuana Initiative Against ‘Baseless’ Suit
Jan 4 2021 // A mayor’s lawsuit is making baseless arguments as it seeks to overturn a medical marijuana initiative that Mississippi voters approved, state attorneys said in court papers filed Monday. Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins...
Brazil Petrochemical Company Braskem Settles Lawsuits over Sinking City for $1.75B
Jan 4 2021 // BRASILIA – Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem SA said on Wednesday it reached a 9.1 billion reais ($1.75 billion) deal to settle lawsuits over cracks and sinking ground near its salt mines in the city of Maceio that...
2022 Risk Watchlist for Directors & Officers Is Full: Insolvencies, Litigation, ESG, Cyber…
Jan 3 2021 // Corporate board members and company executives have a lot to worry about these says and can be held liable for an increasing range of scenarios. Key risks for directors and officers to watch in 2022 include the increased...
Washington Ambulance Company Settles Suit With Pregnant Employee
Dec 30 2020 // Ambulance company American Medical Response will settle a discrimination lawsuit after it refused to provide a pregnant Spokane, Washington employee a temporary reprieve from heavy-duty work, regulators announced...
Nebraska Lawsuit: Lincoln Liable in Worker’s Mesothelioma Death
Dec 30 2020 // A woman is suing the city of Lincoln, Neb., alleging that her sister died from mesothelioma after she was exposed to asbestos while working at the now shuttered Pershing Center arena. The Lincoln Journal-Star reports that...
Heavily Criticized Pennsylvania Veterans’ Home Sued Over COVID-19 Outbreak
Dec 29 2020 // A state-run veterans’ home in Pennsylvania heavily criticized for its handling of a coronavirus outbreak inside its walls drew a federal wrongful death lawsuit, filed by family members of five residents who died of...
