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$600M Flint Water Deal a Step Toward Making Amends, Michigan Governor Says
Aug 21 2020 // A proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of the impoverished, majority-Black city of Flint who were harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended...
Class Action Targets Commonwealth Bank of Australia Over Insurance Advising
Aug 21 2020 // Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said on Friday a class action lawsuit was filed over advice given on life insurance policies issued and recommended by three former subsidiaries. The lawsuit was filed by Shine Lawyers...
Judge Agrees to Some VW Requests to Limit SEC Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal
Aug 21 2020 // A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG of defrauding American investors in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions...
West Virginia AG Sues Walmart, CVS Over State Flooding of Opioids
Aug 21 2020 // West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies in a state ravaged...
Court Deals Blow to Litigation Funders With False Claims Act Suits
Aug 20 2020 // A federal appellate court dealt a blow against litigation funding companies by ruling that the U.S. Justice Department can dismiss any False Claims Act lawsuits that it deems meritless without first proving that dismissal...
Michigan City, Business Group Settle Lawsuit Over Boy’s Handcuffing for $40K
Aug 19 2020 // A Michigan city and a business group have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit over the handcuffing of a 7-year-old boy at an after-school program in 2015. The boy, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,...
Settlement Reported in Triple-Murder Lawsuit in Washington
Aug 19 2020 // A wrongful death lawsuit involving the fatal shooting of three 19-year-old friends murdered at a Washington state house party in 2016 has reached a settlement. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by David Bui, the brother of...
China Makes Investor Class Actions Easier in Crackdown on Corporate Fraud
Aug 19 2020 // China wants its army of mom-and-pop investors to take corporate fraudsters to task with landmark class action lawsuits, but heavy government involvement means they are not likely to be as common as in other legal systems,...
North Carolina Lt. Gov Abandons Lawsuit Challenging Virus Orders on Businesses
Aug 19 2020 // North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest ended a testy legal battle with campaign rival and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper last week after a judge rejected Forest’s demand to block Cooper from shuttering businesses...
Class Action Claims E*Trade Failed to Warn About Risks From Oil Price Crash
Aug 19 2020 // One of the biggest U.S. brokerages has been hit with a class action lawsuit after the oil price crash in April led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for its clients and allegations that the firm failed to...
States Seek $26.4 Billion From Drug Firms in Opioid Litigation – WSJ
Aug 19 2020 // U.S. states are seeking a combined $26.4 billion from three major drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson to settle opioid litigation against the companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people...
Judge Questions Authority Issue in Lawsuit on Closed Las Vegas Bars
Aug 17 2020 // A Nevada judge has said she wants proof she would have the authority to order the governor to rescind a coronavirus pandemic directive and let Las Vegas-area bars and taverns reopen. “What is the law that says I have...
Family Sues Illinois Meatpacking Plant After Man’s Death from COVID-19
Aug 17 2020 // The family of a suburban Chicago woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a meatpacking plant where her husband worked and contracted the virus. The family of Esperanza...
Judge Tosses Texas Barbershops’ Suit Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 16 2020 // A federal judge has agreed with an insurer that a group of barbershops in the San Antonio, Texas-area have no basis for claims seeking coverage under their commercial insurance policies for business interruption losses...
Trump Seeks Dismissal of Legal Challenge to Executive Order by Social Media Firms
Aug 14 2020 // The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit against the president’s executive order targeting social media companies, calling it a “profound misunderstanding,”...
University of North Carolina Workers Complain of Unsafe Working Conditions in Lawsuit
Aug 14 2020 // Campus workers in the University of North Carolina system have filed a lawsuit saying working conditions are unsafe and that workers are reporting for work with inadequate protective equipment amid the COVID-19...
Tesla Says Hedge Fund Is Behind Ex-Employee’s Lawsuit
Aug 13 2020 // Tesla Inc. says hedge fund Cable Car Capital LLC, which is shorting the company’s stock, is funding a former employee’s allegations that the company smeared him by accusing him of sabotage and stealing...
Consolidation of COVID Business Loss Suits Denied; But Grouping by Insurer Eyed
Aug 13 2020 // The legal panel on multidistrict litigation (MDL) has denied a proposal to consolidate cases brought by multiple businesses against various insurers for coronavirus-related business losses. The U.S. Judicial Panel on...
17 Georgia Residents Settle Federal Lawsuit Over Wrongful Arrests for $375K
Aug 13 2020 // A Georgia county’s commissioners have approved a settlement for a lawsuit that alleged residents were wrongfully arrested due to erroneous information that was given to state officials regarding their driver’s...
Judge Allows Businesses’ Lawsuits Against Insurer Over Coronavirus Losses
Aug 12 2020 // A federal judge in Missouri said on Wednesday a group of hair salons and restaurants can sue their insurance carrier for business interruption losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which they say caused a...
