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U.S. Appeals Court Says Jury Should Decide Kent State Ex-Player’s Lawsuit
Jul 27 2020 // A federal appeals court has ruled that a jury should decide on a former university softball player’s charge that her coach violated her First Amendment rights after a sexual assault on campus in Ohio. A three-judge...
Harry And Meghan File Lawsuit Over Photo of Son at California Home
Jul 27 2020 // Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sued to stop the sale and publication of a photo of their son Archie that they say was shot at their Los Angeles-area home in invasion of their privacy. The royal couple gives a detailed...
Delaware Judge Upholds Dismissal Call in Softball Injury Lawsuit
Jul 27 2020 // A Delaware judge has refused to overturn her decision to toss a lawsuit by a paralegal who said he was targeted for retaliation after being injured while playing on his law firm’s softball team and filing a...
Germany to Reform Regulation of Insurers, Banks, Payment Firms on Wirecard Scandal
Jul 27 2020 // German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz intends to unveil a reform of the government’s financial oversight, as the widening scandal over the collapse of Wirecard AG reaches the highest levels of Chancellor Angela...
South Africa Retailer Steinhoff Offers $1B to Settle Global Accounting Fraud Lawsuits
Jul 27 2020 // South Africa’s Steinhoff has proposed to pay around $1 billion to settle outstanding legal claims following a massive accounting fraud, a fraction of the over 9 billion euros ($10.5 billion) claimants are...
Kentucky Teen Settles Lawsuit Against Washington Post Over D.C. Encounter
Jul 27 2020 // A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last year. The teen’s lawyers said...
Court Affirms Class Action Suit Against State Farm in Kentucky Claim Underpayment Case
Jul 27 2020 // A federal appellate court has cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit to proceed against State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. that may force the insurer to correct underpayments paid to some 65,000...
Lawsuit Claims UT-Austin Unfairly Denied Admission to White Students
Jul 24 2020 // A national organization has filed a lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin on behalf of two white students who were denied admission, marking the third time the school has been sued by this group over an...
Chemical Firm BASF and Its Law Firm to Pay $72.5M to Close Talcum-Asbestos Claims
Jul 24 2020 // BASF SE, the world’s biggest chemical maker, and a law firm agreed to pay a combined $72.5 million to resolve claims they hid evidence that certain talc products contained asbestos in an effort to scuttle thousands...
Geico Sued for Alleged ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Coronavirus Auto Insurance Discount
Jul 24 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway’s Geico, the country’s second largest auto insurer, is being targeted by a potential class action for allegedly overcharging its policyholders during the pandemic. A lawsuit filed in federal...
Clint Eastwood Files Suit in California Against CBD Sellers Over Use of His Name
Jul 24 2020 // Clint Eastwood sued several companies that sell CBD supplements on Wednesday, alleging that they are falsely using his name and image to push products he would never agree to endorse. Two lawsuits filed in federal court in...
Former Athlete, Others Sue University of Nebraska over Assault Claims
Jul 24 2020 // A former University of Nebraska-Lincoln volleyball player and eight other women have sued the university, alleging it did not properly investigate complaints of sexual assault and harassment. The complaint filed in U.S....
Lawsuit Claims North Dakota Refinery Developer Owes Workers Wages
Jul 23 2020 // Some current and former employees of a company developing an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota filed a lawsuit claiming they are owed wages and bonuses. Meridian Energy Group first proposed...
Notre Dame Sued After Student’s Fall Causes Severe Injury
Jul 23 2020 // The parents of a University of Notre Dame freshman severely injured in a 2019 fall in a campus dormitory during a party filed a lawsuit on July 21 against the school, which they claim condoned a “quasi-fraternity...
Four Ex-Employees Seek Class Action Status for Gender Pay Claims Against Google
Jul 23 2020 // Four female former employees of Alphabet Inc.’s Google are trying to persuade a state court to let them represent more than 10,000 peers in a gender-pay disparity suit against the company, setting the stage for the...
Vegas Casino Unions Drop MGM from COVID-10 Safety Suit
Jul 22 2020 // Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers have dropped two MGM Resorts International properties from a lawsuit accusing companies of skimping on protective measures and putting employees at risk of illness...
Florida Teachers Sue to Block Reopening of Public Schools
Jul 22 2020 // Florida teachers sued Monday to block what they call the “reckless and unsafe reopening” of public school campuses for face-to-face instruction. The Florida Education Association lawsuit argues that reopening...
Miner BHP Calls $6.3B English Lawsuit over Brazil Dam Collapse ‘Pointless and Wasteful’
Jul 22 2020 // Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian people and groups over the 2015 collapse of a dam that led to Brazil’s worst...
Appeals Court Rejects Florida Hotel’s Coverage Interpretation in Suit Against Insurer
Jul 22 2020 // A recent opinion by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals involving a case against the insurer of a Florida hotel could clarify an issue of sublimits and have a significant impact on how policies are written in the future,...
Vegans’ Suit Over Impossible Burger Lacks Class Action Ingredients, Judge Rules
Jul 22 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Burger King of deceiving vegan, vegetarian and other customers into thinking it cooked the plant-based patties for its “Impossible Whopper” on different grills...
