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Connecticut Family Is First to Sue Over Washington Plane Crash That Killed 67
Oct 1 2025 // The Connecticut family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., sued the government and the airlines involved last week, saying they didn’t recognize the...
EEOC Suit Accuses Apple Store of Discrimination Against Jewish Employee
Oct 1 2025 // The U.S. agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws sued Apple on Tuesday, claiming the manager of a retail store made antisemitic comments and denied a Jewish employee’s requests for time off before...
Amazon Defeats Bias Lawsuit by Black Worker Placed on Improvement Plan
Oct 1 2025 // Amazon.com won the dismissal on Tuesday of a lawsuit accusing the online retailer of discriminating against a Black former employee by reducing her duties and putting her on a performance improvement plan. U.S. District...
Louisiana FedEx Location Sued for Sexual Harassment
Sep 30 2025 // Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law by subjecting a female administrator at the company’s St. Rose, Louisiana location to sexual harassment and firing her when she refused to continue to work...
House Bill Aims to Combat Forum Shopping in Trucking Industry Lawsuits
Sep 30 2025 // A new bill introduced in Congress would give federal courts original jurisdiction over state venues in limited civil cases involving interstate commercial trucking accidents. The Forum Accountability and Integrity in...
Gallagher Sues Two Former Brokers Who Started Own Firm
Sep 29 2025 // Global insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of...
Lawsuit Alleges Ohio Officer Fatally Shot Pregnant Mother Without Proper Training
Sep 26 2025 // An Ohio police officer accused of shooting to death a pregnant Black mother two years ago was not trained or supervised properly, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the police chief and the township...
Attorneys Urge Court Overseeing Tylenol Autism Lawsuits to Reconsider
Sep 26 2025 // Families appealing the dismissal of their lawsuits alleging that Kenvue’s Tylenol or generic versions of the pain-relief medication caused their children’s autism are asking an appeals court to consider...
Attorneys Urge Court Overseeing Tylenol Autism Lawsuits to Consider Trump Advice
Sep 26 2025 // Families appealing the dismissal of their lawsuits alleging that Kenvue’s Tylenol or generic versions of the pain-relief medication caused their children’s autism are asking an appeals court to consider...
Former Student Sues Southern Miss and Fraternity Over Alleged Hazing Injuries
Sep 25 2025 // A former Omega Psi Phi pledge who alleges he was so severely beaten during the Nu Eta chapter’s “Hell Night” that he had to relearn how to walk is now suing the fraternity, the University of Southern...
Amazon Sues to Block New York State Labor Law
Sep 25 2025 // Amazon.com sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to block it from enforcing a new law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private sector labor relations. In a...
Connecticut Settles But Wrongful Death Suit Over Murder of Visiting Nurse Goes On
Sep 25 2025 // The state of Connecticut has paid $2.25 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the husband of Joyce Grayson, the 63-year-old visiting nurse and mother of six who was killed by a registered sex offender in a...
California AG Encouraged by OpenAI’s Stance on Chatbot Harms in Wake of Suit
Sep 24 2025 // California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he was “encouraged” by a recent talk with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and actions the company has taken in the wake of a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT guided...
Karen Read’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Dismiss Part of Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Sep 24 2025 // Karen Read’s lawyers asked a judge on Monday to dismiss part of a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of her former Boston police officer boyfriend, whose killing she was acquitted of earlier this year after...
Markets/Coverages: Tokio Marine Kiln Launches Enhanced Cyber Product Suite
Sep 23 2025 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the Lloyd’s specialist insurer, announced the launch of its enhanced “Cyber Ctrl” cyber product suite. This cyber risk solution features new products and wordings, including...
Murdoch Calls Trump’s Epstein Suit ‘Affront’ to Free Speech
Sep 23 2025 // Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. asked a US judge to throw out President Donald Trump’s $10 billion libel lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal report tying him to a bawdy birthday note to the late Jeffrey Epstein, calling...
Hershey Wins Lawsuit Claiming Reese’s Candies Aren’t Spooky
Sep 23 2025 // Hershey defeated a lawsuit claiming it misled consumers who were disappointed the Halloween-themed Reese’s peanut butter candies they bought lacked the decorative details shown on the labels. U.S. District Judge...
Illinois Labor Union to Pay $110K Over Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Sep 22 2025 // Sunnybrook Union, a labor union representing teachers and educational support staff in the Sunnybrook School District in Lansing, Illinois, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case...
Starbucks Workers Sue Over Company’s New Dress Code
Sep 22 2025 // Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes. The...
Judge Throws Out Trump’s $15B Lawsuit Against New York Times
Sep 22 2025 // A federal judge on Friday threw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a “decidedly improper and impermissible” effort to...
