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Judge Clears Way for Shareholder Suit Against Tesla, Musk Over Going-Private Tweet
Apr 16 2020 // A federal judge said Tesla Inc. and Chief Executive Elon Musk must face a lawsuit claiming they misled shareholders when Musk tweeted that he had secured funding to take his electric car company private in a $72 billion...
Harvard Professor Drops ‘Clickbait’ Lawsuit After NYT Alters Story
Apr 16 2020 // A Harvard University law professor dropped his defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday after the newspaper changed the headline and first paragraph in a story relating to his views about donations from...
Businesses Warn Fear of Lawsuits Could Stall Rebooting of Economy; Urge Coordination
Apr 15 2020 // Litigation surrounding coronavirus responses is already underway and businesses are warning that the fear of more lawsuits could hinder the reboot of the U.S. economy. Returning America to work will require coordination...
San Antonio Special Events Firm Sued for Sex-Based Harassment, Retaliation
Apr 14 2020 // Great Rentals and Events LLC, a San Antonio, Texas-based special events company that provides services for weddings and corporate functions, has been hit with a federal lawsuit charging the company with sex-based...
Trump Tells Insurers to Pay Virus Claims If Pandemics Not Excluded
Apr 14 2020 // President Donald Trump has staked out his position in a legal battle over business-interruption claims: Unless the policy excludes pandemics, insurers should pay. Trump spoke about the issue for a minute and a half during...
Employee Class Action Accuses McDonald’s of Climate of ‘Pervasive Sexual Harassment’
Apr 14 2020 // McDonald’s Corp. has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of subjecting female employees in its corporate-owned fast-food restaurants in Florida to widespread sexual harassment. The lawsuit, filed on...
Mississippi Doctor Claims Voicing Virus Concerns Led to Firing in Lawsuit
Apr 14 2020 // A Mississippi doctor who was fired after raising concerns about her hospital’s safety measures in the coronavirus pandemic is now suing. News outlets reported Dr. Samantha Houston was fired from Oxford’s...
Washington Nursing Home Sued Over Coronavirus Death
Apr 13 2020 // The daughter of a woman who died of a suspected coronavirus case at a Seattle-area nursing home connected to dozens of COVID-19 deaths is suing the company that owns the Life Care Center of Kirkland. The Life Care Center...
Courts Allows Shareholder Class Action Against Goldman Sachs Tied to 2008 Crisis
Apr 13 2020 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. must face a shareholder class action accusing the bank of hiding conflicts of interest, including behind-the-scenes dealings with a prominent hedge fund manager, when creating risky subprime...
Appellate Court Drops Victim Suit Against Florida Nightclub Shooter’s Employer
Apr 9 2020 // A Florida appellate court upheld a lower court’s ruling that a security firm employing the gunman responsible for a gay nightclub shooting can’t be held liable for failing to investigate complaints against the...
Parent Company of Kansas City Radio Station Sued for Gender Discrimination
Apr 9 2020 // The former co-host of “Afentra’s Big Fat Morning Buzz” on Kansas City radio station KRBZ-FM is suing the station’s parent company for alleged discrimination and for retaliating against her when she...
Anticipated Coronavirus Claims Scenarios Across Major Coverage Lines: Viewpoint
Apr 9 2020 // As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed over the past several months, participants in the insurance industry have recognized the likelihood of a resulting increase in claims volume. Much of the early focus has been on the...
Suit Alleges Zoom Overstated Privacy, Did Not Disclose Security Flaws
Apr 9 2020 // Zoom Video Communications Inc. was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to disclose that its service...
Former Oklahoma Store Owner to Pay $160K in Disability Discrimination Suit
Apr 8 2020 // The former owner of a chain of Oklahoma convenience stores will pay $160,000 to nine alleged victims of disability discrimination to resolve a federal lawsuit. According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Litigation Builds Against Insurers Over Coronavirus Business Interruption
Apr 8 2020 // Barbara Snowden dreamed of opening a wig shop to help women who’d lost their hair during chemotherapy feel better as they battled cancer. In November, she beamed at the grand opening of Hair Goals Club in the Houston...
Estate of Walmart Employee Who Died From COVID-19 Sues for Wrongful Death
Apr 8 2020 // The family of a Walmart Inc. employee in Illinois who died after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has filed a lawsuit accusing the retail giant of failing to adequately screen and protect...
Man Suing over Injuries in Portable Horse Stall in Oregon During High Winds
Apr 7 2020 // A man is suing the organizers of a 2018 Bend, Ore. horse show for serious injuries he says he suffered when high winds lifted the portable stall he and his horse were inside and threw them 40 feet. Jeffrey Ruthhardt filed...
Passenger Sues United Airlines Over Refusal to Refund Airfare Despite U.S. Order
Apr 7 2020 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. was sued by a passenger for refusing to issue refunds for canceled flights, three days after U.S. regulators ordered airlines to reimburse customers. The passenger, Jacob Rudolph, filed the...
Investors Allege Securities Violations by Cryptocurrency Issuers, Exchanges
Apr 7 2020 // Investors have brought class action lawsuits in federal court against seven cryptocurrency issuers and four exchanges, claiming they sold billions of dollars in unregistered assets in violation of U.S. securities laws. The...
Canadian Insurers Hit with Lawsuit on Refusal to Pay COVID-19 Biz Income Claims
Apr 6 2020 // A class action lawsuit has been filed against Canada’s top indemnity insurers for breach of contract in their refusal to pay business interruption claims from the COVID-19 crisis. “Indemnity insurers are...
