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Court Orders Start to Expose ‘Startling’ Data on Litigation Funding Sources
Oct 8 2024 // There is no federal law that requires the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in court cases, but some disturbing insight has been found in individual jurisdictions that have rules to increase transparency,...
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Mexico’s Suit Against American Gun Companies
Oct 8 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson SWBI.O and firearms wholesaler Interstate Arms to throw out Mexico’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking...
Baltimore Unveils Details of $45M Opioid Litigation Settlement With Walgreens
Oct 7 2024 // Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott has unveiled the terms of the settlement reached last month with Walgreens to resolve the city’s claims against the company for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic in...
US Supreme Court Rebuffs Uber, Lyft Bid to Avoid California Driver Suits
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Uber and Lyft to lawsuits by the state of California on behalf of drivers who signed agreements to keep legal disputes with the ride-hailing companies out of...
Suit Filed by California Vineyard Owner Fined $120K for Giving Free Housing to Employee
Oct 7 2024 // A California vineyard owner is suing Santa Clara County after officials fined him for allowing his longtime employee to live in an RV on his property for years. Michael Ballard, whose family owns Savannah-Chanelle...
Karen Read Seeks Delay in Wrongful Death Civil Lawsuit Until Murder Trial Is Done
Oct 7 2024 // Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done. The lawsuit filed last month blames the...
Supreme Court to Decide If White, Straight Workers Face Higher Bar in Bias Lawsuits
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether it should be more difficult for workers from “majority backgrounds,” such as white or heterosexual people, to prove workplace discrimination claims. The...
Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation
Oct 7 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...
Texas AG Sues TikTok For Violating State’s New Social Media Law
Oct 4 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations...
Lawsuit Filed Over Road Rage Shooting by Off-Duty Police Officer
Oct 4 2024 // The family of a man who was left permanently disabled after he was shot in the head during a road rage encounter in New Jersey, allegedly by an off-duty New York City police officer, has filed a lawsuit against the city...
Appeal Delays $600M Class Action Settlement in Fiery Ohio Derailment
Oct 3 2024 // Settlement checks related to Norfolk Southern’s disastrous 2023 derailment could be delayed up to two years now because an appeal of a federal judge’s decision last week to approve the $600 million deal has...
Employer, Workers’ Comp Insurer, Survivor Join Baltimore Bridge Collapse Litigation
Oct 2 2024 // The road construction firm that employed six workers who were killed and another who was seriously injured in the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge, along with its workers’ compensation carrier, have filed...
Stellantis’ $854 Million UK Lawsuit Over Airbag, Seatbelt Cartels Begins
Oct 2 2024 // Stellantis’ 771 million euro ($854 million) London lawsuit against two safety equipment makers began on Tuesday, with the European carmaker arguing long-running cartels led to it being overcharged for roughly a...
Arkansas Sues YouTube Over Claims That Site is Fueling Youth Mental Health Crisis
Oct 2 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state. Attorney...
Black Man Sues Iowa Trucking Company for Alleged Hair Discrimination
Oct 2 2024 // A Black man alleges in a lawsuit that an Iowa trucking company fired him as a driver because he wouldn’t cut off his dreadlocks, the latest in a series of incidents across the country over an issue activists have...
Hospitals Seen as Potential Growth Area for Litigation Financing
Oct 2 2024 // The litigation-financing industry could see new demand from an increase in health care lawsuits, according to Christopher Bogart, chief executive officer of litigation funder Burford Capital Ltd. “There is such...
Louisiana Seafood Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment
Oct 1 2024 // Minden Seafood, LLC, a seafood restaurant in Minden, Louisiana, violated federal law when it failed to stop a male worker from repeatedly sexually harassing a female employee and refused to rehire her after she quit, the...
Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Tesla, Musk Over Self-Driving Promises
Oct 1 2024 // Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk on Monday won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders by overstating the effectiveness and safety of the automaker’s self-driving technology in order to boost...
Sanctioned Tanker With LNG Cargo Passes via Suez Canal, Data Shows
Oct 1 2024 // The Pioneer tanker, sanctioned by the United States over its links to Russia-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG), has passed through the Suez Canal with an LNG cargo, LSEG data showed on Monday. The source of the LNG and...
Appeals Court Returns Part of Dakota Access Pipeline Protestor’s Lawsuit
Sep 30 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged excessive force by law enforcement officers. Eric Poemoceah, of Oklahoma, filed...
