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Washington Teacher Agrees to $850K to Withdraw Discrimination Suit
Mar 25 2019 // The Sequim School District in Washington has agreed that a former middle school teacher and athletic director will receive $850,000 to withdraw her sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit. The Peninsula Daily News...
Supreme Court Denies Amazon’s Bid to Halt Suit Over Hack of Zappos
Mar 25 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Amazon.com Inc.’s Zappos unit, letting a lawsuit proceed over a 2012 hack that exposed the personal information of 24 million customers. The online shoe and clothing...
New Jersey Sues California Company Over ‘Ghost Guns’
Mar 25 2019 // New Jersey’s attorney general announced a lawsuit Friday against a California company that sells mail-order firearms parts that can be turned into working weapons, the first such action the state has taken since it...
This Corn Syrup Ad Lawsuit from MillerCoors Is For You, Bud Light
Mar 25 2019 // MillerCoors, maker of Miller Lite and Coors Lite beers, has sued Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Bud Light, claiming that Bud Light’s ads that debuted during this year’s Super Bowl over corn syrup are false and...
Relationship Between Boeing, FAA Safety Regulators Under Scrutiny
Mar 25 2019 // Soon after Lion Air Flight 610 plummeted into the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people aboard, Boeing Co. began to point gingerly toward mistakes the airline may have made. A preliminary report by Indonesian...
Houston Channel Still Closed as Chemical Fire Cleanup Continues; Texas Sues ITC
Mar 24 2019 // Vessels will be allowed to enter a tributary to the Houston Ship Channel this morning, a workaround allowing some shipping in the area as the main route into the region remains closed as a result of a cloud of...
Bill Limiting Suits Against Mississippi Property Owners Heads to Governor
Mar 22 2019 // A bill that would make it harder for people to sue Mississippi property owners for some injuries is headed to Gov. Phil Bryant for his signature or veto. The state Senate on Tuesday voted 31-21 to concur with changes that...
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas to Pay $75K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Mar 22 2019 // Federal employment regulators say BlueCross/Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS), based in Dallas, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. According to the suit filed by the U.S....
Paralyzed California Man Settles Shooting Lawsuit for $2.5M
Mar 22 2019 // Three California police departments have reached a settlement with a man who was paralyzed after being shot by officers. The Fresno Bee reported this week that 19-year-old Adonis Serna has reached a $2.5 million settlement...
Ohio Judge Sides with Dum-Dum Makers in Lollipop Lawsuit
Mar 21 2019 // A federal judge is siding with the makers of Dum-Dums lollipops in its lawsuit against a rival candy maker. A preliminary injunction handed down in Ohio says Tootsie Roll Industries must at least temporarily stop using its...
Supreme Court Casts Doubt on $8.5 Million Google Privacy Settlement
Mar 21 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday put in jeopardy an $8.5 million settlement Google made with users to resolve a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating their privacy by sharing users’ search queries with...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis
Mar 21 2019 // The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused by local governments in a new lawsuit of causing the nationwide public-health crisis involving pain-killing medicines that has left hundreds...
Ohio Sues Pharmacy Benefit Manager over $16M in Alleged Drug Overcharges
Mar 20 2019 // Ohio is suing a company that managed prescription benefits for the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, seeking to recover nearly $16 million in alleged overcharges for the fund for injured workers. Attorney...
Seattle Paying $160K to Settle Lawsuit
Mar 19 2019 // Seattle, Wash. has paid nearly $160,000 to settle a federal civil-rights lawsuit. The case involved a veteran police officer with a history of discipline for unprofessional and questionable behavior who tackled a...
Utah Abortion Doctor Files Defamation Suit Against Conservative Media Sites
Mar 18 2019 // A well-known abortion rights activist from Utah has filed a lawsuit against three conservative media publications for defamation, says that online stories spread misinformation that she cut the throats of fetuses during...
Maine Marketing Firm Settles Lawsuit with Employee Claiming She Was Drugged
Mar 18 2019 // A Maine marketing firm has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who claimed she was drugged at a company party and fired after requesting accommodations to recover. The Portland Press Herald reports an attorney for...
CBS Settles $1.25M Investor Lawsuit over ‘Improper’ Redstone Compensation
Mar 18 2019 // CBS Corp. directors agreed to settle for $1.25 million investors’ claims that network owner Sumner Redstone received millions of dollars in improper compensation after he became incapacitated in 2014. The money...
Blankenship Files $12B Suit Against Media Over Failed W. Virginia Senate Bid
Mar 18 2019 // Former coal baron Don Blankenship is suing several news outlets and media personalities, claiming he was defamed during his failed bid for a U.S. senate seat in West Virginia. Blankenship’s suit was filed Thursday in...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 18 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement for businesses with 250 or more employees to...
Serving Up The Right Coverage
Mar 18 2019 // It’s a good time to be in the restaurant industry. Restaurant sales in 2018 were projected to reach $825 billion — a 3.1 percent increase over 2017, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA)....
