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IRobot Sues Hoover, Other Competitors over Robotic Vacuum Patents
Apr 18 2017 // IRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba robotic vacuum, brought a string of lawsuits on Monday accusing rivals including The Hoover Co and Black & Decker Corp of using its patented technology without...
FGL Pulls $1.6B Deal with China’s Anbang; Other Suitors Interested
Apr 18 2017 // Fidelity & Guaranty Life terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to be purchased by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. and said it will weigh other possible deals. FGL’s board “is continuing to evaluate...
Houston Manufacturer to Pay $150K to Settle Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
Apr 18 2017 // A Houston manufacturing facility has agreed to pay $150,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Airbnb Sues City of Miami, Alleges Violation of Hosts’ First Amendment Rights
Apr 18 2017 // The homesharing platform Airbnb is suing the city of Miami, where officials threatened to crack down on hosts who publicly protested regulations prohibiting short-term rentals. According to the lawsuit filed Friday in...
UC Berkeley Settles Law Dean Sexual Harassment Allegations Lawsuit
Apr 17 2017 // A legal settlement has been reached between the University of California, Berkeley, the former dean of its law school, and his former assistant, who said he sexually harassed her. The settlement between the school, former...
Former Mayor of San Diego Files Suit over Wife’s Ruptured Implants
Apr 17 2017 // Former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock is suing the city, claiming a sidewalk fall ruptured his wife’s breast implants. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Hedgecock and his wife contend the city was careless and...
Iowa House OKs $250K Limit in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Apr 17 2017 // The Iowa House has approved legislation that would cap financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits except in severe cases. The House approved the bill 65-32 to limit pain and suffering payouts at $250,000 in most...
Earthquakes Lawsuit Against Oklahoma Energy Companies Dismissed
Apr 17 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three oil and gas companies over Oklahoma’s ongoing earthquakes. The lawsuit, filed last year on behalf of Sierra Club Oklahoma, asked for a reduction of production...
Illinois Company to Pay $325K to Settle Federal Discrimination Suit
Apr 17 2017 // Decatur, Ill.-based company King-Lar will pay $325,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that King-Lar, which...
Duke Energy Sues 30 Insurers Over Coal Ash Cleanup Costs in Carolinas
Apr 17 2017 // The largest U.S. electric company sued 30 international and domestic insurance companies last month, saying they should cover part of the utility’s multibillion-dollar cleanup costs in the Carolinas for toxic...
Federal Lawsuit: Texas High School Students Were Hazed, Assaulted
Apr 13 2017 // A federal lawsuit contends football players at a San Antonio-area high school were subjected to hazing, sexual abuse and other mistreatment as part of an initiation that coaches and others failed to stop. The lawsuit was...
Goldman Sachs Loses Bid to Limit Class Action Alleging Gender Discrimination
Apr 13 2017 // A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s bid to dismiss two of the four female plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminating against women in pay and...
West Virginia to Spend Opioid Lawsuit Funds on Addiction Treatment Facilities
Apr 13 2017 // With more than 30,000 West Virginians already in drug treatment, lawmakers struggling with the state’s addiction crisis have voted to spend $24 million from recent court settlements with opioid distributors to...
Nebraska Mortuary, Insurers File Suit Over Bad Cremation Unit
Apr 12 2017 // An Omaha, Neb., mortuary and its insurers have sued a Pennsylvania company, alleging that it didn’t properly rebuild a cremation machine blamed for a fire that injured four people. The Jan. 26, 2016, blaze heavily...
Worldwide Facilities Adds Coverage Suite for Autonomous Vehicle Industry
Apr 12 2017 // Worldwide Facilities is has added commercial auto liability, physical damage, and inland marine coverages for autonomous vehicle manufacturers, research and development firms, and component parts manufacturers, including...
California Jury Returns $454M Verdict in Hospital Gown Suit
Apr 12 2017 // Kimberly-Clark and its spinoff medical technology firm Halyard Health have been hit with $454 million in compensatory and punitive damages, after a federal jury found the companies misled California buyers about the...
Midwest Health Plan Sues Feds for Back ACA Payments
Apr 11 2017 // Sanford Health Plan, which serves South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa, is suing the federal government, saying it owes nearly $9 million in payments under a program included in the Affordable Care Act. The Argus Leader...
Michigan Company to Pay $84,750 to Settle Sex Discrimination Suit
Apr 10 2017 // Country Fresh LLC, a milk manufacturer in Livonia, Mich., will pay $84,750 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The...
Georgia Jury Awards $20.5M in Civil Suit Against Drug Maker
Apr 10 2017 // A jury in central Georgia has awarded $20.5 million in damages to a retired teacher in her civil lawsuit against a drug company. The Telegraph of Macon reports Ann Pope sued Akorn Inc. in Houston County State Court, saying...
5 Pending Supreme Court Cases New Justice Gorsuch Could Influence
Apr 10 2017 // Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who was confirmed by the Senate to the lifetime job on Friday in a 54-45 vote, will have an immediate impact on cases already pending before...
