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New Jersey Beach Town Fights Drowning Death Lawsuit
Jan 19 2017 // A beach town is using blunt legal arguments to resist a demand that it permanently close a section of beach where a man plunged into an inlet and drowned when the sand gave way beneath his feet. North Wildwood acknowledges...
Round 2: Mississippi AG Picks New Fight With Google Over Student Privacy
Jan 19 2017 // Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general is once again tangling with Google, alleging in a lawsuit that the company is illegally violating student privacy, even as some Republicans seek to muzzle his ability to file...
Timeliness of Securities Class Actions Under Supreme Court Scrutiny
Jan 18 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to resolve a legal dispute over whether certain securities class action lawsuits can be barred because they were filed too late. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by the...
University of Oregon Student Files $3M Suit over Slow Meningitis Diagnosis
Jan 17 2017 // A University of Oregon student seeks $3 million in a lawsuit against medical providers who she says failed to properly diagnose her with meningococcal disease in 2015. The Register-Guard reported that Christina...
Supreme Court to Decide If Employee Arbitration Clauses Are Enforceable Nationwide
Jan 17 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether companies can head off costly class action lawsuits by forcing employees to give up their right to pursue work-related legal claims in court as a group. The...
California Woman Slaps Chipotle With $2.2B Suit over Privacy Violation
Jan 13 2017 // A California woman has filed a lawsuit against Chipotle alleging the Denver-based company used a photo of her without her consent for commercial gain. The Denver Post reported that Sacramento resident Leah Caldwell is...
6 Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2017
Jan 13 2017 // The environment for employment litigation has more than ever been shaped by Supreme Court judges and settlements for wage and hour class actions rose in 2016 while those for other employment-related claims fell, according...
18 Female Gymnasts Sue Michigan Doctor, Alleging Sexual Abuse
Jan 11 2017 // A Michigan doctor accused of sexually abusing gymnasts has been hit with a new lawsuit by 18 women and girls who say they were molested by him, mostly at his clinic at Michigan State University. The lawsuit against Dr....
Nevada High School Football Coach Targeted in Bullying Suit
Jan 10 2017 // Three former Nevada high school football players have filed a federal lawsuit that says they had to leave the team after they challenged bullying from their coach. The lawsuit names the coach, Galena High School principal...
Ex-Professor Sues Utah University for More than $22M over Firing
Jan 10 2017 // A former theater professor at Dixie State University in Utah who was found not guilty of assaulting a student is suing university faculty and staff members for more than $22 million over his termination. The Spectrum of...
Morrison Mahoney Hires 13 Attorneys in New York
Jan 10 2017 // Morrison Mahoney has hired 13 attorneys, including 5 partners and 8 associates, to the firm’s New York office. The group will be based in New York and provide service across all of Morrison Mahoney’s 10...
West Virginia Beef-Jerky Maker Sued for Firing Worker Who Tried to Report Accident
Jan 10 2017 // The owner of a now-closed beef-jerky maker in West Virginia is being sued by the federal government for firing an employee who tried to call 911 to help a co-worker with a severed thumb. John M. Bachman, who owned the Lone...
Alabama Supreme Court: Woman Can Sue Doc for Wrongful Death After Miscarriage
Jan 10 2017 // The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can pursue a wrongful-death lawsuit against an obstetrician after a miscarriage when she was five to six weeks pregnant. Justices last month reversed a trial judge’s...
Hot Springs, Arkansas Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit for $87.5K
Jan 9 2017 // The city of Hot Springs, Ark., has settled a 2015 civil rights/whistleblower lawsuit alleging the deputy city manager fired a city employee for corroborating a female coworker’s sexual harassment claim against...
How to Help Insureds Manage Customer Privacy Risk
Jan 9 2017 // Insurance carriers and agents have come to learn that increased data can lead to greater risk for insureds, and they are increasingly advising businesses to disclose data collection practices while seeking to gain...
Jim Justice Businesses Request Dismissal of West Virginia Flood Cleanup Suit
Jan 9 2017 // Jim Justice’s businesses have responded to a lawsuit claiming the West Virginia governor-elect’s companies have not paid for $771,268 worth of flood cleanup work after the Greenbrier resort was hit by severe...
Tesla Owner in California Sues Tesla over Sudden Acceleration
Jan 9 2017 // Tesla Motors Inc. has been sued by a Model X owner in California who said his electric SUV suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to crash through the garage into the owner’s living room, injuring the...
Chicago State University to Pay $1.3M in Whistleblower Lawsuit
Jan 6 2017 // Chicago State University has agreed to pay $1.3 million to end a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former administrator. The university’s insurance carrier will pay $847,000 in back pay and other compensation to...
California Court Orders Hot Yoga Guru to Cough up Income to Pay For Suit
Jan 6 2017 // The founder of Bikram yoga has been ordered to turn over the proceeds from his global fitness business to go toward a $6.8 million judgment his former legal adviser won against him last year in a sexual harassment and...
Coke Gets Taste of a Lawsuit Over Health Risks of Sugary Drinks
Jan 6 2017 // Coca-Cola Co. and the American Beverage Association trade group were sued on Wednesday for allegedly misleading consumers about the health risks from consuming sugary beverages. The nonprofit Praxis Project accused the...
