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Source Says Airbnb, New York in Talks to Resolve Rental Law Lawsuit
Nov 2 2016 // Airbnb Inc and New York state are in talks to resolve a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it says could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals, a person familiar with...
Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict
Nov 2 2016 // The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the...
$151M Settlement Reached Over 2014 Chemical Spill in West Virginia
Nov 2 2016 // A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill that contaminated drinking water in southern West Virginia. U.S. District Judge John...
Family Sues California Ambulance Firm over Mangled Leg Instagram Post
Oct 31 2016 // A San Francisco Bay Area couple has filed a lawsuit against a California ambulance company and a driver for posting a picture of their adult son’s badly mangled leg onto Instagram. The East Bay Times reported that...
UK Uber Drivers’ Court Victory Over Pay Could Rejigger Gig Economy
Oct 31 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a lawsuit over pay and vacation time for U.K. drivers at the car-sharing service in a ruling that could change how workers are treated in the country’s burgeoning gig economy. Three London...
Family Sues Amazon Over Hoverboard that Burned $1M Nashville Home
Oct 30 2016 // A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville. The Tennessean reports that the Fox family’s lawsuit says Amazon had information about the...
Idaho College Agrees to Settle VP’s $650K Lawsuit
Oct 27 2016 // The College of Southern Idaho has agreed to pay a former vice president $650,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit. The Times-News reported in a story on Tuesday that the settlement with Edit Szanto was made through the...
Ex-Wife of Former Pitchman Jared Fogle Sues Subway
Oct 26 2016 // The ex-wife of former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle filed a lawsuit in Indiana against the restaurant chain for damages, saying the company received at least three reports indicating his sexual interest in children but...
Facebook, Google Amassing of ‘Faceprints’ Facing Legal Challenges
Oct 26 2016 // Facebook Inc.’s software knows your face almost as well as your mother does. And like mom, it isn’t asking your permission to do what it wants with old photos. While millions of internet users embrace the...
James Woods Stoked over Dropped Appeal in $10M Defamation Suit
Oct 25 2016 // Forget civility. Just hours after an appeal was dropped in James Woods’ $10 million defamation lawsuit against an anonymous individual who tweeted the actor was a “cocaine addict,” Woods expressed joy...
AARP Suit Says Workplace Wellness Programs Raise Medical Privacy Concerns
Oct 25 2016 // A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical...
Judge Says No New Defendants in Wrongful Death Suit in Iowa
Oct 24 2016 // The family of a Des Moines, Iowa woman who died of a prescription-drug overdose is appealing a judge’s rejection of their motion seeking to name the doctor’s former health system as defendants. Brandy...
Illinois School Sued in Connection to Teen’s Suicide
Oct 24 2016 // The family of a 14-year-old Illinois high school student who killed herself last year is suing the local school district, arguing that it neglected to follow protocols that could have prevented the teenager’s...
Foo Fighters Suit Against Lloyd’s Finally Settled
Oct 24 2016 // Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters have finally settled a four-month-old lawsuit aimed at collecting on insurance claims related to a series of canceled concerts during the band’s 2015 world tour. A court filing signed...
$125M ‘Spinal Tap’ Fraud, Copyright Termination Suit Filed
Oct 24 2016 // Harry Shearer has launched a $125 million fraud and contract-breach lawsuit against Vivendi and StudioCanal over the 1984 rockumentary classic This Is Spinal Tap. The complaint, filed last week in California federal court,...
Florida Man Arrested Over Doughnut Glaze Mistaken for Meth Files Lawsuit
Oct 24 2016 // A Florida man arrested last year after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth is suing the city of Orlando and a drug-testing kit company. The Orlando Sentinel reports Daniel Rushing filed a lawsuit last week,...
Dangers in Data Collection: How Much Is Too Much?
Oct 24 2016 // How to Help Insureds Manage Customer Privacy Risk 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...
Fired Arizona Child Safety Workers Seek Revival of Wrongful Firing Suit
Oct 21 2016 // The Arizona Court of Appeals is set to consider reviving a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by five Arizona child welfare workers fired in 2014 amid an agency scandal. The ex-Child Protective Services employees argue...
Rodeo Promoter Resolves Lawsuits Against 2 Texas Cowboys Over $1M Prize
Oct 21 2016 // Lawsuits alleging two calf ropers rigged a 2015 Texas rodeo to share a possible $1 million bonus prize have been dismissed following undisclosed settlements. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports settlement details...
Landowners File Lawsuit over 1995 Oklahoma Chemical Spill
Oct 19 2016 // Landowners in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, have filed a lawsuit against a railroad company over a chemical spill caused by a train derailment two decades ago. The Journal Record reported that public documents indicate a...
