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California Toy Company Settles Beastie Boys Suit
Mar 19 2014 // A California toy company has settled its lawsuit against the Beastie Boys over its parody of their song “Girls” in a promotional video that went viral. The Oakland Tribune reported an agreement to dismiss the...
Google Escapes Privacy Class Action with Judge’s Ruling
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. won a significant legal victory as a U.S. judge decided not to combine several lawsuits that accuse the Internet search company of violating the privacy rights of hundreds of millions of email users into a...
Viacom Settles $1B Copyright Suit Against Google Over YouTube Videos
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. settled Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post video clips from television shows without authorization after a federal judge twice threw out...
Shareholders Sue in 94% of M&As; 75% Settle Before Closing: Cornerstone Research
Mar 18 2014 // Shareholders challenged more than 94 percent of U.S. merger and acquisition (M&A) deals valued over $100 million in 2013, according to a new M&A report by Cornerstone Research. Deals worth $100 million or more...
Georgia Lawyer Dug Deep to Bring Case Against General Motors
Mar 18 2014 // Six days after General Motors Co. recalled almost 800,000 Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s for a defect that could cause surprise engine shutdowns, lawyer Lance Cooper, a solo practitioner in Georgia, sent government...
Supreme Court Justices Signal Compromise on Securities Class Actions
Mar 18 2014 // U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared to look for a compromise that would give publicly traded companies better defenses against securities class actions without overruling a 26-year-old precedent that made it...
N.Y. Court: Zurich Not Obligated to Defend Sony Units in Data Breach Litigation
Mar 17 2014 // A New York trial court recently ruled in a commercial general liability (CGL) policy coverage case that Zurich American Insurance Co. has no duty to defend Sony Corp. of America and Sony Computer Entertainment America in...
Duke Lacrosse Players Trying to Settle Suit with Police
Mar 17 2014 // Three former Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of raping a stripper eight years ago are trying to settle their lawsuit over how Durham police handled the case. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that lawyers...
Neiman Marcus Sued by Illinois Cardholder over Data Breach
Mar 16 2014 // Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., the luxury department store operator, was sued by an Illinois woman over a data breach in which the retailer initially said more than 1 million customer credit cards may have been...
Lawsuit Filed Against General Motors Over Ignition-Switch Recall Losses
Mar 16 2014 // General Motors Co. was sued on behalf of vehicle owners over an ignition flaw in some small- model cars as it faces regulators’ questions about this year’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles. Bob Hilliard, one of...
Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill to Delay Asbestos Lawsuits
Mar 14 2014 // A bill that Democratic opponents say would slow asbestos-exposure lawsuits has cleared the Wisconsin state Senate. The measure passed would require plaintiffs to reveal how many businesses their attorneys plan to go after....
Idaho Hockey Fans Sue over Arena’s Large-Small Beers
Mar 13 2014 // A handful of Idaho hockey fans sued a Boise arena on Tuesday, saying they were duped into thinking a $7 beer contains more brew than a $4 beer. The lawsuit says CenturyLink Arena, home of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team,...
Alaska Sues Over North Pole Refinery Contamination
Mar 13 2014 // The state of Alaska has sued current and former owners of a North Pole refinery, claiming both caused or failed to stop a chemical spill that has damaged soil and groundwater. The lawsuit claims current owner Flint Hills...
Oregon Newspaper Sued Over Rental Ad Prohibiting Children
Mar 13 2014 // The state labor agency has sued a weekly Junction City newspaper over a rental ad that prohibited families with children. The Register-Guard reported the lawsuit filed against The Tribune News is seeking $59,500 in...
Another Montana Couple Files Landslide Lawsuit
Mar 11 2014 // Another couple contending their property is on an active landslide has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a private ski resort and golf community in southwestern Montana. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reportedthat Thomas...
NY Post Loses Bid to Throw Out Boston Marathon Bombing Defamation Suit
Mar 11 2014 // The New York Post lost its bid to throw out a defamation lawsuit by two men whose photo and the headline “BAG MEN” appeared on the tabloid’s front page last year during the manhunt for the Boston Marathon...
Texas Woman Sues SMU After Alleged Rapist Is Acquitted
Mar 10 2014 // A Southern Methodist University student who says she was raped on the Texas campus is suing both the school and her alleged attacker, seeking damages of more than $1 million. The Dallas Morning News reported the lawsuit...
Florida Joins Multistate Environmental Suit Against BP
Mar 10 2014 // Florida has joined a multistate lawsuit stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seeking to hold British oil company BP accountable for damage to the state’s natural resources. The complaint was filed last...
Southern California Edison Sued Over $140,000 Pot Power Bill
Mar 10 2014 // Two women are suing Southern California Edison, claiming their electricity was cut off for refusing to pay a nearly $140,000 bill racked up by a marijuana grower. The suit filed in Los Angeles alleges breach of the service...
Oregon Restaurant Sued Over Mashed Potatoes
Mar 10 2014 // A man who says he broke two teeth when he bit into some mashed potatoes is suing at Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Portland, Ore. Roger Branstetter says there were bits of broken porcelain in the food in February 2012...
