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Oregon Company Sues Columbia Sportswear
Apr 16 2012 // A Eugene, Ore., company has sued Columbia Sportswear, accusing the larger company of stealing Innovative Sports’ technology and using it to make a successful line of heated clothing. The Register-Guard reported the...
UC, FBI Reach Settlement in Berkeley Raid Suit
Apr 13 2012 // The FBI and University of California have agreed to pay $100,000 and destroy computer files to settle a lawsuit stemming from a raid on the offices of two groups in Berkeley. Long Haul Inc. and East Bay Prisoner Support...
West Virginia Permits Access to Driver’s Insurance Information Before Lawsuit
Apr 13 2012 // Individuals in West Virginia involved in a traffic accident will soon be able to access the other driver’s insurance coverage before filing a lawsuit under a new disclosure law. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law...
MF Global Trustee May Sue Company Employees
Apr 13 2012 // The trustee liquidating MF Global’s broker-dealer said he may bring civil lawsuits against some of the company’s employees in connection with a massive shortfall in customer funds created in the days leading up...
Workers’ Class Action Against Brinker Can Proceed, In Part
Apr 12 2012 // Part of a class-action lawsuit against Brinker International Inc. can proceed, the California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, in a closely watched case about employee meal and rest breaks at the company’s...
Central Valley Calif. Grape Grower Sued By Workers
Apr 12 2012 // A Hispanic advocacy group is suing a Central Valley grape grower to recover wages for Latino employees it claims were forced to work extra hours without pay. The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund filed the class-action...
N.Y. Court Ruling May Open Door for More Asbestos Suits Against Pfizer
Apr 11 2012 // A New York federal appellate court ruling yesterday could allow more asbestos liability suits to proceed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The appellate court’s decision affirms the previous ruling last year from...
Settlement Reached In Idaho Nuclear Project Lawsuit
Apr 11 2012 // The head of a company seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Idaho has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a lawsuit with a group of angry shareholders. Shareholders of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. sued company...
Mont. Woman Awarded $34M in Insurance Lawsuit
Apr 11 2012 // A 90-year-old woman residing in an assisted-living facility in Billings has won a $34.2 million judgment against her Omaha, Neb.-based insurance company for suspending payments for her dementia care. Arlene Hull and her...
Reebok, Nike Settle Suit Over Tebow Apparel Sales
Apr 10 2012 // Reebok International Ltd. agreed to settle a lawsuit by rival Nike Inc. and will stop selling New York Jets football apparel with the name of the team’s popular new quarterback, Tim Tebow. According to settlement...
Fired Montana Blue Cross Official Files Lawsuit
Apr 10 2012 // A former chief marketing officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana who says she was fired for reporting illegal actions by the company that had the potential to lead to higher insurance premiums has filed a lawsuit...
Florida Homeowners Association Could Be Sued in Martin Shooting Case
Apr 10 2012 // If Trayvon Martin’s family sues over his death, they might not target George Zimmerman but instead the homeowners association of the neighborhood where the shooting happened and Zimmerman lived. That’s because...
Oregon Judge Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit
Apr 9 2012 // A Lane County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Eugene, Ore. girls and their mothers that accused Gov. John Kitzhaber of failing to protect the state’s resources against climate change. Judge...
Montana Jury Awards Damages In Landslide Lawsuit
Apr 9 2012 // A Gallatin County jury has awarded over $1 million in damages to two couples who unknowingly purchased property on an active landslide at a private ski resort and golf community in southwestern Montana in 2005. Last...
Blue Cross Sues Over Running Nebraska Health Plan
Apr 6 2012 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit to block the state’s planned switch to a new health insurance company, alleging improper lobbying on United Healthcare’s behalf. The Lincoln Journal...
Trucker Harassment Class-Action Suit Backfires
Apr 5 2012 // They were learning to become truck drivers but wound up in a nightmare. In detailed accounts to a federal agency, dozens of female employees of an Iowa-based trucking company, one of the largest in the nation, told of...
Fishermen Settle Suit With Pacific Seafood in Oregon
Apr 4 2012 // Fishermen who alleged that an Oregon company used its size to hold down the prices it paid for seafood have settled their suit and won’t get any damages or see the company broken up. The Eugene Register-Guard...
Facebook Launches Patent Counterclaim Against Yahoo
Apr 4 2012 // Facebook fired back on Tuesday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook’s patents, according to a court filing. The counterclaim from Facebook, filed in a San Francisco...
Chevron, Transocean Face New Multi-billion Brazil Lawsuit; ‘Outrageous’ Say Companies
Apr 4 2012 // A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday launched his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the stakes against the companies as critics call him...
Santa Fe Sues Aeropostale For Not Paying Living Wage
Apr 3 2012 // The city of Santa Fe is suing retailer Aeropostale, accusing the teen-centric store of not complying with a city ordinance that requires employers to pay a minimum wage. Santa Fe’s “living wage” ordinance...
