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Alleged Sale of Fake Antibiotic Draws Lawsuit from Texas AG
May 9 2011 // The Texas Attorney General’s Office is suing companies from Texas and Georgia accused of misleading mostly Hispanic consumers by selling a dietary supplement under a name similar to the Spanish translation of a...
Hundreds Sue Over West Texas Chemical Contamination
May 9 2011 // Two lawsuits have been filed on behalf of more than 250 West Texas residents against four companies they contend contaminated their Midland-area neighborhood with hexavalent chromium. According to court documents obtained...
Pennsylvania Lawsuit Accuses Rental Firm of Spying on Customers
May 6 2011 // A major furniture rental chain has software on its computers that lets it track the keystrokes, screenshots and even webcam images of customers while they use the devices at home, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The...
Missouri Farmers Sue Over Levee Breach; Feds Say Help Available
May 5 2011 // The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland on May 3, easing the threat to a tiny Illinois town being menaced by the...
Los Angeles Sues Deutsche Bank Over Foreclosure Blight
May 5 2011 // The city of Los Angeles has sued Deutsche Bank, claiming the global financial institution is one of the biggest “slumlords” in the second-largest U.S. city. Due to widespread foreclosures, Deutsche Bank...
C-Suite Executives Now Expect More from Risk Managers
May 4 2011 // The financial crisis has raised the expectations that executives in the C-suite have of their risk managers to be leaders within their organizations. These top executuves want their risk managers to take a more active role...
U.S. Sues Deutsche Bank Over Mortgage Fraud
May 3 2011 // The United States sued Deutsche Bank AG for more than $1 billion, accusing the German bank of defrauding the government by repeatedly lying to obtain federal insurance guarantees on mortgage debt. The lawsuit filed Tuesday...
Insurer Settles Suit With Former Utah Frat Members
May 3 2011 // A Georgia insurance company that paid a wrongful death claim on behalf of a former Utah State University fraternity has settled the lawsuit it brought against four of the fraternity’s members. The Herald Journal of...
Gymnast Sues Time Warner, Others for $1.8B in New York City
May 2 2011 // A former champion Chinese gymnast has filed a $1.8 billion lawsuit in federal court against Time Warner Inc. and the United States Gymnastics Federation, saying they and others broke promises to care for her after an...
Facebook Firing Suit Settled
May 2 2011 // A settlement has been reached in the case of a Connecticut worker who was fired for criticizing her boss on Facebook, according to The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The case centered on a complaint issued last...
Judge Tosses Worker’s Suit Over New York City Office Bedbugs
May 2 2011 // A former TV news staffer’s pioneering lawsuit over bedbug bites she received at her office has been thrown out by a judge who said workers can’t necessarily hold their employers’ landlords responsible for...
Ohio Supreme Court OKs Emotional Distress Claim in Malpractice Suit to Proceed
May 2 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a cancer patient may pursue an emotional distress claim that alleges a faulty diagnosis let undetected cancer spread. The Court upheld an appellate court decision in a lawsuit filed by...
Judge Tosses New York Mets Fan’s Broken-Bat Suit
Apr 29 2011 // A judge has thrown out a New York Mets fan’s lawsuit against the team and Major League Baseball over a bat that broke and flew into his face in the former Shea Stadium’s stands. A judge dismissed the case...
AIG Files Lawsuit Against Two Money Management Firms
Apr 28 2011 // American International Group sued two money management firms Thursday as the bailed-out insurer launched a fight to recoup billions of dollars it said it lost due to fraud. The insurer, 92 percent owned by the U.S....
Tennessee Lawsuit Damages Bill Advances in Senate
Apr 28 2011 // Gov. Bill Haslam’s proposal to limit lawsuit damages is advancing in the Tennessee Legislature. The measure was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-3 on Tuesday and will now be scheduled for a vote on the...
New Orleans Construction Product Supplier Settles in Chinese Drywall Suit
Apr 27 2011 // A settlement agreement has been reached with a New Orleans, La.-based supplier of tainted Chinese drywall in the multi-district litigation (MDL 2047) over the product. Interior/Exterior Building Supply L.P. and the...
Supreme Court Hears Securities Fraud Loss Causation Arguments
Apr 27 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court considered Monday whether to make it more difficult for shareholders to proceed with certain class-action securities-fraud lawsuits against publicly traded companies. The hour-long arguments before...
Extended Auto Warranty Company Settles Missouri Lawsuit for $125K
Apr 26 2011 // Missouri is set to receive $125,000 under a settlement with a vehicle extended service contract seller. Attorney General Chris Koster said the state reached a settlement with St. Charles-based Dealers Warranty, LLC, d/b/a...
Jury in Virginia Hearing $20M Suit Against Botox Maker
Apr 26 2011 // A Fredericksburg man is suing the maker of the drug Botox for more than $20 million, claiming injections to relieve writer’s cramp in his right hand left him brain-damaged and totally disabled. A jury began hearing...
New York Neighbor Sues Chef over Eatery’s Trash
Apr 26 2011 // A neighbor says star chef and New York City restaurateur David Bouley’s trash is really bugging him. W. Robert Curtis says in a lawsuit that a Bouley eatery’s food storage and garbage are subjecting the...
