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Fla. High Court: 2-Year Statute of Repose Applies, Even in Liability Insurance Suits
Jul 5 2023 // A Florida Supreme Court decision has put to rest some questions about whether a statute of limitations on lawsuits can be extended just because the insurance carrier is a party being sued. It cannot, the court held last...
Know the Plaintiff Side Through Data, Drive Down Litigation Costs
Jul 5 2023 // One of the most significant challenges facing property and casualty (P&C) insurers is the sheer volume of unstructured data from various sources needed to make informed decisions. The claims process is complex, often...
Tech Group Sues Arkansas Over Law Requiring Parental Permission for Minors Creating Social Media Accounts
Jul 3 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. NetChoice, a group whose members include...
Michigan County Whose Sheriff Insulted Women, Minorities Settles Lawsuit for $1.65M
Jul 3 2023 // JACKSON, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan county has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit by a sheriff’s officer who said he suffered on the job, especially after secretly recording a sheriff making insulting...
Fox Corp Settles Lawsuit With Fired Former Producer for $12M
Jul 3 2023 // Fox Corp settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination and accused the network’s lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in the...
Michigan-Based Auto Quality Control Company Sued for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation
Jun 30 2023 // Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Taylor, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, violated federal law by maintaining a sexually hostile work environment at its Taylor location and retaliating...
University of California Files Lawsuit Against Lloyd’s of London Over Refusal to Reimburse Cyber Insurance Costs
Jun 30 2023 // The Regents of the University of California sued Lloyd’s of London, arguing the company refused to reimburse the university system for the costs of data breaches covered in a cyber insurance policy. The dispute is...
GEICO Suit Alleges $1.8M in Fraudulent Billings by New Jersey Healthcare Providers
Jun 30 2023 // Insurer GEICO is suing to recover more than $1.8 million in allegedly fraudulent and unlawful no-fault insurance charges it says it has paid to several New Jersey health centers since 2018. The charges were for a range of...
ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Sued for Theft of Private Data in ‘AI Arms Race’
Jun 29 2023 // ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. is stealing “vast amounts” of personal information to train its artificial intelligence models in a heedless hunt for profits, a group of anonymous individuals claimed in a lawsuit...
‘Climate Washing’ Lawsuits Jump as More Activists Challenge Corporate Claims: Report
Jun 29 2023 // “Climate washing” litigation has risen sharply in the last two years as environmental groups and governments grow frustrated with corporate claims about their contribution to tackling climate change, a report...
USAA Settles Georgia Class Action on Underpaid Taxes in Auto Claims
Jun 29 2023 // A federal judge in Georgia has given preliminary approval to a $2.3 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that charged USAA Casualty Insurance Co. with underpaying for taxes on totaled vehicles. “The Court...
Chicago Mother Sues City After Murder Charges Were Dropped Against Her and Her Son
Jun 28 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago mother who was accused of telling her teen son to shoot a man at a fast food restaurant is suing the city and arresting officers, a day after murder charges against her and her son were...
Industrial Gas Maker Messer to Pay $1.9M to Settle WV Pollution Violation Suit
Jun 28 2023 // A producer of industrial gas in West Virginia has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act by dumping copper, aluminum, residual chlorine, iron and phenolics into the Ohio River...
Disney Beats Investor Lawsuit Over Feud with DeSantis
Jun 28 2023 // The Walt Disney Co. board did not act negligently when it criticized a sexual identity bill signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday, in a case the judge said was improperly directed by a...
Oil-Field Lawsuit Offers Rare Insight Into Harassment Complaints
Jun 28 2023 // A lawsuit set for trial in July against the world’s largest provider of drilling services will offer rare public testimony about the plight of women working in America’s oil fields. Jessica Cheatham, who worked...
TotalEnergies Faces Second Lawsuit Over Oil Projects in Uganda and Tanzania
Jun 28 2023 // Five activist groups have sued French oil major TotalEnergies for a second time over its projects in Uganda and Tanzania in a Paris civil court, they said on Tuesday, after an earlier fast-track attempt was dismissed in...
High Court: Police in California Aren’t Immune From Certain Misconduct Suits
Jun 26 2023 // Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled, overruling a precedent made by lower courts that had helped protect law...
Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Millions of Song Lyrics
Jun 26 2023 // The US Supreme Court refused to revive a lawsuit by music website Genius Media Group Inc. accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google of stealing millions of song lyrics. The justices left in place a ruling that tossed out the...
Texas Power Grid Operator Can’t be Sued Over 2021 Winter Storm, High Court Rules
Jun 26 2023 // The Supreme Court of Texas narrowly decided Friday that sovereign immunity, which largely shields government agencies from civil lawsuits, also protects the operator of the Texas electric grid. The 5-4 opinion will likely...
Yale Student Can Be Sued for Defamation for Reporting Rape, Court Says
Jun 26 2023 // In a decision scrutinizing how colleges investigate sexual assault allegations, Connecticut’s highest court ruled Friday that a former Yale student is not immune from a defamation lawsuit by a fellow student who was...
