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Man Sues Alaska Troopers, Says His Job Offer Yanked After HIV Status Revealed
Jun 12 2023 // A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska State Trooper was rescinded after he disclosed he was HIV positive filed a lawsuit in state court Thursday to get his position on the statewide police force...
Judge Rejects 3M Effort to Resolve Earplug Lawsuits in Bankruptcy
Jun 12 2023 // A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed the bankruptcy of 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies, rejecting an effort to resolve nearly 260,000 lawsuits alleging that 3M military earplugs caused hearing loss for veterans and U.S....
Coinbase Suit May Finally Send Crypto Debate to Supreme Court
Jun 9 2023 // The SEC’s new lawsuit against Coinbase Global Inc. appears best positioned among cryptocurrency cases to let the US Supreme Court finally decide if digital assets count as securities. The crypto tokens traded by...
Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Give Sex Abuse Victims More Time to Sue
Jun 9 2023 // LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue for damages as the state again looks to overhaul laws following multiple...
New Mexico Sues Manufacturers of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Amid Health Concerns
Jun 9 2023 // New Mexico’s attorney general and its Environment Department filed suit against the manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals,” commonly referred to as PFAS, seeking monetary damages to defray the...
Black Workers at California Tesla Factory Allege Rampant Racism, Seek Class-Action Status
Jun 8 2023 // Tesla may face a class-action lawsuit after 240 Black factory workers in California described rampant racism and discrimination at the electric automaker’s San Francisco Bay Area plant, including frequent use of...
New Lawsuit Filed After Iowa Building Collapse
Jun 8 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, filed a lawsuit with her wife Wednesday, accusing the city and the...
Gun Advocates Quick to Sue Over Connecticut’s New Gun Safety Law
Jun 8 2023 // Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights...
Barclays Sued by UK Banker Over Mental Health Harassment Allegations
Jun 8 2023 // Barclays Plc was sued by an ex-banker alleging harassment and discrimination exacerbated her mental health issues causing panic attacks and stress, eventually pushing her to quit the bank. Khilna Morjaria, an ex-vice...
Coinbase CEO Hits Back at SEC Chair After Lawsuit, Says User Funds Are Safe
Jun 8 2023 // Coinbase Chief Executive Brian Armstrong on Wednesday hit back at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler over the agency’s lawsuit against the crypto exchange, calling him an...
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Limit Civil Rights Lawsuits
Jun 8 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the ability of people to sue for civil rights violations under an 1871 law as it rejected a bid to prevent an Indiana nursing home resident’s family from suing over his...
Boeing Accused in Lawsuit of Stealing Trade Secrets for NASA Rocket
Jun 8 2023 // Boeing was sued on Wednesday by a Colorado company that accused the aerospace giant of stealing trade secrets for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, and then building components with “critical” safety...
Washington Paying $3.1M to Settle Suit Over Evidence
Jun 8 2023 // Washington state is set to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged severe neglect at an adult family home – in addition to more than $300,000 in penalties levied by a judge for wrongful withholding of...
Rhode Island AG Lawsuit Says Landlord Puts Tenants at Risk
Jun 8 2023 // A Rhode Island landlord whose tenants have long complained about lead hazards, rodent infestations and other problems with their apartments was sued Tuesday by the state attorney general, who said conditions at many...
Delaware County, Police Seek Dismissal of Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jun 8 2023 // Attorneys for Delaware’s largest county and three police officers asked a federal judge on Tuesday to rule in their favor in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2021. The family of Lymond Moses is...
Texas Car Dealership Sued for Age and Disability Discrimination
Jun 7 2023 // DALLAS – Pete’s Car Smart Inc., a car dealership based in Amarillo, Texas, violated federal law by firing a long-time employee based on her age and cardiovascular-related disability, the federal agency announced...
New York City Files Suit Against Hyundai, Kia Over Thefts
Jun 7 2023 // New York City has joined other municipalities in suing carmakers Hyundai and Kia for not having immobilizer anti-theft technology in some of their vehicles, which the municipalities claim has resulted in record car thefts...
Tesla’s $2.6 Billion SolarCity Buyout Ruled Fair as Dismissal of Shareholder Suit Upheld
Jun 7 2023 // esla Inc.’s $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity in 2016 was “entirely fair” to shareholders, Delaware’s top court ruled, upholding the dismissal of an investor lawsuit and sparing Elon Musk from a...
Appeals Court Won’t Revisit Towers Watson $80M D&O Denial for Willis Merger Lawsuits
Jun 7 2023 // A federal appeals court has denied insurance broker Towers Watson a rehearing of a May ruling that found it may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover settlements of shareholder lawsuits related to the merger...
U.S. Tightens Crackdown on Crypto With Lawsuits Against Coinbase, Binance
Jun 7 2023 // The top U.S. securities regulator sued cryptocurrency platform Coinbase on Tuesday, the second lawsuit in two days against a major crypto exchange, in a dramatic escalation of a crackdown on the industry and one that could...
