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Russian Carmaker GAZ Files Third Lawsuit Against Volkswagen
May 8 2023 // Russian carmaker GAZ has filed a lawsuit worth 15.6 billion roubles ($200.5 million) against Volkswagen, court records show, adding to two others filed earlier this year. The lawsuit, details of which have not been...
Colorado Man Stunned While Handcuffed Files Lawsuit
May 8 2023 // A man who says he was repeatedly stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including once in the face, is suing a Colorado sheriff’s department, alleging excessive force by two deputies and also a failure by leaders to...
Soldier Denied New Trial to Sue Police Over Violent Stop
May 8 2023 // A U.S. Army soldier won’t get a new trial for his lawsuit against two police officers after he was pepper- sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop in rural Virginia, a federal judge has ruled. Video of...
Maryland Ends Time Limit in Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits
May 8 2023 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed legislation to end Maryland’s statute of limitations on when child sexual abuse lawsuits can be filed against institutions. Under current law, Marylanders who say they were sexually...
Workers’ Comp Takes Bite Out of Employee Right to Sue Third Party
May 8 2023 // A Pennsylvania employer cannot be sued for blocking an employee from suing the third party responsible for her workplace injury, the state’s high court has ruled in reversing two lower courts. In a case involving an...
Vape Companies Sue Kinsale Insurance After Battery Coverage Was ‘Quietly’ Excluded
May 8 2023 // Four companies that sell vaping devices have filed a federal lawsuit against Kinsale Insurance Co., claiming the insurer dropped coverage for batteries but failed to fully inform the policyholders before denying a...
North Dakota Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturer Sued for Race Harassment
May 5 2023 // LM Wind Power Blades, Inc, a wind turbine blade manufacturer based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, violated federal law when it subjected an African American employee to a racially hostile work environment and then...
Louisiana Deputies Want Black Woman’s Excessive Force Suit Dismissed
May 5 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Two white Louisiana sheriff’s deputies who forced a Black woman facedown to the ground in 2020 as they investigated an allegation that she had been riding a motorcycle without a helmet asked...
State Judge Nixes Trump Damages Suit Against New York Times
May 5 2023 // Former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times over a 2018 investigative series into his family’s wealth and tax practices was dismissed by a state judge Wednesday. The lawsuit accused the...
Michigan Baby Formula Manufacturer Sued for Disability Discrimination
May 4 2023 // Mead Johnson & Company, a manufacturer of baby formula, violated federal law at its Zeeland, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal...
Chubb’s Greenberg: Start Questioning the Societal Benefits of Litigation Funding
May 4 2023 // Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said society and the business community need to start asking questions regarding the purpose of third-party litigation funding, a major contributor to increases in frequency and severity within...
TotalEnergies Sues Greenpeace Over Emissions Report
May 4 2023 // French oil major TotalEnergies has sued environmental group Greenpeace France and climate consulting firm Factor-X over a report claiming the company massively underestimated its 2019 greenhouse gas emissions, Total said...
Judge Says No Class Action Against Peloton Over Fitness Class Availability
May 4 2023 // A U.S. judge has refused to let Peloton Interactive Inc customers pursue a class action accusing the bike and treadmill maker of misleading them about the “ever-growing” size of its library of on-demand fitness...
Barclays Banker Alleges He Was Pigeonholed as ‘Aggressive Black Man’ in Lawsuit
May 3 2023 // A Barclays banker, one of three men of Cameroonian background to sue the bank in a joint London claim, alleges he has felt pigeonholed as an “aggressive Black man” in a lawsuit seeking almost 15 million pounds...
Paltrow Won’t Recoup Attorney Fees in Utah Ski Crash Suit
May 3 2023 // Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah...
Louisiana Parish Sues FEMA Over Flood Rate Information
May 2 2023 // A Louisiana parish is suing FEMA for withholding flood insurance rating methodology, alleging the agency has denied residents from viewing data used to set rates under the National Flood Insurance Program’s Risk...
Coinbase Executives Sued for Dumping Stock, Saving $1 Billion
May 2 2023 // Coinbase Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong, board member Marc Andreessen and other officers avoided more than $1 billion in losses by using inside information to sell stock within days of the...
Credit Suisse Bondholders Who Lost $1.7B in UBS Deal File Lawsuits
May 2 2023 // Hundreds more Credit Suisse Group AG bondholders sued Switzerland’s banking regulator after their securities valued at about $1.7 billion were wiped out during the lender’s government-brokered takeover by UBS...
Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Over SpaceX Launch License
May 2 2023 // Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without...
Former Business Partners of McClenny Moseley File 2nd Lawsuit
May 1 2023 // A company that provided hurricane-damage estimates to embattled McClenny Moseley & Associates says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the law firm owes it nearly $10 million. Those unpaid invoices allegedly owed to...
