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NFL Must Face Class Action Lawsuit Over ‘Sunday Ticket’ Prices
Feb 9 2023 // The National Football League (NFL) must face a $6 billion class action alleging it unlawfully limited televised games and drove up the cost of its “Sunday Ticket” package, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday. Sunday...
Group of Institutional Investors Back Lawsuit Against Shell’s Board Over Climate Risk
Feb 9 2023 // A group of European institutional investors is backing a novel London lawsuit against energy giant Shell’s board over alleged climate mismanagement in a case that could have far-reaching implications for how...
ACLU Settles Pair of Lawsuits of Police Abuse Cases in Louisiana
Feb 8 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A civil rights group in New Orleans is pointing to two federal lawsuit settlements as examples of how civil litigation can hold police accountable for violent tactics in the wake of Tyre Nichols’...
Nearly 60 Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Against L’Oreal, Others Consolidated in Federal Court
Feb 8 2023 // Nearly 60 lawsuits claiming hair relaxer products sold by L’Oreal USA Inc and other companies cause cancer and other health problems will be consolidated in Chicago federal court, according to a Monday order from the...
Samsung Chip Plant Sues Insurer Over $400 Million in Storm Damage Claims
Feb 8 2023 // A Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant in Texas sued its insurer over $400 million in damage claims tied to a power blackout during a deadly winter storm in 2021. The federal lawsuit filed Monday against Factory...
Wells Fargo to Pay $300M to Settle Suit Over Auto Insurance Disclosures
Feb 8 2023 // Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay $300 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit claiming the bank hid that it had pushed unnecessary insurance on auto loan customers, according to documents filed in U.S. court on...
Brown & Brown Won’t Get Change of Venue in Coverage Gap Lawsuit by Property Firm
Feb 8 2023 // Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown Insurance, often called one of the largest and fastest-growing insurance brokerages in the United States, has lost a round in its legal battle with one of its largest clients, a...
Family of Minneapolis Man Killed in No-Knock Search Warrant Sues City
Feb 7 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The parents of Amir Locke, who was shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer when a SWAT team executed a no-knock search warrant one year ago, sued the city and the officer Friday, alleging he was...
24 Models Sue 3 Insurers to Collect on $2M Deals With Strip Clubs Over Use of Photos
Feb 7 2023 // A group of 24 models is suing three insurers to collect more than $2 million in settlements stemming from the unauthorized use of their images by several strip clubs in the Northeast. The models, including Tara Leigh...
Nearly 60 L’Oreal Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Consolidated in Illinois Federal Court
Feb 7 2023 // Nearly 60 lawsuits claiming hair relaxer products sold by L’Oreal USA Inc and other companies cause cancer and other health problems will be consolidated in Chicago federal court, according to a Monday order from the...
Getty Images Lawsuit Says Stability AI Misused Photos to Train AI
Feb 7 2023 // Stock photo provider Getty Images has sued artificial intelligence company Stability AI Inc, accusing it in a lawsuit made public on Monday of misusing more than 12 million Getty photos to train its Stable Diffusion AI...
Root Sues Former CMO Over At Least $9.4M in Unauthorized Payments
Feb 6 2023 // Root Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance, has followed up its investigation into almost $10 million of unauthorized payments with a lawsuit against its former chief marketing officer. According to the suit, filed in...
U.S. Military Members Suing 3M Seek Dismissal of Subsidiary’s Bankruptcy
Feb 6 2023 // Current and former U.S. military members suing 3M over allegedly defective military earplugs have asked a U.S. judge to dismiss 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies‘ bankruptcy, accusing the company of using bankruptcy...
Chicago Suburb Settles $12M Lawsuit Over Boy’s Shooting
Feb 6 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – The family of a suburban Chicago boy who was 12 when an officer shot him in the knee during a 2019 police raid will receive $12 million under a settlement of the family’s lawsuit. The settlement,...
2022 Was a Banner Year for Billion-Dollar Class Action Settlements
Feb 6 2023 // Drugmakers and distributors that settled misconduct allegations related to the national opioid epidemic led to a banner year for class-action plaintiffs in 2022, with 15 settlement agreements that totaled $1 billion or...
Closed Ill. Plant’s Ex-Operator Settles Suits for $408M
Feb 6 2023 // The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that the now-shuttered facility exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas...
Police Settle La. Suit Over 2020 Beating of Black Man
Feb 3 2023 // SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Black man who said police officers in a Louisiana city threw him to the ground, slammed his face into the sidewalk and detained him in a mental...
Judge Allows New Jersey Town’s Suit to Recover $21M Spent on Beach Restoration
Feb 3 2023 // A New Jersey beach town that defied state environmental authorities and fixed its dunes that were seriously eroded by a storm can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to recover $21 million it spent bulking up its shoreline, but...
Judge Stays New Jersey Law Allowing AG Lawsuits Against Gun Industry
Feb 2 2023 // A federal judge has halted a New Jersey law allowing the state attorney general to bring civil lawsuits against the gun industry in that state. U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi granted a preliminary injunction against...
Univ. of Minnesota Football Players’ Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
Feb 2 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine former University of Minnesota football players who were accused of sexual assault in 2016 in a case that roiled the school’s football...
