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Insuring Cannabis Summit 2022: Capacity, Rates, Lawsuits and More
Nov 21 2022 // Cannabis insurance is a complex and developing space, and ample proof of that assertion was provided at a two-day event in October focused solely on the topic. Issues like capacity, rates, lines of insurance, lawsuits, and...
Lawsuit Accuses Largest U.S. Meat Producers of Wage Fixing
Nov 18 2022 // Three meat plant workers have filed a federal lawsuit accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers of conspiring to depress wages and benefits. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Denver on...
Coach in California Convicted of Sexual Assault of Teen Players, Lawsuit Pending
Nov 18 2022 // A Southern California water polo coach was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting teenage girls during underwater training sessions while he claimed to be preparing them for competition, prosecutors said. Jurors...
California Paper Plant to Pay $385K Settlement Over Race Harassment Lawsuit
Nov 18 2022 // Paper manufacturers Packaging Corporation of America Central California Corrugated, LLC. (PCA) and Schwarz Partners LP will pay $385,000 and implement preventative measures to settle a racial harassment lawsuit seeking...
Florida Judge Dismisses NFL Kicker Josh Lambo’s Lawsuit Against Jaguars, For Now
Nov 18 2022 // A judge has dismissed NFL kicker Josh Lambo’s lawsuit against the Jacksonville Jaguars in which Lambo sought back pay and damages for emotional distress caused by former head coach Urban Meyer. Judge Gilbert Feltel...
‘Wave’ of Lawsuits Over FTX Expected, but Investors Will Face Legal Hurdles
Nov 18 2022 // A lawsuit by FTX account holders in the United States is likely the first of many that will be brought over billions of dollars in losses on the cryptocurrency exchange, though the cases will face obstacles including...
Florida Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of 16 Auto-Glass AOB Suits vs. Progressive
Nov 18 2022 // A Florida appeals court has upheld the dismissal of no fewer than 16 auto glass assignment-of-benefits lawsuits against Progressive Insurance companies, perhaps putting an exclamation point on the enforceability of...
Walmart Offers to Pay $3.1B to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
Nov 17 2022 // Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and...
Lawsuit in Idaho Settled over Antiquated Law
Nov 16 2022 // People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender list, according to a settlement Idaho has reached to resolve a...
FTX’s Bankman-Fried, Celebrity Promoters Sued by Crypto Investors
Nov 16 2022 // U.S. crypto investors sued FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and several celebrities who promoted his exchange including comedian Larry David, alleging they engaged in deceptive practices to sell FTX yield-bearing digital...
Lawsuit: 2 Wyoming Mental Patients Dead, Procedures Ignored
Nov 16 2022 // Two Wyoming State Hospital patients died while staff at the mental health institution failed to follow procedures in a series of choking, neglect and medication error incidents over the past four months, a lawsuit...
District’s AG Sues Commanders’ Snyder, NFL, Goodell Alleging They Deceived Fans
Nov 16 2022 // Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were sued by the District of Columbia on Thursday, accused of colluding to deceive fans by lying about an inquiry into “sexual misconduct and...
Florida Citizens Revises Ian Loss Estimate to $3.8B, Including Litigation Expenses
Nov 15 2022 // Direct losses, litigation and other expenses from Hurricane Ian will reach $3.8 billion for Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp., but that’s still below the threshold that would trigger an assessment on...
PennDOT Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Open Ditch Hit by Motorcyclist
Nov 15 2022 // Pennsylvania’s transportation agency dug a ditch and didn’t tell anyone, and it cost a motorcyclist her life, the victim’s family says in a new civil lawsuit. Leslie Gingrich, a mother of three who was...
Aircraft Lessor BOC Aviation Sues 16 Insurers Over Claims for Jets Stuck in Russia
Nov 14 2022 // BOC Aviation Ltd. has begun legal action in pursuit of claims against 16 insurers over aircraft the lessor owns that are stuck in Russia, an Irish High Court filing shows. The insurers named in the proceedings, which the...
Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit
Nov 14 2022 // Alphabet’s Google will pay $391.5 million to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users’ locations, the Michigan attorney general’s office said...
California Sues Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ That Taint Water
Nov 14 2022 // A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that have over decades found...
Baldwin Sues to Clear Name in New Mexico Movie Set Killing
Nov 14 2022 // Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin is suing people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in...
3 Australian Banks Settle Class Action Lawsuits Over Sale of Credit Insurance Products
Nov 14 2022 // Three of Australia’s “big four” banks settled separate class action lawsuits for A$126 million ($84.51 million) with Slater & Gordon, who took the banks to court two years ago over sale of credit...
Jury Orders Filmmaker Haggis to Pay $7.5M in Rape Lawsuit by Publicist
Nov 14 2022 // A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one of several (hash)MeToo-era cases that have put Hollywood notables’ behavior...
