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#1 Insurer Can’t Sue for Unjust Enrichment by Deceptive Insured, Appeals Court Says
Jul 28 2025 // A decision by a federal appeals court last week shows what limited options insurance carriers have when they discover major misrepresentation by the insured long after claims have been paid. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of...
#2 Maryland Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 32 Years Sues Authorities
Jul 28 2025 // A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials in a lawsuit announced Thursday, though four of the five...
#3 Ga. Funeral Home Sent Parents Their Deceased Son’s Brain by Mistake, Lawsuit Says
Jul 28 2025 // Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son’s brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into their car and got on the father’s hands when he moved it, according to an updated lawsuit...
#4 New York AG Sues Zelle, Claims Lax Security Led to $1 Billion Consumer Fraud Losses
Aug 14 2025 // Zelle was sued on Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the electronic payment platform’s refusal to adopt critical safety features enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion from...
#5 Navigating The Challenging US Liability Litigation Environment
Aug 13 2025 // The liability litigation environment in the U.S. continues to be challenging, driven by increases in nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, rising attorney representation rates and evolving litigation...
#6 Parrish Named CEO of Howden US, Is Sued by Former Employer Marsh
Aug 5 2025 // Mike Parrish has been named the chief executive officer of Howden U.S., a new U.S. retail broking business of Howden, and he will start in September subject to his “fulfillment of relevant contractual...
#7 5-Year Cost of Litigation Funding to Commercial Insurers Could Top $25B
Aug 12 2025 // “Are you being serious?” Christopher Swift, chair and chief executive officer of The Hartford, was taken aback by a question from an analyst during the company’s second-quarter earnings call about the...
#8 Transgender Runner Sues NCAA and College for Removal From Track Team
Aug 21 2025 // Long-distance runner Evie Parts has sued the NCAA and Swarthmore College as well as members of its athletic department, saying they illegally removed her from the track team because she is a transgender...
#9 Viewpoint: Trucking Companies Face Growing Wage & Hour Class Action Risks
Jul 30 2025 // Are you a trucking company? If so, you may be exposed to class action lawsuits for minimum wage, break time, and overtime violations. Trucking companies are essential to our national economy and security. However, trucking...
#10 EEOC Sued Over Handling of Transgender Worker Discrimination Complaints
Aug 1 2025 // Legal groups sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on July 29, claiming it is unlawfully refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers. Led by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, a...
#11 Insurer Says it Has No Duty to Defend Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting Lawsuit
Jul 22 2025 // Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters said in a complaint last week that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a Kansas City sports promotion group facing an underlying lawsuit over a mass shooting at a 2024 Super Bowl...
#12 Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI, Saying They Hurt AI Competition
Aug 26 2025 // Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favoring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and thwarting competition for other chatbot makers. Musk’s X and xAI seek billions of...
#13 Peloton Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Post-Pandemic Outlook
Aug 28 2025 // Peloton Interactive must face a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by masking excess inventory of its home exercise equipment as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic passed, a divided federal appeals court ruled on...
#14 California City Suing Former Officer Who Skied, Went to Festival on Workers’ Comp
Jul 31 2025 // A California city has filed a civil lawsuit against a former police officer who went skiing and attended a music festival while collecting workers’ compensation. Westminster filed the suit against a former police...
#15 OpenAI, Altman Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in Teen’s Suicide
Aug 27 2025 // The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o...
#16 Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts
Aug 21 2025 // With more states adding or considering restrictions on third-party funding of lawsuits, one of the largest litigation finance firms is now planning to invest directly in some law firms. “We are pursuing strategic...
#17 Trump Media CEO Nunes Loses Defamation Lawsuit Over Rachel Maddow Show
Aug 5 2025 // A federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit by Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and now chief executive of Trump Media and Technology Group, against NBCUniversal over a comment by Rachel Maddow about his...
#18 Owners of Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore Bridge Sue Vessel’s Builder Hyundai
Aug 6 2025 // The owners of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge are suing the company that built the vessel, alleging negligence in the design of a critical switchboard on the ship. Grace Ocean Private and...
#19 Trenton Diocese Withdraws Lawsuit Against Insurers Over Sex Abuse Coverage
Aug 8 2025 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey has voluntarily withdrawn its lawsuit against four liability insurers over coverage for sexual abuse claims brought against the diocese under the New Jersey Child Victims...
#20 Delta, United Sued for Selling Windowless ‘Window Seats’
Aug 20 2025 // Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were sued on Tuesday by passengers who claimed they paid extra money to sit in “window” seats, only to find themselves placed in seats next to a blank wall. Proposed class...
