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Twitter Sues to Force Musk to Consummate $44 Billion Buyout
Jul 13 2022 // Twitter Inc. sued Elon Musk over his abandoned $44 billion takeover bid, accusing the billionaire of having buyer’s remorse after his fortune declined. Lawyers for Twitter told a Delaware judge that the world’s...
Court Says Health Care Workers Suing Maine Governor Must Reveal Identities
Jul 12 2022 // Nine health care workers who sued Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate have until Money to reveal their identities. The workers have so far remained anonymous, but on Thursday,...
Michigan Shop That Sold Gun in School Shooting Named in Suit
Jul 11 2022 // The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people. The complaint filed last week in...
Twitter Assembles Legal Team to Sue Musk Over Dropped Takeover
Jul 11 2022 // Twitter Inc. has hired merger law heavyweight Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as it races to sue Elon Musk for moving to dump his $44 billion takeover of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The...
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Alabama Judge’s Suit Against ‘Borat’ Comedian
Jul 8 2022 // Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday defeated an appeal by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who had accused the British comedian of defamation for falsely portraying him as a pedophile in an interview for the show...
UK Judges Clear Path for $7B Suit Against BHP Over Deadly Brazil Dam Collapse
Jul 8 2022 // UK judges paved the way for a group of more than 200,000 people to bring a suit against BHP Group Ltd. over its role in the deadly collapse of a mining dam in Brazil. The appeal judges overturned a lower court ruling...
Bayer, BASF Win New Trial on $60 Million Damage Award in Weedkiller Lawsuit
Jul 8 2022 // Bayer and BASF have won a new trial on $60 million in punitive damages they were ordered to pay a Missouri peach farmer who said dicamba, a herbicide they produced, drifted onto his orchard and harmed his crops. The 8th...
Attorneys For Women Suing Deshaun Watson Seek NFL Investigation Documents
Jul 7 2022 // Attorneys for multiple women suing Deshaun Watson over allegations of sexual misconduct are seeking the documents from the NFL’s investigation into the former Houston Texans quarterback. According to the motion filed...
Dutch Airline KLM Sued by Environmental Groups Over Alleged ‘Greenwashing’ Ads
Jul 7 2022 // Environmental groups are suing the Dutch subsidiary of Air France-KLM over an advertising campaign they allege breaches European consumer law by misleading the public over how sustainable its flights are. Dutch campaigners...
Kansas Hobby Lobby Store Sued For Disability Discrimination
Jul 6 2022 // Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, violated federal law when it refused to reasonably accommodate a cashier at its Olathe, Kansas store by allowing her to use a service dog and then fired her...
Nonprofit’s Lawsuit Seeks Access to Baltimore Police Records
Jul 6 2022 // A lawsuit recently filed by a Baltimore nonprofit alleges the city department that handles police records is improperly shielding police misconduct documents. The suit brought by the transparency advocacy group Open...
Lawsuits Filed After Deadly Missouri Amtrak Crash
Jul 5 2022 // The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead and injured up to 150 others. In a federal lawsuit filed last Friday, surviving...
Family of Boy Killed in Iowa Amusement Park Accident Sues Facility
Jul 5 2022 // The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at an Iowa amusement park a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court last week, alleging the park failed to properly maintain and repair its...
Georgia Construction Company Must Remain Defendant in Wetlands Suit, Court Finds
Jul 5 2022 // A federal court in Georgia has refused to dismiss a construction company from a lawsuit over wetlands violations, even though the company did not own the property at the time of the alleged dumping of dredge material. The...
Lawsuits Over Sex-Assaults Advance Against Virginia School System
Jul 5 2022 // FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A pair of lawsuits that for years has plagued Virginia’s largest school system with allegations that it ignored students’ accusations of sex assaults are back in front of federal...
Oregon Business Groups Sue Over Heat and Smoke Worker Protections
Jul 4 2022 // Some Oregon business groups are suing over the state’s new job site rules mandating that employers take steps to protect workers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke. Regulations adopted by the Oregon Occupational...
UFC Star Charged in Shooting Sues California Day Care Owners over Alleged Molesting
Jul 1 2022 // Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion accused of trying to kill the man he claims molested his 4-year-old son, is suing the man and his family who own a day care where the alleged molestation...
Supreme Court: Vet Who Lost Job as Texas Trooper Can Sue State
Jul 1 2022 // The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq. The justices ruled for Army veteran Le Roy Torres...
Tesla Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Racial Abuse Against Black Workers
Jul 1 2022 // Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were...
McDonald’s Franchise Owner Consents to $1.6M Settlement of Sex Harassment Suit
Jul 1 2022 // Coughlin, Inc., a Vermont-based company that owns 10 McDonald’s franchise restaurants in Vermont and New Hampshire, will pay $1,600,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit...
