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Skittles Are Toxic, Federal Lawsuit Claims
Jul 15 2022 // Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain a known toxin that the company had pledged six years ago to phase out. In a proposed class action filed on...
Lawsuit Alleges Texas Officer Paralyzed Man in Jail
Jul 15 2022 // A man filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a Texas police officer of using excessive force while restraining him in jail and inflicting injuries that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit on behalf of...
DOJ Poised to Rebuff Google Concessions, Clearing the Way for Antitrust Suit
Jul 15 2022 // The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit over Google’s dominance of the online advertising market, according to people familiar...
Family Sues Over Arkansas Man’s Fatal Shooting by Officer
Jul 14 2022 // The family of a man who was fatally shot near an Arkansas hospital while trying to drive away in a stolen truck filed a federal lawsuit last week against the officer who shot him and several others. Relatives of Tyrone...
Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Revised Gun Safety Law
Jul 14 2022 // A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved...
Uber Sued by More Than 500 Female Passengers Over Sexual Assault Complaints
Jul 14 2022 // Uber Technologies Inc. is being sued by more than 500 women across the US who claim to have been assaulted by drivers on the platform. The complaint, filed by Slater, Slater, Schulman LLP in San Francisco, alleges that...
Allergan, Teva to Pay $54M in San Francisco Opioid Lawsuit
Jul 14 2022 // Opioid makers Allergan and Teva have agreed to pay $54 million in cash and overdose reversal drugs to settle a federal lawsuit brought by San Francisco alleging the drug industry fueled an overdose and addiction surge that...
Rhode Island Woman Sues Cleaning Firm for Firing Her Because She Was Pregnant
Jul 14 2022 // A Rhode Island woman hired to work for a house cleaning service was fired just days later after management found out that she was pregnant, the woman said in a discrimination lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit filed by the...
Judge Dismisses Delaware AG’s Suit Against Monsanto Over PCBs
Jul 14 2022 // A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic chemicals known...
Illinois Dog Kennel Company to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Suit
Jul 13 2022 // A dog kennel company in suburban Chicago, Illinois, Rover’s Place, will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Appeals Court Revives Roundup Weedkiller Cancer Lawsuit
Jul 13 2022 // A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit by a Georgia man claiming Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, the latest in a string of legal defeats for the company as it seeks to avoid potentially...
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...
