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Seattle Space Needle Sues Coffee Chain Over Use of Logo
Jun 13 2022 // The Seattle Space Needle has sued a local coffee chain for using its trademarked logo in coffee shop branding and merchandise. The logo for Local Coffee Spot, which has four locations in the Seattle area, features a mug of...
New Mexico Residents Suing for Information on Massive Wildfire
Jun 13 2022 // Dozens of residents in a small New Mexico community impacted by massive wildfires that merged in April are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they called a failure to provide information about the government’s...
UK Pubs Group Sues Zurich, Liberty Mutual, MS Amlin for $1.2B Over COVID BI Losses
Jun 13 2022 // Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) over lockdown losses, battled the COVID-19 pandemic “day by day, venue by venue,”...
Supreme Court Takes No Action on Bayer Bid to Nix Weedkiller Suits
Jun 13 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took no action on Bayer AG’s bid to dismiss legal claims by customers who contend its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German company seeks to avoid potentially billions of...
Judge Allows New York’s Lawsuit Against NRA to Move Forward
Jun 13 2022 // The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group’s claims that the...
Google Agrees to Pay $118 Million to Settle Pay Equity Suit
Jun 13 2022 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, lawfirms representing the women said in a statement. In addition, an independent expert...
North Carolina Asbestos Suit vs. Ford, Other Parts Makers Moves Ahead
Jun 10 2022 // A federal lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. and other manufacturers of auto parts that contained asbestos is proceeding, after a judge in North Carolina rejected arguments that a mechanic should have known of the dangers of...
Wisconsin Ag Company to Settle $180,000 EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
Jun 10 2022 // Baumann Farms LLP, a major agricultural company in central Wisconsin, will pay $180,812.50 and provide other significant relief to settle a sexual harassment, retaliation, and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed...
Washington Family Sues City Following Landslide and Home Collapse
Jun 10 2022 // A Bellevue, Washington, family who lost their home when it was pushed off its foundation during a January landslide filed a lawsuit this week against the city for unspecified damages. The lawsuit, filed in King County...
Maine Pays $395K to Settle Corrections Officer’s Discrimination Lawsuit
Jun 10 2022 // The state of Maine is paying $395,000 to a former corrections officer to settle her claims of harassment and discrimination. Autumn Dinsmore resigned as a corrections officer this month as part of the settlement of her...
Family of Michigan Jail Inmate Who Died Settles Suit For $2.4 Million
Jun 9 2022 // A Detroit-area county and a health care provider have agreed to a $2.45 million settlement with the family of a man who died while in jail for a minor driving offense. David Stojcevski, 32, suffered serious withdrawals...
24th Woman Brings Texas-Based Suit Against NFL Quarterback Watson
Jun 8 2022 // A 24th woman filed a civil lawsuit Monday alleging sexual misconduct by Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is also awaiting possible discipline from the NFL. The latest lawsuit was filed in Houston by...
Oregon Care Center Sued for $4.7M After Patient Leaves, Drowns
Jun 8 2022 // A woman is suing a memory care center outside Portland, Oregon, after her husband left the facility unknown to staff and drowned in a creek. Toufik “Tom” Tanous, 79, suffered from severe memory loss and had...
Whistleblower Suing Eli Lilly Alleges Drug Manufacturing Problems
Jun 8 2022 // A former human resources officer at Eli Lilly & Co. sued the pharmaceutical company on Monday, alleging she was terminated after pointing out poor manufacturing practices and data falsification involving its...
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Oklahoma Goodwill COVID Business-Interruption Suit
Jun 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a lawsuit from an Oklahoma Goodwill branch seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income loss. Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma had sought to appeal its lawsuit against Philadelphia...
Wichita, Kansas to Settle Suit Over 2012 Fatal Shooting
Jun 7 2022 // The city of Wichita plans to settle a lawsuit filed over the death of a man who was shot by a police officer in 2012. The city’s law department has asked the City Council to approve on Tuesday a $175,000 settlement...
Hedge Fund Elliott Sues London Metal Exchange for $456M Over Nickel Trading Halt
Jun 7 2022 // U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates is suing the London Metal Exchange (LME) for $456 million for canceling nickel trades after chaotic trading in March that forced the exchange to suspend its nickel market, the LME said on...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Southwest Airlines Cannot Force Wage Suit Into Arbitration
Jun 7 2022 // Southwest Airlines Co. cannot force a baggage handler’s class action lawsuit over overtime pay into private arbitration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision with costly potential implications for...
Former Football Players Sue Norfolk State, Claim Coaches Ignored Hazing, Harassment
Jun 7 2022 // NORFOLK, Va. — Two former Norfolk State University football players filed federal lawsuits against the university Wednesday, alleging that they were hazed and sexually assaulted by upperclassmen on the team and coaches...
‘Top Gun’ Heirs Sue Paramount Over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Jun 6 2022 // The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun:...
