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Delaware Sues Monsanto Alleging Damage to Natural Resources
Sep 28 2021 // Delaware’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against chemical company Monsanto and spinoffs Solutia and Pharmacia, alleging long-lasting damage to the state’s natural resources. The lawsuit filed Delaware...
Maine Attorney General Considers Suing Over PCB, PFAS Contamination
Sep 28 2021 // Maine’s attorney general is seeking proposals from law firms willing to assist with potential legal claims over chemical contamination in the state. The state is considering legal claims over so-called PCBs and a...
Southern California Utility Settles 2015 Gas Leak Litigation, To Take $1.1B Charge
Sep 27 2021 // Gas utility Southern California Gas (SoCalGas), a unit of Sempra Energy, said on Monday it has reached agreements that are expected to resolve substantially all civil litigation related to a 2015 natural gas storage...
BNSF Railway Sued for Sexual Harassment at Nebraska Railyard
Sep 27 2021 // A federal lawsuit alleges women working at a Nebraska railyard were subjected to sexual harassment and managers failed to do anything about it, in violation of federal law. BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), a major North...
Chicago Suburb to Pay Ex-Cop $275K in Discrimination Lawsuit
Sep 27 2021 // A Chicago suburb will pay $275,000 to a former police officer who says colleagues discriminated against him because of his Assyrian and Iraqi heritage. Anfiny J. Eshoo sued the village of Arlington Heights last year,...
Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate
Sep 27 2021 // United Airlines Inc is facing claims that it unlawfully denied religious and medical exemptions from a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines after allegedly making it difficult for workers to apply for...
Dallas Trucking Company Sued for Disability Discrimination
Sep 24 2021 // A Dallas-based trucking company violated federal law when it refused to hire applicant after learning he had taken medical leave at a previous job, according to a lawsuit filed by federal employment officials. Stevens...
Judge Dismisses Some Suits Against Ohio State Over Sex Abuse by Doc
Sep 24 2021 // A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits over Ohio State’s failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying it’s indisputable Strauss abused...
JPMorgan to Pay $15.7M to Settle Spoofing Class Action
Sep 24 2021 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $15.7 million in cash to settle a class action lawsuit by investors who accused the largest U.S. bank of intentionally manipulating prices of U.S. Treasury futures and options. The...
Georgia Man Beaten by Police Officers During Traffic Stop Sues for Damages
Sep 24 2021 // A man who was punched and kicked in the head by Georgia police officers during a traffic stop four years ago has filed a lawsuit alleging the stop was unjustified and the officers used excessive force against him. Gwinnett...
Lawsuit: Ida Power Outages in Louisiana Due to ‘Gum and Super Glue’ at Utility
Sep 23 2021 // A lawsuit alleges that Louisiana’s largest electric utility used a “bubble gum and super glue” approach to maintenance and construction that left customers sweltering in the dark without adequate sewage...
‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Sep 23 2021 // Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers said recently. There are...
Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance?
Sep 23 2021 // Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren’t the only ones of interest to insurers and reinsurers wanting to understand the potential for mass climate liability...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
Sep 23 2021 // A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: “Is it about climate...
Washington Suit Settled for $250K over Abuse
Sep 23 2021 // A man who accused Seattle police officers of physical abuse after they entered his home two years ago during a welfare check has reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Under the settlement, the city didn’t...
Wisconsin District Settles Suit Over Student’s Harassment for $862.5K
Sep 22 2021 // A Wisconsin school district has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said the district ignored years of complaints by her and her mother about multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of racial...
Analysis of German Activists’ Climate Lawsuit Against BMW and Daimler
Sep 21 2021 // BERLIN – German activists have filed a lawsuit against automakers BMW and Daimler for refusing to tighten carbon emissions goals, the first time German citizens have sued private companies for exacerbating climate...
Union Sues to Overturn Trump-Era Rule that Narrowed Definition of ‘Joint Employer’
Sep 21 2021 // The union behind the “Fight for $15” movement is suing to overturn a Trump-era rule that makes it harder to hold companies like McDonald’s Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. accountable for violations of...
Twitter Agrees to Pay $810M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Growth Prospects
Sep 20 2021 // Twitter Inc. agreed to pay $809.5 million to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit that accused the social media company of painting an overly rosy picture of its future. The suit, originally filed by Twitter...
Family Files Lawsuit in Police Restraint Death in Washington
Sep 20 2021 // The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since been charged criminally, has filed a federal lawsuit over his death. Attorneys for Ellis’ sister, Monet...
