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Former Oregon City Employee Files Termination Suit
May 20 2021 // The former city recorder in Coquille, Ore., has filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging she was wrongfully fired. Jennifer Rose notified the city of her intent to sue multiple times earlier in the year leading up...
Lawsuits Over University of Delaware COVID-19 Shutdown Can Proceed
May 20 2021 // A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss two lawsuits filed against the University of Delaware by current and former students who argue that they are entitled to refunds for services they didn’t receive when...
Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over W. Virginia Mine Reclamation Program
May 20 2021 // Environmental groups are seeking to force the federal government to address an underfunded program in West Virginia whose purpose is to help cover the costs of coal mine reclamation. The lawsuit said the U.S. Office of...
Suit Claims Owners Drove Brooks Brothers to Bankruptcy to Avoid Paying Investor
May 20 2021 // The billionaire Italian family that until recently owned Brooks Brothers has been accused in a lawsuit of driving the iconic apparel retailer into bankruptcy instead of selling it, to avoid paying millions of dollars to an...
Dubuque, Iowa, to Pay $1.8M to Settle Police Discrimination Suit
May 19 2021 // The city of Dubuque, Iowa, will pay more than $1.8 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former police captain who accused the city and police chief of fostering a culture of sexism in the...
Dozens More Sue Ohio State over Doc’s Alleged Sex Abuse, Misconduct
May 19 2021 // Dozens more men are suing Ohio State over the university’s failure to stop sexual abuse and misconduct decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss. They echo claims filed previously by over 400 men, many of whom...
Southern California City Agrees to Settle Suit Against Bloggers for $350K
May 18 2021 // The Southern California city of Fullerton has agreed to pay $350,000 and take back its accusations of criminal computer hacking to settle a lawsuit against two local bloggers, a newspaper reported. The agreement was...
Parties in Connecticut Class-Action Lead Suit to Give Settlement Details
May 18 2021 // Information on an impending settlement in a class-action lawsuit over lead poisoning in New Haven, Connecticut, children is expected to be released Monday. The New Haven Register reports the parties are scheduled to give...
Lawsuit Filed by Business Over Mississippi City’s COVID Restrictions Dismissed
May 18 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit a fitness gym filed against a Mississippi city claiming the city violated business owners’ rights when it forced non-essential businesses to close to help mitigate the...
Nearly 800 Residents to Sue Wisconsin City Over PFAS Contamination
May 18 2021 // Nearly 800 residents of French Island plan to sue the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, stemming from contamination of private drinking water wells from chemicals known as PFAS, a move that could expose the city to up to more...
Uber Can’t Avoid Driver Classification Lawsuit, Says Supreme Court
May 18 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Uber’s bid to avoid a lawsuit over whether drivers for the ride-hailing company’s limousine platform UberBLACK are employees and not independent contractors as the...
Louisiana Crawfish Processor Sued Over Low Wages, Overtime Pay
May 17 2021 // Two migrant workers from Mexico are suing a Louisiana crawfish processor over wages they say fell well below the minimum wage. The federal lawsuit filed in Alexandria says the two routinely worked 10 or more hours a day,...
Oregon Landowner Suit Seeks $103M from Public Utilities for Wildfire
May 17 2021 // A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and Electric Board for damages linked to one of the Labor Day fires that...
New Vermont Law Waives Time Limit for Physical Abuse Suits
May 17 2021 // Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed into law a measure that lifts the statute of limitations in civil cases of childhood physical abuse. Scott signed the bill on Wednesday. The new law builds on legislation passed two...
Climate Litigation Cases Booming After Paris Agreement – Often Led by Young Activists
May 17 2021 // Whatsapp chat rooms and Telegram channels across Germany lit up in the early hours of April 29. Young people frantically exchanged messages in a tone that went from disbelief to surprise to euphoria. The country’s...
Setting the Stage for Thousands of Opioid Lawuits, Potentially Years of Litigation
May 17 2021 // A corner of West Virginia wrenched by opioid addiction is getting the chance to argue in a courtroom that some of the corporate giants it blames for a public health crisis that left hundreds of people dead deserve to be...
Tortoise Movers Sue Florida Commission for $500K for Moving Too Fast to Revoke License
May 14 2021 // Two men who relocate gopher tortoises are suing Florida’s wildlife commission, saying they should be awarded at least $500,000 in damages because the agency violated due process by prematurely revoking their...
Texas Passes Restrictive Abortion Bill That Expands Exposure to Lawsuits
May 13 2021 // Legislation that would ban abortions after as early as six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant — and let virtually any private citizen sue abortion providers and others was given final approval by...
Arkansas Insurer to Settle Retaliation Discrimination Suit for $90K
May 13 2021 // A life insurance company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), USAble...
Nebraska Legislation Shielding Businesses from COVID Lawsuits Advances
May 13 2021 // A sweeping bill that would shield Nebraska businesses and local governments from coronavirus-related lawsuits won initial approval from state lawmakers on May 11, despite complaints that senators haven’t done enough...
