Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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Utah Theme Park Files Trademark Suit Against Taylor Swift
Feb 5 2021 // A theme park in Utah has filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift that accuses her of trademark infringement. Evermore Parks said in its suit filed this week that the title of Swift’s 2020 album...
California Supreme Court Rejects Rideshare Vote Lawsuit
Feb 5 2021 // The California Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that sought to overturn a ballot measure that makes app-based ride-hailing and delivery drivers independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job...
Bill to Stem Virus-Related Lawsuits Advances in Missouri Senate
Feb 4 2021 // Missouri senators on Feb. 3 advanced a bill that would shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the coronavirus pandemic. Senators gave the measure initial approval...
SEC Sues Giuliani Associates Parnas, Correia Alleging Fraud Over Insurance Startup
Feb 4 2021 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued two associates of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump, alleging they defrauded investors of $2 million in a company that never got off...
Washington Farmers Suing Over Virus Rules for Migrant Workers
Feb 4 2021 // Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers from the COVID-19 virus. The groups filed the lawsuit this week in Yakima County...
LuLaRoe Paying $4.75M to Washington Settle Pyramid Lawsuit
Feb 3 2021 // The California-based multi-level marketing business LuLaRoe is paying $4.75 million to settle allegations from the Washington state Attorney General’s Office that it operated as a pyramid scheme. LuLaRoe sells...
Brazilian Dam Claimants to Take BHP Class Action to English Court of Appeal
Feb 3 2021 // Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP over a 2015 dam collapse was struck down last November, said on Tuesday they will petition the English...
Florida Condo Association Sues Resident for Feeding Stray Cat
Feb 3 2021 // A condominium association in Florida is suing a 78-year-old woman over the feeding of a stray cat. A lawsuit filed earlier this month in Tampa accuses Joan P. Hussey of breaking the rules by attracting and feeding...
Judge Permits McDonald’s Suit Against Ex-CEO Over Alleged Sexual Affairs Cover-Up
Feb 3 2021 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Easterbrook’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the fast-food chain seeking to recoup millions of dollars in severance pay because...
Shareholder Lawsuit Alleges Tyson Misled About COVID-19 Protocols
Feb 3 2021 // U.S. meat and poultry processor Tyson Foods Inc. was sued on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding shareholders with misleading disclosures about its ability to combat the spread of the coronavirus in its facilities. The...
Georgia Law Blocks Families of Nursing Home Residents from Suing Over COVID Deaths
Feb 2 2021 // A suburban Atlanta nursing home where 22 people died from COVID-19 has been faulted by state inspectors for failing to control infections, but relatives of people who died say they can’t sue because Georgia lawmakers...
Cheerleader Sues Northwestern University; Alleges Harassment, Cover-Up
Feb 1 2021 // A Northwestern cheerleader is suing the university, saying she was groped by drunken fans and alumni at school-sanctioned events and administrators tried to cover up her complaints, the Chicago Tribune reported. Hayden...
Las Vegas Bus Company, Driver Hit with Lawsuit in Crash
Feb 1 2021 // A lawsuit was filed against a Las Vegas-based tour bus company and one of its drivers after a crash last week that killed one person and critically injured three others. The bus with more than 40 people aboard rolled over...
Lawsuit Holds Police in Oregon City Negligent in Man’s Death
Feb 1 2021 // The sister of an Oregon man who died of asphyxiation in a Eugene police car after wrapping a seatbelt around his neck has filed a $9 million wrongful death suit against the city and police department. The federal civil...
2 California Customers Sue Subway over Tuna
Feb 1 2021 // Two San Francisco Bay Area residents have sued the fast-food chain Subway alleging that its tuna is “anything but tuna” and calling it “tuna salad” constitutes fraud and false...
Insurance Déjà Vu: Vaccines, AI, Litigation, Recession Made Headlines 10 Years Ago
Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...
Analysis: User Pact, Section 230 Likely to Shield Robinhood, Reddit From Lawsuits
Feb 1 2021 // Robinhood Markets Inc.’s user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers after it blocked a frenzied trading rally in companies such as GameStop Corp. that was...
Lawsuit Over 2017 Connecticut Training Flight Crash Is Settled
Jan 29 2021 // The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft. Terms of the settlement...
Texas Holiday Inn Owner Sued for Firing Pregnant Employee
Jan 29 2021 // Federal officials have sued the owner of a Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Corpus Christi, Texas, for firing a temporary employee because she was pregnant, Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express &...
North Dakota Bills Would Shield Businesses from Virus Lawsuits
Jan 28 2021 // Some North Dakota lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at shielding businesses and health care facilities from lawsuits over customers’ or employees’ COVID-19 exposure, despite criticism that it may be...
