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Berkshire Hathaway Sues Law Firm It Says Aided $756 Million M&A Fraud
Oct 15 2020 // A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. claims a top international law firm helped German piping component maker Wilhelm Schulz GmbH fraudulently conceal its disastrous finances before its 2017 acquisition...
Ohio Restaurant Group to Pay $75K to Settle Sex Harassment Suit
Oct 14 2020 // A Cincinnati, Ohio-area restaurant group will pay $75,000 to a former employee and implement other relief to settle a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment. According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
California Appeals Court Listening to Arguments in Gig Worker Lawsuit
Oct 13 2020 // A California appeals court on Tuesday listened to arguments by lawyers for Uber Technologies Inc. , Lyft Inc. and the state of California about whether the state can recognize their drivers as employees with the right to...
Wisconsin Hotel Operator to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit for $60K
Oct 13 2020 // The company that operates the IHG Army Hotel at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin will pay $60,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal regulators say. According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
City in Texas Hit with $1M Suit from Black Man Who Police Led by Rope
Oct 13 2020 // A Black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback has sued a southeast Texas city and its police department for $1 million, saying he suffered humiliation and fear during his arrest. A lawsuit filed last...
Judge Tosses $30M Lawsuit Brought by Wounded Oregon Trooper
Oct 13 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a $30 million lawsuit filed by an Oregon State Police trooper who was shot 12 times in December 2016. Nic Cederberg and his wife sued Legacy Meridian Park Hospital claiming the suspect, James...
Extended Stay Site Near Atlanta Accused of Illegally Evicting Residents in Lawsuit
Oct 13 2020 // The owners of an Atlanta area housing site are illegally throwing out residents struggling to make ends meet amid the coronavirus pandemic and have failed to address roaches, bed bugs and other problems in those living...
Facing Deceptive Opioid Marketing Suits, Mallinckrodt Files for Bankruptcy
Oct 12 2020 // Mallinckrodt Plc filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, saddled with lawsuits alleging it fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic and after it lost a court battle to avoid paying higher rebates to state Medicaid programs for...
Kansas Man Sues Trucking Firm, Driver Over Crash That Killed Wife, 4 Children
Oct 12 2020 // A Kansas man is suing a over a crash that killed his wife, three of his children and his stepdaughter. Jeffrey Williams, of Viola, is seeking more than $75,000 in damages in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Andrew...
U.S. Olympics Sues Insurers Over Stalled Nassar Sex Abuse Settlement
Oct 11 2020 // The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said on Friday it has filed a lawsuit against its insurance providers for failing to fulfill obligations in reaching a settlement with survivors of the Larry...
Parents in Florida School Shooting Lawsuit Asked to Prove Mental Anguish
Oct 9 2020 // Parents who sued a school district after their children died in a mass shooting at a Florida high school are being asked to turn over their psychiatric records to prove they have suffered mental anguish. The Broward County...
U.S. Sues Yale University Claiming Illegal Favoritism for Blacks, Hispanics in Admissions
Oct 9 2020 // Yale University was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice, which claims the Ivy League school illegally discriminates against White and Asian-American applicants in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Hispanic...
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Hit with Shareholder Lawsuit Over Coronavirus
Oct 9 2020 // A Palm Beach County, Florida city’s retirement plan is suing a cruise ship company for allegedly misleading it and other shareholders over the financial impact of the coronavirus on its business. The securities...
Louisiana 4th Grader Sues School System Over BB Gun Suspension
Oct 8 2020 // The family of a Louisiana fourth grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room during an online class session. The lawsuit filed in Louisiana’s 24th Judicial...
Supreme Court Allows Gay Couples’ Lawsuits Against Kentucky Clerk to Move Forward
Oct 7 2020 // The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The high court said...
Lawsuit: Omaha Police Used Excessive Force at Protests
Oct 7 2020 // A lawsuit accuses Omaha police of using excessive force when they responded to protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Nebraska’s largest city earlier this year. The American Civil Liberties Union...
Children of Deceased Tyson Worker in Iowa Allege Lax COVID-19 Safety
Oct 7 2020 // The children of a Tyson Foods worker who died of the coronavirus in April have filed a lawsuit claiming his plant took few safety precautions before he and others became infected in Iowa’s first major outbreak. Pedro...
Judge Orders Cisco to Pay $1.9 Billion in Cybersecurity Patent Lawsuit
Oct 6 2020 // A U.S. judge on Monday ordered Cisco Systems Inc. to pay $1.9 billion to a Virginia company that accused it of copying its cybersecurity patents. U.S. District Judge Henry Morgan in Norfolk, Virginia, concluded after a...
Insurers Gain Early Wins in COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits
Oct 5 2020 // Insurers have succeeded in dismissing COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuits in 17 out of 23 cases heard so far, with a growing number of judges finding that some tangible alteration of a property is required to trigger...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Jurisdiction Question in Climate Damages Lawsuit
Oct 5 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking damages for...
