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Woody Allen’s Personal Chef Sues Over Firing
Dec 16 2024 // Woody Allen’s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the U.S. Army Reserves and questions about his pay, then “rubbed salt on the...
EEOC Sues Texas Pizza Hut Operator for Workplace Discrimination
Dec 16 2024 // Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants in ten states and multiple locations in the Houston area, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to...
New Jersey, Minnesota Sue Glock Over Firearms With Adaptable Switches
Dec 16 2024 // NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock last Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute. New Jersey...
Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing
Dec 12 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicals The lawsuit alleges the companies for decades...
Florida Hospital Can’t Avoid Med Mal Suit Over Birth Injury, Appeals Court Says
Dec 12 2024 // Florida lawmakers established the Birth-Related Neurological Injury fund in 1988 to provide a no-fault remedy for parents of children with certain injuries incurred at birth, with an aim toward reducing the soaring cost of...
Women Drop Groping Lawsuit Against Indiana Attorney General
Dec 11 2024 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four women who accused Curtis Hill of drunkenly groping them at a bar when he was Indiana’s attorney general dropped their civil lawsuit against him hours before jury selection was set to begin...
US Supreme Court Tosses Case Involving Securities Fraud Suit Against Nvidia
Dec 11 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Wednesday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia of misleading investors about how...
Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil Vessel
Dec 11 2024 // British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists boarded a Shell oil production vessel last year. Greenpeace said it had agreed to pay...
Lawsuit Accuses Major Food Companies of Marketing ‘Addictive’ Food to Kids
Dec 11 2024 // Major food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola, were hit with a new lawsuit in the U.S. on Tuesday accusing them of designing and marketing “ultra-processed” foods to be addictive to...
North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Crisis
Dec 10 2024 // A town in North Carolina sued utility firm Duke Energy DUK.N on Wednesday, accusing the company of deceiving its customers and the broader public about the harms of climate change. The town of Carrboro, about 30 miles from...
CFPB Claims Supervision Over Google Unit, Which Promptly Sues
Dec 9 2024 // The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it’s claiming supervisory authority over Google Payment Corp., as the agency extends its oversight of nonbank financial platforms. The unit of Alphabet Inc. promptly...
Father of Victim of NYC Subway Chokehold Sues Defendant Daniel Penny
Dec 9 2024 // The father of the victim at the center of the fatal New York City subway chokehold trial has sued the defendant as a Manhattan jury continued to deliberate the case Thursday. Jordan Neely ‘s father, Andre Zachary,...
Target Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Pride Backlash, Judge Rules
Dec 5 2024 // Target has failed to persuade a judge in Florida to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the retailer of deceiving shareholders after its sales of LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month sparked a backlash and a customer...
Judge Dismisses Suit Over Savannah Outlawing Guns Left in Unlocked Cars
Dec 4 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a Georgia gun owner who sought to challenge a Savannah city ordinance that imposes fines and potential jail time for people who leave firearms inside unlocked...
Mattel Sued Over ‘Wicked’ Dolls With Porn Website Link
Dec 4 2024 // Mattel was sued on Tuesday by a South Carolina mother for mistakenly putting a link to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie “Wicked.” In a proposed class action filed in...
New Jersey Shore Resort Town and State Settle Litigation Over Deteriorating Beaches
Dec 4 2024 // A decadelong conflict over the condition of a New Jersey resort town’s beaches, involving tens of millions of dollars in litigation and fines, could come to an end soon. Patrick Rosenello, the mayor of North...
People Moves: Bertoldi Joins Alliant to Lead Litigation Insurance Practice
Dec 4 2024 // Jason Bertoldi Jason Bertoldi has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as global team leader, litigation and contingent risk insurance. Bertoldi assists clients in obtaining bespoke...
Ex-TV Host Charlie Rose Resolves Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Dec 3 2024 // Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show. In...
British Columbia Can Mount Opioid Class Action, Canada’s Top Court Says
Dec 2 2024 // The province of British Columbia can bring a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for opioid harms on behalf of multiple governments across Canada, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday. In...
International Court Begins Hearings That May Shape Global Climate Litigation
Dec 2 2024 // The United Nations’ top court [this] week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to global warming, the outcome of which could...
