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Girl Scouts Sued Over Alleged Metals, Pesticides in Thin Mints, Other Cookies
Mar 11 2025 // The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of “heavy metals” and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class action was filed on Monday night in the...
New York Sues National General and Allstate Over Data Breaches
Mar 11 2025 // New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against National General and its parent Allstate Insurance Co. alleging they have failed to protect New Yorkers’ personal information from cyberattacks. The suit by...
Lawsuit Aims to End LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania
Mar 11 2025 // Two public school districts and several parents have sued Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, saying the state’s two-year-old regulation is illegal because it...
Trump Organization Sues ‘Woke’ Capital One for Canceling Accounts
Mar 11 2025 // President Donald Trump’s company sued Capital One Financial Corp., accusing it of illegally “de-banking” him for political reasons by abruptly canceling hundreds of accounts for his sprawling real estate...
Supreme Court Nixes Challenge to State Climate Suits Against Oil Firms
Mar 10 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role...
Bayer Threatens to Stop Roundup Weedkiller Sales in US Over Litigation Costs
Mar 10 2025 // Bayer has told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup weedkiller unless they can strengthen legal protection against product liability litigation, according to a financial analyst and a person close to the...
The Supreme Court’s Upcoming Ruling on Class Certification: A Watershed Moment for Insurance and Business Litigation
Mar 10 2025 // Imagine a world where insurers could fend off class action lawsuits early on simply because a handful of claimants lack tangible harm. That world may soon become reality. In a case poised to reshape the class action...
Texas PR Specialist Sues Blake Lively for Defamation
Mar 10 2025 // A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film, “It Ends With Us.” Jed...
25 Pacific Palisades Fire Victims Sue LA and Water & Power
Mar 7 2025 // Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleging the...
UK Court Blocks Class Action Lawsuit Against Water Companies Over Sewage Leaks
Mar 7 2025 // A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water companies including the debt-laden Thames Water Ltd. The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed the...
Canada Court Approves $23 Billion Settlement to End Big Tobacco Lawsuits
Mar 7 2025 // A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units of three Big Tobacco companies will pay C$32.5 billion ($22.67 billion), Philip Morris and British American...
Trump Administration Plans to Drop Lawsuit Against Louisiana Petrochemical Plant
Mar 6 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community near its Louisiana plant,...
Judge Allows Lobster Fishermen to Sue Environmental Group for Defamation
Mar 6 2025 // A group of lobster fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court has ruled, over a report that described Maine lobster as an unwise choice for consumers. The...
Los Angeles County Sues Utility Edison Over Deadly Wildfire
Mar 5 2025 // Los Angeles County sued Edison International to recoup its losses from a January wildfire that was one of the most destructive in California history. The suit alleges that equipment owned by the company’s Southern...
CFPB Drops Suit Against US Banks Over Alleged Fraud on Zelle
Mar 5 2025 // The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismissed another Biden-era lawsuit, this one targeting some of the world’s largest banks for allegedly rushing out a peer-to-peer payment network that then allowed fraud to...
Iowa Sues Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip Over Millions Lost to Crypto Scams
Mar 4 2025 // Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird last week announced lawsuits against Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip, Iowa’s two largest cryptocurrency ATM operators, over their failures that allowed Iowans to transfer millions of...
Supreme Court Leans Toward Gun Companies’ Bid to Avoid Mexico’s Trafficking Lawsuit
Mar 4 2025 // U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Tuesday toward a bid by two American gun companies to throw out the Mexican government’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding illegal firearms trafficking to drug cartels...
Texas Lawsuit Alleges GEICO Raises Premiums Despite Accident Forgiveness Promise
Mar 4 2025 // A class action lawsuit filed in Texas alleges GEICO doesn’t abide by its Accident Forgiveness program when a driver with an unblemished record gets into a first, at-fault accident. Texas resident Christopher Cude...
Kraken Is Latest Crypto Firm to Say SEC Agrees to Drop Lawsuit
Mar 4 2025 // Kraken said the US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed in principle to drop its lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange, the latest in a series of dismissals of legal actions against crypto companies by the...
Mountain West Conference Seeks Mediation Over $55M in Dispute in Poaching Suit
Mar 3 2025 // The Mountain West Conference said it is seeking mediation in the lawsuit the Pac-12 filed against it in an attempt to avoid paying $55 million in “poaching” fees for bringing five Mountain West teams into its...
