Latest Lawsuits Headlines
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New York Files Suit Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches
Oct 1 2019 // Dunkin’ Donuts violated state law by not notifying almost 20,000 customers, including more than 2,000 in New York, about cyberattacks on their accounts in 2015 and inadequately warning more than 300,000 customers in...
North Carolina Jury Awards $8.3M in Excessive Force Suit
Oct 1 2019 // A North Carolina jury has ordered three law enforcement officials to pay $8.3 million for violating a man’s civil rights when they beat and shot him while he was driving on his own property six years ago. WRAL-TV...
Johnson & Johnson Appeals $572M Ruling in Oklahoma Opioid Lawsuit
Sep 30 2019 // Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson is appealing an Oklahoma judge’s $572 million order against the company and its subsidiaries for helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis. The company filed an appeal...
Freeport McMoRan to Pay $100M in First Settlement in Louisiana Coastal Damage Suits
Sep 30 2019 // Lawyers representing coastal Louisiana parishes have negotiated their first settlement with one of the oil and gas companies accused of damaging the state’s coast. The settlement is with Freeport McMoRan Inc. and its...
Des Moines, Iowa, to Pay $90K to Settle Suit Over Man Killed by Fleeing Driver
Sep 30 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa, will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man killed when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a car being chased by police. The City Council has approved settling the October 2017...
Update on Lawsuits Targeting Vaping; Litigation Expected to Grow
Sep 30 2019 // Several deaths and potentially hundreds of illnesses tied to e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapor, often flavored, without smoking, have been reported by U.S. health agency. Lawsuits on behalf of young...
Lawsuit Says Colorado Railroad Ignited Fires Prior to Wildfire
Sep 27 2019 // A federal lawsuit says nearly 50 fires in Colorado were ignited by a railroad company in the weeks leading up to a major wildfire. The Durango Herald reported Tuesday that The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad...
Opioid Trial Judge, Overseeing 2,000 Lawsuits, Denies Bias, Refuses to Step Down
Sep 26 2019 // The Cleveland judge overseeing more than 2,000 federal lawsuits over alleged opioid abuses refused to disqualify himself from a bellwether trial set to start next month, rejecting a request by drug distributors and...
Judge Approves $54M Settlement in Duke University Hiring Lawsuit
Sep 26 2019 // A federal judge is closing a lawsuit that Duke University is settling over claims that it and nearby University of North Carolina conspired to hold down salaries of thousands of medical workers by not hiring staff away...
Michigan Tire Distributor to Pay $55K to Settle Racial Harassment, Retaliation Lawsuit
Sep 24 2019 // Belle Tire Distributors Inc., a tire, wheels and auto service company in Michigan, has agreed to pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Allianz, MS&AD, Other Suitors in Race to Buy Aviva’s Asia Units for Up to $2.5B: Sources
Sep 24 2019 // German insurer Allianz, Nippon Life and MS&AD Insurance are vying with rivals to buy the Singapore and Vietnam businesses of Britain’s Aviva in a deal likely to be worth up to $2.5 billion, sources...
Tennessee Appeals Court Says Opioid Producers Can Be Sued
Sep 23 2019 // The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that a lawsuit against opioid makers can move forward, overturning a lower court that had dismissed the claims. At issue is whether Tennessee’s Drug Dealer Liability Act...
2 Vaping Sellers Settle Suit in Los Angeles for $350K, Won’t Sell to Minors
Sep 23 2019 // Two vaping companies have agreed not to promote their products to minors under a settlement with Los Angeles prosecutors. The city attorney’s office announced a lawsuit settlement Friday with NEwhere Inc. and VapeCo...
‘Putrid’ Smell of Carcasses Over Newark Prompts New Jersey Lawsuit
Sep 23 2019 // Newark – part of it, anyway – stinks. Residents of New Jersey’s largest city have been complaining about the stench of carcasses emanating from Darling Ingredients Inc.’s rendering plant, which...
Music Copyright Law in Search of New Standard for Infringement
Sep 23 2019 // Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple anymore. A flood of lawsuits is threatening to upend that concept, making trivial similarities in songs...
Michigan School District to Pay $107K to Settle Federal Retaliation Lawsuit
Sep 20 2019 // A school district in Michigan will pay $107,000 do settle a federal retaliation lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says the Waterford Public School System in Waterford, Michigan, will...
Transgender Man Can Sue Catholic Hospital Over Hysterectomy
Sep 20 2019 // A California transgender man can go ahead with a discrimination lawsuit against a Catholic hospital that canceled his hysterectomy, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal in San...
Pilot Chuck Yeager, Who Broke Sound Barrier, Sues Airbus for Trademark Infringement
Sep 20 2019 // Chuck Yeager, the retired U.S. Air Force pilot who broke the sound barrier, has sued Airbus SE, accusing the aerospace company of using his name and likeness without permission to promote a new high-speed helicopter. In a...
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen Asks Judge to Dismiss Roy Moore Defamation Suit
Sep 19 2019 // Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen asked a federal judge to dismiss Roy Moore’s defamation lawsuit over a television segment that lampooned Moore in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. Lawyers for Baron Cohen,...
North Carolina Attorney General Plans to Sue Purdue Pharma Family
Sep 18 2019 // North Carolina’s attorney general says he’s pursuing accountability from the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma with a pending lawsuit over their role in the country’s opioid...
