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DraftKings Sued by MLB Players Union for Using Names, Images
Sep 17 2024 // Sports-betting platform DraftKings Inc. has been using names and images of Major League Baseball players without permission and in violation of Pennsylvania law, their union alleged in a lawsuit. Boston-based DraftKings...
Real Estate Firm’s D&O Not Available for Defense in RealPage Antitrust Lawsuit
Sep 17 2024 // A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage. A federal district judge in Massachusetts...
Michigan Company Sued for Violating Federal Law on Employee Accommodations
Sep 16 2024 // PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, violated federal law at multiple locations in the Detroit area by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities...
D&O Market in ‘State of Transition’ on Litigation Trends: Woodruff Sawyer
Sep 16 2024 // It looks like the market for directors and officers insurance is shifting, according to Woodruff Sawyer, with the number of renewals seeing flat or price increases for the first time in 18 months. Though 83% of its clients...
Former UPS Driver Wins $238 Million Verdict in Suit Over Firing
Sep 16 2024 // A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired. The verdict, rendered Thursday in the...
23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $30 Million
Sep 16 2024 // 23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information...
Pittsburgh Offers $500,000 to Settle Bridge Collapse Lawsuits
Sep 16 2024 // The city of Pittsburgh is seeking approval of a half-million-dollar payment to settle lawsuits over the collapse of a bridge into a ravine more than 2 1/2 years ago. Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak said Friday he had asked the...
Venture Capital Fund Ends Grant Program for Black Women After Lawsuit
Sep 13 2024 // An Atlanta-based venture capital fund on Wednesday agreed to stop operating a program that awarded grants to small businesses run by Black women to settle a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that claimed it...
$1 Billion San Francisco Tower’s Revival Clouded by Lawsuit
Sep 13 2024 // One of San Francisco’s most iconic buildings is celebrating its reopening after a four-year, $250 million makeover meant to symbolize the city’s renewal. It’s doing so under the shadow of a lawsuit from...
Maryland Supreme Court Hears Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Arguments
Sep 13 2024 // The Supreme Court of Maryland heard arguments on Tuesday about the constitutionality of a 2023 law that ended the state’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed...
New Mexico Attorney General Files Suit Against Snapchat
Sep 12 2024 // New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual...
Hospital to Pay $65M to End Suit Over Cyberattack That Exposed Patients’ Nude Photos
Sep 12 2024 // Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to a $65 million settlement of a class action with patients and employees affected by a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed personal and medical information including nude photos of...
Study Stirs Debate on Real Impact of Litigation, Fraud on Property Insurance
Sep 12 2024 // An academic paper published in the Journal of Insurance Regulation seems to have rekindled the debate over how much of an impact litigation and fraud have had on property insurance losses and premiums, particularly in...
Women Settle Lawsuits With Yale Fertility Clinic Over Nurse Who Stole Their Painkillers
Sep 11 2024 // Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League...
Trojan Condoms Contain ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Lawsuit Claims
Sep 10 2024 // A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer. In a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court, the...
Red Lobster Landlord Sues Insurer to ‘Clawback’ $1.2M Fire Claim Payment
Sep 10 2024 // The landlord for a fire-damaged building leased to a Red Lobster restaurant is blaming the restaurant’s insurer for causing it to lose out on $1.2 million in fire insurance claims payments to repair the property. RL...
Update: Baltimore Reaches Opioid Litigation Settlements with Teva and Walgreens
Sep 10 2024 // Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced yesterday that one week before a trial is to begin, the city reached an $80 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals to resolve the city’s claims over the firm’s...
FedEx Sued for Violating Federal Law by Discriminating Against Minnesota Driver
Sep 9 2024 // The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take...
New Mississippi Lawsuit Names Pharmacy Benefits Managers for Opioid Epidemic
Sep 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi is suing drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers alleging that opioids were over-prescribed. Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, filed the suit Thursday in...
Amazon Challenges Labor Board’s Structure in Lawsuit Over Union Election
Sep 6 2024 // Amazon.com sued a U.S. labor board on Thursday, accusing it of illegally interfering in a union election at a New York City warehouse and claiming the agency’s structure violates the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit...
