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U.S. AG Sessions Seeks Role in Talks to Settle State, Local Opioid Lawsuits
Apr 3 2018 // The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sought court permission to participate in settlement negotiations aimed at resolving lawsuits by state and local governments against opioid manufacturers and distributors. The Justice...
Correction: EEOC Sues Arby’s Franchisee Over Alleged Sexual Harassment at Alabama Restaurant
Apr 3 2018 // Fast food chain Arby’s and its franchisee Beavers’ Inc. are facing a federal lawsuit after several teenaged female employees were allegedly sexually harassed at an Arby’s in Atmore, Alabama. The Equal...
Late Broker’s Estate Sues JPMorgan Claiming Wrongful Death
Apr 2 2018 // The estate of a deceased broker filed a wrongful death lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co., saying he took his life after becoming despondent because he was forced to retire. Michael A. Lorig suffered from depression...
Arkansas AG Files Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers for Roles in Epidemic
Apr 2 2018 // Arkansas’ attorney general has joined the widening mass of litigation against opioid manufacturers, accusing three drugmakers of promoting addictive painkillers in ways that falsely denied or trivialized their...
Louisiana Bill Raises Civil Penalties in Hazing Death Lawsuits
Apr 2 2018 // People who file civil lawsuits in Louisiana when someone dies from hazing could be in line for higher penalty payments, under a bill that won easy passage from the state Senate. Senators voted 28-3 for Senate Bill 91 by...
Class Action Suit Filed Against S. Africa’s Tiger Brands After Deadly Listeria Outbreak
Apr 2 2018 // A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday [March 29] against South Africa’s Tiger Brands, after one of the company’s food factories was linked to a listeria outbreak that has killed 180 people since early...
New Defendants Added to NYC Helicopter Crash Lawsuit
Apr 2 2018 // The family of one of the victims of a deadly New York City helicopter crash has added several new defendants to its lawsuit following the National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report. The amended...
Ukraine’s Largest Bank, PrivatBank, Files $3B Lawsuit Against PwC Subsidiaries
Apr 2 2018 // Ukraine’s largest bank, PrivatBank, said on Monday [April 1] it had filed a $3 billion lawsuit against the Ukrainian and Cypriot subsidiaries of international accounting firm PwC for alleged breaches during audits of...
Judge Certifies Class Action Accusing Goldman Sachs of Gender Discrimination
Apr 2 2018 // A federal judge ruled that women accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of discriminating against them in pay, promotions and performance reviews may pursue their claims as a group in a class-action lawsuit. The decision late...
New Lawsuit Filed Over Florida Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
Apr 2 2018 // Another lawsuit has been filed in the aftermath of a pedestrian bridge collapse near a Florida university campus. The Miami Herald reports that a 19-year-old who was a passenger in an SUV crushed by a slab of concrete...
Utah Subway Shop Suit Over Wrongly Accused Worker Dismissed
Apr 2 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...
Agency E&O: To Win a Lawsuit or Prevent One?
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance agents and brokers have long been targets of error and omission lawsuits. It’s also true that most of them have sought advice of counsel as to how to win a lawsuit. They will often be told that the duty of...
Be Aware of Potential Liability Exposure from Practice Clinicians
Apr 2 2018 // Fully licensed physicians are not the only medical professionals offering healthcare to a growing patient pool. Indeed, it would be unrealistic to expect all medical institutions to pay for physicians to fill every...
Youths’ Climate Change Suit Has Potential Impact on a Historic Scale for Insurance
Mar 29 2018 // A three-year-old lawsuit by a group of youths against the U.S. over climate change, which looks to now get a new trial date at some point this year, has the potential to open up lawsuits on a historic scale, according to...
Louisiana Senate Backs Higher Civil Penalties in Hazing Death Lawsuits
Mar 29 2018 // People who file civil lawsuits in Louisiana when someone dies from hazing could be in line for higher penalty payments, under a bill that won easy passage from the state Senate. Senators voted 28-3 Wednesday for Senate...
Family Files Suit Over Teen’s Death After New Mexico Rodeo Competition
Mar 28 2018 // The family of a teenager who died after a bull riding competition is suing the organizers of the 2016 event. Brandon Charley died in Fruitland, N.M., while riding a bull named WhooWee. The lawsuit filed in state district...
Pot Landlord Sues Southern California City Over Marijuana Regulations
Mar 28 2018 // A woman who owns a business that claims to be California’s largest landlord of marijuana businesses sued the city of San Bernardino to overturn its pot regulation ordinance that could bar her from the...
Uber Settles Employee Gender, Racial Bias Lawsuit for $10 Million
Mar 28 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two women engineers who accused the ride-services company of gender and race discrimination. The settlement, disclosed in a...
Lawsuit Advances Over Rotten Beams in Delaware Townhouses
Mar 28 2018 // A lawsuit against Delaware’s largest private landowner and other companies is moving forward, saying “systemic concealed defects” are threatening to collapse the terraces on 63 waterfront homes that were...
Texas Oil Field Service Company Settles Oklahoma Pollution Lawsuit
Mar 27 2018 // A Texas-based oil field service company has settled a lawsuit with more than 100 southern Oklahoma residents who allege their homes and businesses were damaged by groundwater contamination caused by the...
