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South Dakota Beats Delaware as Best Legal Climate for Businesses
Sep 12 2017 // For the first time in 15 years Delaware’s court system has lost the top spot in a key business survey, ceding its place to South Dakota, according to a Monday poll conducted by an arm of the U.S. Chamber of...
Filing of Lawsuits Against Equifax Over Data Breach Is Underway
Sep 11 2017 // More than 30 lawsuits have been filed in the United States against Equifax Inc. after the credit reporting company said thieves may have stolen personal information for 143 million Americans in one of the largest hackings...
New Mexico Sues 8 Drug Manufacturers, Distributors over Opioid Epidemic
Sep 11 2017 // New Mexico has sued eight opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors, becoming the latest state or local government to file a lawsuit seeking to hold corporations accountable for a national drug addiction...
Dad Sues Pennsylvania Eatery After Kids’ Throats Burned by Chemical
Sep 11 2017 // A Pennsylvania man has sued a Chinese buffet where he contends his two young children’s mouths and throats were burned by caustic lye in their apple juice cups. Star Buffet & Grill manager Steve Weng tells LNP...
Motel 6 Will Settle Human Trafficking Suit Involving Los Angeles Property
Sep 8 2017 // Motel 6 has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging one of its properties in Los Angeles was a base for sex trafficking, drug dealers and gang members. City Attorney Mike Feuer told The Associated Press on...
Arkema Sued by Police, EMTs over Chemical Plant Fire after Harvey
Sep 8 2017 // Police and emergency workers filed suit on against French chemicals company Arkema SA, claiming it failed to take adequate steps to avoid a fire at its Crosby, Texas, plant after Hurricane Harvey. Seven police, fire and...
No Duty to Defend in Ohio Molestation Claim Unless ‘Scope of the Allegations’ Test Met
Sep 6 2017 // Jodee Edwards had a home and auto insurance policy issued by insurer Encompass that excluded coverage for loss “arising out of sexual molestation, corporal punishment, or physical or mental abuse.” Edwards was...
First Harvey Lawsuit Filed to Beat New Texas Tort Reform Law
Sep 6 2017 // Late in the afternoon on Aug. 31, a Dallas law firm filed a lawsuit to circumvent a new Texas law that went into effect on Friday, Sept. 1. The newly passed law, HB1774, was meant to curb hail lawsuit abuse, but after...
Suit over Kona Beer Not Being Brewed in Hawaii Allowed to Proceed
Sep 6 2017 // Calling Hawaii “a state as well as a state of mind,” a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the maker of Kona craft beer of misleading consumers into believing the beer was actually made in the...
Wells Fargo’s Additional Fake Accounts Could Jeopardize $142M Settlement
Sep 6 2017 // Wells Fargo & Co.’s disclosure Thursday that employees may have opened significantly more unauthorized accounts than previously stated could jeopardize a $142 million class-action settlement with customers that...
South Carolina Couple Sues Amazon Over Faulty Eclipse Glasses
Sep 5 2017 // A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision. In court papers filed in federal court last...
Appeals Court Rules L.A. Lakers Not Entitled to Coverage in TCPA Suit
Sep 4 2017 // The U.S. Ninth Circuit court of Appeals affirmed in late August that the Los Angeles Lakers are not entitled to insurance coverage for class action allegations that the team violated the Telephone Consumer Protection...
2 Nebraska Contractors Have Sued Insurers More than 100 Times
Sep 4 2017 // Two Omaha contractors are expanding a legal strategy they say forces insurance companies to pay for storm damage, but industry officials say the practice leads to exaggerated claims and may drive away insurers. Home repair...
Iowa City Sues Engineers Over Water Plant Design, Operation
Sep 1 2017 // Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, officials say the city’s water treatment plant doesn’t function as promised and so are suing the engineering firm that designed it. The Sioux City Journal reports that the city sued...
California Brewery Sued by Jazz Legend’s Son Over Beer Label
Sep 1 2017 // The son of late jazz legend Thelonious Monk is suing a California brewery, alleging it is using his father’s image on bottles and packaging of a Belgian-style ale and other merchandise without permission. The lawsuit...
Judge Says Yahoo Must Face Data Breach Lawsuit
Sep 1 2017 // A U.S. judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches. Wednesday night’s decision...
Husband’s Death Spurs Widow’s $10M Suit Against Oregon Hospital, Doctors
Aug 31 2017 // The widow of a Eugene, Oregon, man who died five days before his 29th birthday seeks $10 million in a lawsuit against a hospital, doctors and physicians’ groups. The suit says Aaron Martineau died in September 2014,...
U.S. Agency Sues New York’s Estee Lauder Companies Over Parental Leave Policy
Aug 31 2017 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Estee Lauder Companies Inc. of discriminating against men by giving them less paid parental leave than women. The commission said in...
Wells Fargo Sued Over Charges for Mortgage Interest Rate Lock
Aug 31 2017 // A homeowner has filed a lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of improperly charging thousands of customers nationwide to lock in interest rates when their mortgage applications were delayed. Filed on Monday in San...
2 Kentucky Counties to Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Epidemic
Aug 31 2017 // Officials in two Kentucky counties have voted to hire attorneys to file lawsuits against wholesale drug distributors to help pay for the costs of combating the opioid epidemic. The Kentucky Enquirer reports Boone and...
