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Exxon Dealt a Blow as Texas Judge Sends Climate Suit to New York
Mar 30 2017 // Exxon Mobil Corp.’s attempt to derail a multistate fraud probe into whether the company fully disclosed to investors the financial risks of climate change was dealt a major blow after a Texas judge moved the case...
Chipotle Blocks One Class Action On Overtime Pay as Another Advances
Mar 30 2017 // A federal judge on Wednesday granted a bid by Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. to undo a class action lawsuit by manager trainees in six states who say they were unlawfully denied overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter...
California Girl Struck by Car Could Get $15.9M from Suit
Mar 29 2017 // A Southern California girl who was struck by a car on her way to school may receive $15.9 million for her medical expenses. The Orange County Register reported that 11-year-old Paulina Perez was hit by the car two years...
Court Blocks U.S. Suits by Jewish Families Against Palestinian Authority
Mar 29 2017 // A federal appeals court says the families of Jewish worshippers who were killed or wounded during a 2011 attack in the West Bank can’t sue the Palestinian Authority for damages in U.S. courts. The decision last...
Florida Court to Hear Lawsuit Against Employer, Wife of Nightclub Shooter
Mar 29 2017 // A lawsuit brought by victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre against the gunman’s employer and wife was withdrawn from federal court and filed in state court in South Florida on Monday. Attorneys for 61 Pulse...
Student Sues New York’s Columbia University, Alleging Indifference to 2 Rapes
Mar 28 2017 // A woman who enrolled in Columbia University partly because she wanted to be part of the emotional debate there over on-campus sexual assaults sued the school Tuesday, saying she was raped twice in her dorm room during her...
Supreme Court Weighs Where Patents Lawsuits Can Be Filed
Mar 28 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled over whether to upend nearly 30 years of law governing patent lawsuits that critics say allows often-baseless litigants to sue in friendly courts, giving them the upper hand over...
AFL-CIO Chief Vows to Sue If Trump Weakens Overtime Rule
Mar 28 2017 // The AFL-CIO will sue if the Department of Labor tries to water down a boost in overtime eligibility put in place by the Obama administration, the chief of the labor federation said in an interview. “Anything that...
New Mexico Lawsuit Challenges County’s Frack Sand Ban
Mar 27 2017 // A group of New Mexico property owners has sued Winona County over its ban on industrial mining of silica sand for use in hydraulic fracturing. The Southeast Minnesota Property Owners joined Saratoga Township resident Roger...
Insurers, Victims Sue Saudi Arabia Over Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks
Mar 27 2017 // Saudi Arabia is facing a renewed $6 billion lawsuit by dozens of insurers seeking to hold it responsible for business and property damage caused by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The lawsuit filed late Thursday in the U.S....
Texas Bill Shielding Landowners from Rock Climbing Injury Lawsuits Advances
Mar 27 2017 // The Texas Senate has approved a bill protecting property owners statewide from liability for injuries incurred by people rock climbing on their land. The proposal by Republican Sen. Charles Perry of Lubbock now heads to...
Alabama Supreme Court: Passenger Injured in Car Chase Can’t Sue City, Police
Mar 27 2017 // A woman who was hurt in a car crash that ended a police chase more than three years ago can’t sue the officers or the suburban Birmingham city where it occurred, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday. The justices...
Writer Sues Disney in California over Animated Film ‘Zootopia’
Mar 24 2017 // A screenwriter and producer has sued Walt Disney Pictures on claiming the studio copied his ideas to create the Oscar-winning animated film “Zootopia.” Gary L. Goldman, whose credits include work on film...
$14M Suit Filed by Former Oregon Boy Scouts Claiming Sex Abuse
Mar 24 2017 // Two men have filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America and its local branch for $7 million each, claiming they were sexually abused by a former scout leader in Milwaukie in the 1970s. The Oregonian/OregonLive...
Texas-Based Neiman Marcus to Pay $1.6M in Suit Over 2013 Security Breach
Mar 23 2017 // Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a 2013 security breach that exposed the credit and debit card data of about 350,000 shoppers. Court documents show the...
Fatal Allergic Reaction Leads to Suit Against Louisiana Doughnut Shop
Mar 22 2017 // A Georgia man is suing a Louisiana doughnut shop over claims that his father died of an allergic reaction after eating an apple fritter. The son’s attorneys on filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dynasty Donuts...
Former County Commissioner in Oregon Counter Sues in Marijuana Case
Mar 22 2017 // A former Jackson County commissioner accused in a lawsuit of bilking investors to finance a pot shop has filed a counterclaim. Doug Breidenthal filed the lawsuit contending his professional reputation has been damaged, the...
Supreme Court OK with Delay in Bringing Patent Infringement Suits
Mar 22 2017 // A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday in a lawsuit over adult diapers will make it more difficult for companies accused of patent infringement to shoot down lawsuits because the plaintiffs waited too long to bring...
Aon Gains Upper Hand in Non-Compete and Poaching Lawsuit vs. Alliant
Mar 22 2017 // A legal battle between two insurance brokerages over whether a former employee violated non-compete agreements and poached numerous employees is not over yet but the brokerage bringing the charges has scored key early...
Louisiana Flood Board’s Suit Against Oil Companies Still Alive
Mar 21 2017 // Attorneys for a south Louisiana flood board aren’t giving up on their attempt to make scores of oil and gas companies pay for damage to the state’s coastline. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit in 2015 and...
