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Battle Against Forced Arbitration in Financial Contracts Could Take Years
Aug 22 2016 // A U.S. agency’s plans to ban forced arbitration clauses from financial contracts faces a tough road, with early reaction pointing to a years-long battle that could take a Supreme Court test to settle. Thousands of...
Failure of Uber Settlement Opens Door for Wage Claims
Aug 22 2016 // The rejection of a $100 million settlement with drivers comes with plenty of silver linings for Uber Technologies Inc. The gray cloud for the ride-hailing company is that a dozen or so lawsuits that would have been...
Connecticut High Court Rejects Workers’ Injury Suit Against Contractor
Aug 22 2016 // Two workers injured in a power plant explosion that killed six other people in 2010 cannot sue a contractor for negligence, the state Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled. Justices issued a 6-1 decision saying O&G...
North Dakota Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Oilfield Death Lawsuit
Aug 22 2016 // An appeals court has upheld a judge’s decision to throw out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a South Dakota man who was killed in an accident in the North Dakota oil patch five years ago. Joseph...
‘Star Trek’ Actor’s Family Sues Fiat Chrysler in California over Rollaway Death
Aug 22 2016 // The parents of the late “Star Trek” movie actor Anton Yelchin sued Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV for negligence and product liability in early August over the rollaway crash of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed...
Mysterious Liquid Goop in Oregon Parking Garage Behind Lawsuit
Aug 22 2016 // A Portland, Ore., woman has filed a $10,000 lawsuit against a parking garage owner after alleging that a mysterious liquid dropped onto her forearm while standing next to her parked car. According to the lawsuit filed in...
Dead New Mexico Woman’s Family Sues Bar over Lewd Corndog Contest
Aug 22 2016 // A New Mexico family is suing the owners of a shuttered Albuquerque night club, their former landlord and a liquor license-holder after a woman choked during a corndog eating contest and suffered fatal brain damage. The...
Wal-Mart to Pay $90K to Settle Disability Lawsuit
Aug 19 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former, long-term employee at a Wal-Mart location in Illinois, $90,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Amtrak to Pay $112K to Settle Seattle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Aug 19 2016 // The Washington, D.C.-based National Passenger Railroad Corp., better known as Amtrak, will pay $112,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Texas Man in Tesla Autopilot Crash Won’t Sue, But Car Insurer May
Aug 19 2016 // A Texas man said the Autopilot mode on his Tesla Model S sent him off the road and into a guardrail, bloodying his nose and shaking his confidence in the technology. He doesn’t plan to sue the electric-car maker, but...
Suit Alleges Valeant Ran Secret Prescription Refill Scam
Aug 19 2016 // Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. refilled patients’ prescriptions without their permission and steered them to more expensive drugs in order to boost sales and profits, according to a lawsuit that sheds new...
New York’s Columbia University Faces $100M Lawsuit for Mismanaging Retirement Plan
Aug 18 2016 // Columbia University was accused on Tuesday of mismanaging its retirement plan in a federal civil lawsuit that alleges $100 million in damages. The suit is the latest to target a major university’s retirement plan...
Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Sue Protesters
Aug 17 2016 // Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline sued in federal court on Aug. 15 to stop protesters near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota from interfering with the project, alleging the safety of...
Litigation Insurance Reimburses Plaintiff Lawyers Losing Cases on Contingency
Aug 17 2016 // When David Brill lost a trial for a client who fell off his neighbor’s ladder, it was a rare failure for his three-member Florida law firm. It also cost him $30,000 in expenses since he’d taken the case on...
Defamation Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone Magazine Likely Set For Trial This Year
Aug 17 2016 // A federal judge says a defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over a now-debunked article about a rape at the University of Virginia likely will head to a jury trial later this year. The Washington Post reported...
New York Judge: Hedge Fund Head’s $100M Defamation Claim Better Suited for Bahamas
Aug 17 2016 // A New York state judge on Wednesday threw out billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon’s $100 million defamation lawsuit against Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard, saying the case tied to their long-running...
Trial Underway in Trump vs. Florida Golf Course Members $6M Lawsuit
Aug 17 2016 // Donald Trump says he transformed a Florida golf club that he bought from the Ritz-Carlton and that most members like the changes – despite a $6 million federal lawsuit brought by disaffected members. “I can say...
Family of Washington Man Killed by Tree Toppled in Windstorm Sues
Aug 16 2016 // The family of a Washington state man who was killed during an intense windstorm when a tree fell on his car has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the developer of the project where the tree was located. Jamie Fay was...
GM Ignition-Switch Lawsuit Dismissed by Texas Judge
Aug 16 2016 // A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit against General Motors from a woman who blamed a 2012 car crash on a faulty ignition switch that later prompted the company to recall 2.6 million vehicles. The Aug. 13 order from...
Ex-Employee Hits Oregon School District with $2.5M Retaliation Suit
Aug 16 2016 // The Eugene School District in Oregon has been hit with a $2.5 million lawsuit by a former administrator alleging he faced retaliation and pressure to resign after complaining of illegal practices within the district. The...
