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Climate Lawsuits Build as Latin American Court Hears Largest Case Ever
May 30 2024 // Latin America’s human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that’s part of a global wave of climate litigation, as several international courts prepare first-time opinions on what...
Chicago Man Convicted of Murder Based on Blind Witness’ Testimony Sues City, Police
May 29 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of murder based in part on testimony from a legally blind eyewitness is suing the city and the police department. A judge convicted Darien Harris in 2014 in connection with a fatal...
Indiana-Based RV Manufacturer to Pay $95K in EEOC Disability Suit
May 29 2024 // Goshen, Indiana-based Keystone RV Company, a leading manufacturer of towable RVs, will pay $95,460 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Bayer Fights for Survival as Roundup Lawsuits Burn Cash
May 29 2024 // Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Bill Anderson said the wave of lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller is an “existential” threat to the company and farmers, ratcheting up the stakes as it considers a...
Tesla Settles Fatal Crash Suit as Another Jury Trial Loomed
May 29 2024 // Tesla Inc. has reached a deal to resolve a lawsuit over the death of a Model S passenger in a fiery 2016 crash, marking the second time in two months the electric-vehicle maker has avoided a jury trial in California over a...
Families of Marines Killed in California Osprey Crash Sue Boeing, Bell, Rolls Royce
May 28 2024 // Families of four of the five Marines killed when their Osprey crashed in California in June of 2022 filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the aircraft’s manufacturers failed to address known mechanical failures that...
Suit by Estate of Dancer Who Died From Peanut Allergy Blames Mislabeled Cookie
May 28 2024 // WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — The estate of a young dancer who died after eating a mislabeled cookie containing peanuts has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming the failure to properly label the package was grossly...
Highlighting Exxon Suit, Investors Urge Firms to Keep Shareholder Spats Out of Court
May 28 2024 // A group of around 40 large European and American institutional investors on Tuesday urged companies to refrain from taking shareholders to court over disagreements relating to their proposals. The group, which represents...
Live Nation Ticket Buyers Sue in Wake of US Justice Department Case
May 28 2024 // Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit have been hit with the first in a likely wave of new consumer antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. government and states sued to break up the two companies on Thursday. The first consumer...
Uvalde Families Sue Meta and Call of Duty Maker
May 28 2024 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Families in Uvalde took more legal action Friday on the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack, suing Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, and the maker of the video game Call of...
Bayer Plans Renewed Push for Legal Shield Against Cancer-Related Lawsuits
May 24 2024 // After failing in several U.S. states this year, global chemical manufacturer Bayer said Tuesday that it plans to amplify efforts to create a legal shield against a proliferation of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn that...
Arkansas Steakhouse Cleared in Lawsuit Over Social-Distancing Brawl
May 24 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A jury has ruled against a Black couple who sued a Little Rock steakhouse over a fight the couple had with white customers who weren’t wearing masks and stood too close during the COVID-19...
US Sues to Break Up Live Nation-Ticketmaster
May 23 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally inflated concert ticket prices...
New Talc-Related Class Action Lawsuit Goes After J&J for Fraudulent Conveyance
May 22 2024 // With recent news that Johnson & Johnson is going forward with a third bankruptcy plan of a subsidiary to settle tens of thousand of lawsuits that its talc products cause cancer, a class-action lawsuit was filed today...
BASF to Pay $316 million to Settle PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lawsuit
May 21 2024 // German chemical company BASF said on Tuesday it reached a $316.5 million settlement with some U.S. public water systems that claimed toxic “forever chemicals” in firefighting foam made by the company...
GSK Faces Whistleblower Suit From Lab That Found Zantac Risk
May 21 2024 // GSK Plc is facing a whistleblower lawsuit that could potentially cost it billions of dollars from the laboratory that revealed the presence of a probable carcinogen in Zantac, the heartburn medication that the UK drugmaker...
Chicago Tribune Faces Suit Over Pay Disparities Among Women and Black Journalists
May 20 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. The complaint filed Thursday in federal...
AI Voiceover Company Stole Voices of Actors, New York Lawsuit Claims
May 20 2024 // Two voice actors sued artificial-intelligence startup Lovo in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, accusing the company of illegally copying their voices and using them without permission in its AI voiceover...
Workers’ Compensation Bars Doctor Who Was Shot at New York Hospital From Suing
May 20 2024 // New York’s highest court has ruled that a doctor who was injured in a shooting at the hospital where he works cannot sue his employer, finding that his injuries arose out of his employment and are thus covered by...
Judge Hears Atlantic City Casino Workers’ Anti-Smoking Lawsuit
May 17 2024 // A group of Atlantic City casino workers asked a judge Monday to ban smoking in the gambling halls, citing the toxic effects of working in a “poisonous” atmosphere, while the state said ending smoking could...
