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Lawsuit Alleges Decades of Child Sexual Abuse at Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers
May 8 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers...
Pfizer Agrees to Settle More Than 10,000 Zantac Cancer Lawsuits
May 8 2024 // Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle more than 10,000 cases accusing it of hiding the cancer risks of its Zantac heartburn drug, according to people familiar with the deal, the biggest of the litigation. The agreements cover...
TikTok Lawsuit Sets Stage for Prolonged Legal Fight Over US Ban
May 8 2024 // China-based ByteDance Ltd. made clear it won’t comply with a new US law requiring it to sell its popular TikTok video-sharing app, setting up what likely will be a prolonged court battle pitting free-speech rights...
Slain Visiting Nurse’s Husband Sues Employer, Alleging It Ignored Safety Concerns
May 8 2024 // The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about...
Maui Sues Cell Carriers Over Failure of Wildfire Warning Alerts During Outage
May 8 2024 // Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer’s deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a...
Everton FC Buyer Accused of Fraud, Double-Pledging Assets in Lawsuit
May 7 2024 // Lenders to 777 Partners have accused it of fraud, claiming that the Miami-based investment firm borrowed against $350 million of assets that it didn’t own, didn’t exist or were already promised to someone...
Iowa and Iowa State Athletes File Lawsuit Against State Over Gambling Sting
May 6 2024 // Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal...
SEC Warns Robinhood That Its Crypto Business Faces Lawsuit
May 6 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission warned Robinhood Markets Inc. that it faces an enforcement action over its crypto business — the latest sign that the regulator isn’t letting up on its years-long crackdown...
Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination, Firing Suit
May 6 2024 // Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her. The Frostburg,...
Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists
May 6 2024 // A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional...
Oklahoma Sues Gas Companies for Alleged Fraud During Winter Storm Uri
May 6 2024 // Two Texas-based natural gas companies are being sued by Oklahoma, which alleges they fraudulently reduced gas supplies to send prices soaring during Winter Storm Uri making huge profits while thousands shivered across the...
Texas Home Manufacturers to Pay $135K to Settle Race Discrimination Suit
May 6 2024 // Cavco Industries, Inc.; Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.; and Palm Harbor Villages, Inc., which manufacture and sell manufactured homes in Waco, Texas, will pay $135,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S....
Class Action Settlements Flooded With Fraudulent Claims by Scammers
May 3 2024 // Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand seats. The company, which did...
Uber Hit With £250 Million Suit From London’s Black Cab Drivers
May 3 2024 // Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by thousands of London’s black cab drivers in a suit seeking hundreds of million pounds accusing it of unlawfully operating in the capital city. The claim alleges Uber improperly...
Miami Retirement Fund Class Action Alleges Globe Life Officers Concealed Fraud
May 3 2024 // After an investment research firm dropped a bombshell last month and sent shares of Globe Life Inc. plunging by 53%, the insurance company denied the allegations that officers had concealed fraud and sexual harassment...
Markets/Coverages: Resilience Announces New Cyber Loss Prevention Tools; Amwins Forms New Transportation Entity; Aon Launches Suite of Risk Analyzer Tools
May 2 2024 // Resilience announced new integrated capabilities that enable enterprises to continuously monitor and prioritize their mitigation and transfer of cyber risk. Following the launch of Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O)...
J&J Advances $6.48 Billion Settlement of Talc Cancer Lawsuits
May 1 2024 // Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it is moving forward with a $6.48 billion proposed settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian...
State AG, Atlantic City Casino Union Ask Judge to Dismiss Anti-Smoking Lawsuit
May 1 2024 // Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general this week asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city’s nine...
Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training
May 1 2024 // A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their generative...
Family of Chicago Man Killed in Police Shooting Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Apr 30 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week, accusing the department of...
