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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...
‘Fearless Girl’ Lawsuit by State Street Settles on Eve of Trial
Apr 30 2024 // State Street Corp. and the artist it commissioned to create Wall Street’s sculpture have settled a 2019 lawsuit on the eve of trial. The bank, which commissioned the artwork, was set to square off against the...
Class Action Opposes Limiting Ship’s Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Apr 26 2024 // A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The suit, filed Thursday by the Karen Austin, the founder...
Missouri House Backs Legal Shield for Weedkiller Maker Facing Cancer Lawsuits
Apr 26 2024 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of a popular weedkiller won support Wednesday from the Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers its product...
Judge Won’t Dismiss Lawsuits Against Travis Scott Over Deadly Astroworld Concert
Apr 26 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge. State District...
Family of Nigerian Businessman Killed in Helicopter Crash Sues Charter Company
Apr 26 2024 // The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in February filed a lawsuit claiming the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous...
Connecticut M&A Advisor Agrees to Pay $1.5M to Settle Data Breach Class Action
Apr 26 2024 // Merritt Healthcare Advisors, a Connecticut mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm for healthcare practices, has agreed to a $1.525 million settlement of a class action stemming from a 2022 data breach. The money...
DHL to Pay $8.7M to Settle Race Discrimination Lawsuit in Illinois
Apr 25 2024 // Delivery company DHL will pay $8.7 million and be subject to the oversight of a court-appointed monitor to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
4,800 Claims Handled by Unlicensed Adjusters in Florida After Irma, Lawsuit Says
Apr 25 2024 // Two south Florida lawsuits against property insurers argue that two major carriers employed a business strategy of hiring inexperienced or even unlicensed claims adjusters after storms, practices that have led to...
Youth, Environmental Groups Sue Maine to Force Action on Climate
Apr 25 2024 // A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the state to reduce carbon emissions in the era of climate change. Maine Youth Action, the Conservation Law Foundation...
Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban
Apr 24 2024 // Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block a rule finalized this week that would outlaw non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs...
Property Owner Sued for Negligence in Hiring of Worker With Criminal Record
Apr 24 2024 // April Hurley’s attacker entered her apartment after identifying himself as the building maintenance man — a job he should never have obtained, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses the property owner and...
Grindr Sued in UK for Allegedly Sharing Users’ HIV Data With Ad Firms
Apr 23 2024 // Grindr Inc. was sued by users for sharing sensitive personal information, including their HIV status, with advertising companies in a London lawsuit. The LGBTQ+ app allegedly shared information to third parties for...
Sanofi to Pay $100 Million to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits
Apr 23 2024 // Sanofi will pay more than $100 million to settle about 4,000 lawsuits accusing the French drugmaker of failing to warn users that its Zantac heartburn medicine could cause cancer, according to people familiar with the...
Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022
Apr 23 2024 // Three investment firms connected to some of the best-known names on Wall Street have upped the ante in a legal dispute over now-insolvent Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., based in Tampa. Fortinbras Enterprises, the...
Wells Fargo Bond Saleswoman Sues Over ‘Unapologetically Sexist’ Workplace
Apr 22 2024 // Wells Fargo was accused of sex discrimination in a lawsuit by a bond saleswoman who said the fourth-largest U.S. bank denied pay and promotions available to men and tolerated an “unapologetically sexist”...
Walgreens to Pay $110M to End Philadelphia Opioid Litigation
Apr 22 2024 // The city of Philadelphia has reached a $110 million settlement of its 2021 lawsuit against Walgreens pharmacy for the company’s role in supplying and perpetuating the opioid addiction crisis in Philadelphia. Under...
Travis Scott’s Attorneys Argue for Dismissal of Astroworld Lawsuits
Apr 19 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott argued in court this week that he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, saying he was not responsible for safety...
Gun Makers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Mexico’s Lawsuit
Apr 19 2024 // U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug...
California Lawsuits Say Fertility Operation Destroyed Embryos
Apr 19 2024 // Several lawsuits in California were filed against Ovation Fertility, a large network of fertility clinics, were filed by former patients whose embryos were destroyed due to a reported critical error at the company’s...
