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Update: Nord Stream Insurers Deny Policies Covered War Risks in UK Lawsuit
Apr 18 2024 // Nord Stream’s insurers have denied that their policies provide cover for gas pipelines damaged by blasts in 2022 because the damage was caused by war, in their written defense to a lawsuit filed at London’s...
Bayer Pushes Legislation in Multiple States for Legal Shield Against Lawsuits
Apr 18 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim...
Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination
Apr 18 2024 // The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis police officer who says she was shifted to a different role against her will because she is female. The...
Texas Home Manufacturers to Pay $135K to Settle Race Discrimination Suit
Apr 17 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....
MGM Resorts Sues FTC to Stop Investigation of Casino Hack
Apr 17 2024 // MGM Resorts International sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop an investigation into how it dealt with a cybersecurity attack last year. The company said the investigation deprives it of its fundamental due process...
North Dakota Hospital to Pay $45K Over EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit
Apr 16 2024 // Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the...
Zuckerberg Avoids Personal Liability in Meta Addiction Suits
Apr 16 2024 // Mark Zuckerberg won his bid to avoid personal liability in about two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez...
Maine Sues Monsanto Over Contamination From PCB-Tainted Products
Apr 16 2024 // Maine is suing biochemical giant Monsanto for allegedly knowingly selling products containing harmful chemicals that have contributed to contamination in the state. The latest lawsuit targeting the company over the...
Rapper Drake Has Lawsuits Dismissed Over Deadly Astroworld Concert
Apr 15 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Hip-hop artist Drake has been dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston in which 10 people were killed, a judge has ruled. Drake was a special guest of rap superstar...
Supreme Court Allows More Transport Workers to Bypass Arbitration and Sue Employers
Apr 15 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for more truck drivers and other transportation workers to file employment-related lawsuits in court rather than private arbitration, ruling that an exemption from arbitration...
AIG Sues Newly Launched Dellwood Insurance and Its Founders
Apr 15 2024 // American International Group and a group of its excess and surplus lines subsidiaries have filed suit against Dellwood Insurance Group and three former AIG executives who launched the nationwide E&S lines insurance...
Cyber Risk Strategies to Minimize Business Disruption, Control Liability and Litigation Exposure
Apr 15 2024 // Security threats are getting more sophisticated – and expensive – and this trajectory will continue. Digital footprints and technology usage will only keep expanding, adding to vulnerability and presenting more...
Oklahoma Sues Natural Gas Companies Over Price Spikes During Winter Storm Uri
Apr 12 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — 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...
Explainer: Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water Could Fuel Litigation
Apr 12 2024 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the first federal regulations on toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water, setting tight limits that essentially require public water systems to all but...
200 Patients Sue, Alleging Sexual Abuse, Unnecessary Exams by Boston Doctor
Apr 12 2024 // More than a decade ago, Kristin Fritz was struggling with pain in her spine and saw a rheumatologist recommended by her doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The visit with Dr. Derrick Todd started...
Oregon Schools Sued for $9M After Young Girl Allegedly Raped
Apr 11 2024 // A young girl and her guardian have sued an Oregon nonprofit organization, Portland Public Schools and Multnomah County for $9 million, alleging they were negligent when male classmates sexually abused her at school and...
Norfolk Southern to Settle Ohio Derailment Class Action Lawsuit for $600M
Apr 9 2024 // April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern NSC.N said on Tuesday it had reached a $600 million deal to resolve a class action lawsuit related to the East Palestine, Ohio derailment last year. The...
City Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit Over Death of Opioid-Addicted Woman
Apr 9 2024 // Relatives of a Vermont woman whose obituary drew national attention for its candid and heart-breaking discussion of her opioid addiction have reached a settlement with some of the parties who were sued for allegedly...
Farmworker Who Survived Mass Shooting at California Mushroom Farm Sues Company
Apr 9 2024 // A migrant farmworker who survived a mass shooting last year at a Northern California mushroom farm has filed a lawsuit against the farm and one of its owners, saying they failed to keep him safe from the colleague who...
State Bar of Wisconsin Agrees to Change Diversity Definition in Lawsuit Settlement
Apr 8 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys agreed last week to change the definition of “diversity” to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative law firm that argued its...
