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Experts: California Sex Bias Case Will Embolden Women Despite Verdict
Mar 31 2015 // Observers say a long legal battle over accusations that a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm demeaned women and held them to a different standard than their male colleagues will embolden women in the industry...
Atlanta Mayor Requests Dismissal of Former Fire Chief’s Lawsuit
Mar 31 2015 // The city of Atlanta and Mayor Kasim Reed are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the city’s former fire chief who was fired after self-publishing a book that described homosexuality as a...
After Pao’s Loss, Silicon Valley Facing More Bias Suits
Mar 30 2015 // Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ decisive victory over Ellen Pao’s gender bias suit doesn’t mean Silicon Valley giants are off the hook. More lawsuits alleging gender discrimination, sexual...
Lawsuit Lost by Parents Of Colorado Theater Shooting Victim
Mar 30 2015 // The parents of a woman who was killed in the Colorado movie theater shooting have lost their bid to hold ammunition sellers liable for the attack. Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was one of 12...
Woman Loses California Gender-Discrimination Suit
Mar 30 2015 // A jury soundly rejected Ellen Pao’s claims of gender discrimination by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in a case that riveted Silicon Valley for weeks and exposed how women fare in the male-dominated world of...
Ex-Pilot’s Suit Says JetBlue Should Have Known He Was Unfit to Fly
Mar 29 2015 // A former JetBlue Airways Corp. pilot whose midair meltdown forced an emergency landing of a 2012 flight on Friday sued the carrier for $14.9 million, saying it should have grounded him because it knew he was incapable of...
Los Angeles Woman Awarded $28.2M in Lost Leg Suit Against Kaiser
Mar 27 2015 // A Los Angeles jury has awarded $28.2 million to a woman who said treatment delays by Kaiser Permanente doctors cost her a leg. City News Service says jurors found that Southern California Permanente Medical Group was...
ACA Financial Asks N.Y.’s Top Court to Revive Goldman Suit Over Abacus
Mar 27 2015 // ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. urged New York’s top court to reinstate a suit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of conspiring to force it to insure an investment that led to a $550 million settlement with...
Bankruptcy Judge May Lift Shield for GM Over Ignition Switch Claims
Mar 27 2015 // A bankruptcy judge told General Motors Co. six years ago it didn’t have to worry about lawsuits over cars made before its $49.5 billion government bailout. Last month, the same judge said he wasn’t so sure...
Gender Discrimination Lawsuit in Silicon Valley Goes To Jury
Mar 26 2015 // Jurors began deliberating this week in a gender bias case that has drawn attention to the treatment of women in Silicon Valley after hearing an impassioned plea urging them to send a strong message to the venture capital...
Suit: Vegas Strip Casinos Hid Resort Fees
Mar 26 2015 // A class action lawsuit filed in a California federal court alleges The Venetian and The Palazzo casino-resorts hid daily resort fees from travelers booking rooms at the Las Vegas Strip properties. The lawsuit filed earlier...
NHL Loses Bid to Block Players’ Concussion Lawsuits
Mar 25 2015 // The National Hockey League lost its bid to throw out retired players’ claims it glorified violence and failed to protect them from repeated head injuries and concussions. Wednesday’s ruling by a federal judge...
Medical Malpractice Claims in Wisconsin Fall to Record Low
Mar 24 2015 // Medical malpractice claims hit a record low last year in Wisconsin, according to the Director of State Courts. The number of medical malpractice lawsuits fell to 84 last year from 140 in 2013. There were 294 suits filed in...
Georgia Tour Guides Move Forward with Free Speech Suit Against Savannah
Mar 24 2015 // Months after a federal lawsuit prompted Savannah to revise a local law regulating guided tours, Dan Leger remains determined to press ahead with the case in court. “Until they quit licensing my free speech, I...
Lawsuit Over Oregon Crab Fisherman’s Death Settled
Mar 24 2015 // A lawsuit filed in the death of a man who drowned when a fishing vessel sank nearly three years ago has been settled. The Oregonian newspaper reported the estate of David Terris sued the owner of the commercial fishing...
Closing Arguments in Greenberg’s Suit Against Bailout Set for April 22
Mar 24 2015 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr International Co. and the U.S. filed a second set of post-trial papers in a lawsuit over the terms of the government’s bailout of American International Group Inc.,...
Securities Class Action Settlement Amounts Plummet
Mar 24 2015 // Bringing a securities class action became less lucrative last year. According to a new Cornerstone Research report, total settlements in such cases hit their lowest point in 16 years. The aggregate amount of settlements...
Suits over Texas Softball Team’s Fatal Crash Settled or Dismissed
Mar 23 2015 // Though final report on an Oklahoma bus crash that killed four North Central Texas College softball players is still pending, three lawsuits have been dismissed or settled, though the reasons and terms have not been...
Vince Neil Files Suit in Las Vegas Against Social Media Consultant
Mar 23 2015 // Rock ‘n’ roller Vince Neil is taking a fight over his Internet persona to state court in Las Vegas, with a lawsuit accusing an Oregon social media consultant of refusing to give him control of his Facebook and...
Facebook Sued by California Woman Discrimination, Harassment
Mar 23 2015 // A former Facebook employee is suing the company on allegations that she was discriminated against, harassed and belittled during her brief employment there. Chia Hong filed the lawsuit this week in a San Francisco Bay Area...
