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Florida Senate Committee Adopts Litigation Funding Rules; Expands Wrongful Death
Jan 23 2024 // Litigation financing could soon become more transparent and less influential in Florida, but a 34-year-old restriction on who can file medical malpractice wrongful death claims would be expanded under bills approved Monday...
Exxon Sues ESG Investors to Remove Climate Proposals on Ballot
Jan 22 2024 // Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit against US and Dutch climate activist investors in an effort to remove what it describes as their “extreme agenda” from the ballot at its annual shareholder meetings. The Texas...
Family of Slain California College Student Sues for Wrongful Death Nearly 30 Years Later
Jan 22 2024 // The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from California Polytechnic...
Class Actions Filed Over Builders Mutual, Progressive’s Own Data Breaches
Jan 22 2024 // Progressive Casualty Insurance and North Carolina-based Builders Mutual Insurance Co. have been served with class-action lawsuits over data breaches on their own computer systems in 2022, cyber attacks that may have...
Oregon Judge Refuses to Dismiss 2015 Climate Lawsuit Filed by Youth
Jan 22 2024 // A judge in Oregon rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to dismiss a 2015 lawsuit brought by young people that alleges the federal government knew the dangers posed by carbon pollution but that it has continued...
Lawsuit Says Compensation Delayed for Victims of Worst Wildfire in New Mexico History
Jan 22 2024 // A new lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, alleging compensation has been delayed for victims of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA is responsible for...
Minnesota Woman Sues Dentist After 4 Root Canals in Single Visit
Jan 22 2024 // A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit in Hennepin County...
Former Detroit Tigers Scouts Sue Team for Age Discrimination
Jan 22 2024 // A pair of former Detroit Tigers scouts sued the team, alleging age discrimination over their terminations after the 2020 season. Gary Pellant and Randall Johnson filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claiming a...
Texas Car Dealership Faces Lawsuit for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
Jan 19 2024 // South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, Texas, operated by NICPA Central Auto Group, LLC, subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliated against employees when they reported the harassment the U.S....
Iowa Lawsuit Accuses TikTok of Misrepresenting Content
Jan 19 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Wednesday became the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media company deceives consumers over the amount of “inappropriate content” that children can access...
Mother of Child Who Died in TikTok ‘Blackout Challenge’ Asks Court to Revive Lawsuit
Jan 19 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that...
California Emergency Services Official Sued for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Jan 19 2024 // A lawsuit accused a deputy director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services of sexual harassment and retaliation against a senior employee while the agency did nothing to stop it. Ryan Buras, an...
Lobstermen’s Suit Against Conservation Group Over ‘Do-Not-Eat’ List Dropped
Jan 18 2024 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid. The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch, which...
Lawsuit over California Group’s Do-Not-Eat Listing for American Lobster Dismissed
Jan 18 2024 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid. The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch, which...
Washington State Sues to Block Kroger and Albertsons Proposed Merger
Jan 18 2024 // Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains. In the suit filed in King County Superior Court, Ferguson argued...
Freelancers File First Lawsuit Challenging Independent Contractor Rule
Jan 17 2024 // A group of freelance writers and editors has sued the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming the Biden administration’s new rule making it more difficult for companies to treat some workers as independent contractors is...
Houston School District Sued for Pay Discrimination
Jan 16 2024 // The Houston Independent School District (HISD) violated federal law when it paid female senior Career & Technical Education (CTE) program specialists lower wages than male senior CTE program specialists for performing...
Boeing Sued by Alaska Air Passengers Over 737 Max 9 Door Blowout
Jan 16 2024 // Boeing Co. was sued by passengers on an Alaska Airlines Inc. flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, last week after a mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet. The...
Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill
Jan 16 2024 // Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022. Tom Goodhead, chief executive officer of Pogust...
Judge Dismisses Notre Dame Professor’s Defamation Suit Against Student Newspaper
Jan 16 2024 // SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A judge last week dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy. St. Joseph...
