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Brockovich Group Sues Over LA Fire Alert Failure in 18 Deaths
Nov 18 2025 // A communications contractor for Los Angeles County was blamed in a lawsuit for 18 deaths in a January wildfire over its alleged failure to evacuate residents in the path of the inferno. Genasys Inc. was accused of...
Tesla Wins Bid to Undo Race Bias Class Action by Black Factory Workers
Nov 17 2025 // A California state judge has ruled that 6,000 Black workers at Tesla’s flagship assembly plant cannot sue over alleged racial harassment as a class, reversing an earlier ruling in a major victory for CEO Elon...
Arkansas-Based Restaurant Chain to Pay $300K to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Nov 17 2025 // Simply Slims, L.L.C., doing business as Slim Chickens, will pay $300,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Nebraska Court Allows Data Privacy Lawsuit Against Change Healthcare to Proceed
Nov 17 2025 // Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced last week that a district court denied Change Healthcare’s motion to dismiss claims for alleged consumer protection and data privacy violations, allowing the...
Marsh Sues More Former Employees Over ‘Scheme’ to Open Howden US
Nov 17 2025 // Already suing the current CEO of Howden US and others–all former employees–broker Marsh has filed a new lawsuit against another group of former employees now at Howden US for breach of various employee...
J.M. Smucker Co. Sues Trader Joe’s Over Frozen PB&J Sandwiches Similarity
Nov 17 2025 // The J.M. Smucker Co. is suing Trader Joe’s, alleging the grocery chain’s new frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are too similar to Smucker’s Uncrustables in their design and packaging. In the...
Update: BHP Liable for 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse, UK Court Rules, in Mammoth Lawsuit
Nov 14 2025 // BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion). Hundreds...
New Jersey Settles 2, Initiates 5 New Environmental Enforcement Lawsuits
Nov 14 2025 // New Jersey officials announced five new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law and the settlement of two previous environmental justice...
Families of Camp Mystic Flood Victims Allege Negligence in Lawsuit
Nov 13 2025 // The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to protect the campers as life-threatening floodwaters approached,...
Amazon Sued Over ‘Punitive’ Handling of Employee Absences
Nov 13 2025 // Amazon.com was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action saying the retailer subjects thousands of warehouse employees with disabilities to a “punitive” policy governing workplace absences. Amazon, the...
Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users
Nov 12 2025 // Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, users of Gmail, Chat and...
United Airlines Seeks to End Lawsuit Over Windowless ‘Window Seats’
Nov 11 2025 // United Airlines has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it unfairly charged passengers extra money to sit in “window seats” that, to their surprise, lacked windows. Passengers filed proposed...
Texas Sues Roblox Over Alleged Exposure of Children to Sexually Explicit Content
Nov 10 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the online gaming platform Roblox for allegedly exposing children to sexually explicit content and exploitation, the latest in a flurry of lawsuits from his office aimed at big...
As in Florida, Georgia Saw Big Jump in Lawsuits Ahead of Major Litigation Limits
Nov 10 2025 // Florida insurers will no doubt remember the time more than two years ago when one of the largest plaintiffs’ law firms in the state gave notice that it was planning to file tens of thousands of claims lawsuits ahead...
JPMorgan Analyst Sues Over Pay Gap With Male Colleague in UK
Nov 6 2025 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. was sued in London by an analyst who alleged she was paid less than a male colleague doing the same job and faced retaliation when she raised the issue with managers. Saidya Najeeb, who joined...
MMA Sues Former Specialty Marine Head Over Move to Howden US
Nov 6 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency is going after a single employee, who came over in the acquisition of McGriff Insurance Services, for leaving for Howden US—taking 17 coworkers and over 30 clients representing $4 million in annual...
Heavyweight Class-Action Lawyer Stan Chesley Dies
Nov 5 2025 // Stanley Chesley, a class-action lawsuit pioneer who took on cigarette companies and the makers of faulty breast implants until his legal career ended amid accusations of unethical conduct, has died at age 89. Chesley died...
Amazon Sues Perplexity Over ‘Agentic’ Shopping Tool
Nov 5 2025 // Amazon sued Perplexity AI on Tuesday over the startup’s “agentic” shopping feature, which uses automation to place orders for users, saying it covertly accessed Amazon customer accounts and disguised...
Tariff-Linked Class Action Suits to Boost D&O Insurance Demand
Nov 4 2025 // A group of Dow Inc. investors filed a lawsuit at the end of August accusing the chemical manufacturer of failing to properly disclose the impact of tariffs on its business. This is the first investor class action linked to...
Marsh Sues More Former Employees Over ‘Scheme’ to Open Howden US
Nov 4 2025 // Already suing the current CEO of Howden US and others, all former employees, broker Marsh has filed a new lawsuit against another group of former employees now at Howden US for breach of various employee contracts. The...
