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Pipeline Involved in California Spill That Caused Numerous Lawsuits Restarting
Apr 13 2023 // An offshore pipeline involved in a 2021 oil spill that fouled Southern California beaches is being put back in service, the operator said. Amplify Energy Corp. said that it received approval from federal regulatory...
Lawsuit Seeks to Uphold Closing California’s Last Nuke Plant
Apr 13 2023 // An environmental group has sued to block Pacific Gas & Electric from seeking to extend the federal operating licenses for California’s last nuclear power plant. A complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court...
Wrongful Death Suit Claims Chocolate Factory Ignored Warning Before Deadly Blast
Apr 13 2023 // A Pennsylvania candy-maker ignored warnings of a gas leak at its chocolate factory and bears responsibility for a subsequent explosion that killed seven workers and injured several others, according to a lawsuit filed...
Three Alaska Native Tribes Suing to Block Major Gold Mine Project
Apr 13 2023 // Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in...
HP Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Sales, Appeals Court Rules
Apr 12 2023 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit alleging HP Inc. defrauded shareholders by secretly using unprofitable tactics to boost sales of its printing supplies in 2015 and 2016. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Mother Sues Maine School Over Keeping Teen’s Gender Transition Private
Apr 12 2023 // A Maine woman is suing a school district whose counselor encouraged her teen’s social gender transition, providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting parents. It’s the latest...
Court Finds Insurer’s Evidence Insufficient to Support Subrogation Suit
Apr 12 2023 // Circumstantial evidence suggesting a fire that damaged four buildings in the Queens neighborhood of New York City was caused by improper use of extension cords was not enough to allow an insurer to proceed with a...
Family of Missouri Man Who Died Canoeing Sue, Blaming Dangerous Dam
Apr 11 2023 // CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The family of a man who drowned on a canoe trip is suing two state agencies, alleging a dangerous dam was to blame. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Caleb Gage, of Ballwin, was 32...
Texas Property Management Company Pays $85K Over Harassment Suit
Apr 11 2023 // Alden Short and Hinson Jennings, a Dallas-based property management company, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
KPMG, Goldman Sachs Faulted in Investor Suit Over SVB Failure
Apr 11 2023 // KPMG LLP was sued as Silicon Valley Bank’s auditor, along with underwriters including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley & Co. in an investor lawsuit based on alleged misstatements...
Maryland Lawmakers Approve Bill to Remove Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Suits
Apr 11 2023 // Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill to end the state’s statute limiting when civil lawsuits over child sex abuse can be filed against public and private entities. Under the Child Victims Act of 2023, actions for...
Fox News Settles With Venezuelan Businessman in Election Defamation Lawsuit
Apr 11 2023 // Fox News said on Sunday it has reached a settlement with a Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, ending a defamation case in which Khalil said he was falsely accused on air of helping to rig the 2020 U.S. presidential...
Brazil Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks $2.5B in Damages From Alleged Orange Juice Cartel
Apr 10 2023 // Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion in damages over an alleged scheme to fix prices between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters. Federal...
Students Flunk Test for Class Action Over Covid Cutbacks by University
Apr 10 2023 // A federal court has rejected a proposed class action by students against Boston University over alleged damages they suffered due to cutbacks by the school during the Covid-19 pandemic. The students sought a refund of...
Washington City Paying $500K to Settle Bikini Barista Dress Code Suit
Apr 10 2023 // A legal battle over a dress code for bikini baristas at coffee stands is ending after a city north of Seattle agreed to pay $500,000 to the owner and employees who sued over it six years ago. The Everett City Council voted...
Russia’s GAZ Group Files $348M Suit Against Volkswagen
Apr 10 2023 // The Gorky Automobile Plant, part of Russia’s GAZ Group which was contracted to assemble cars for Volkswagen, has filed a lawsuit to recover 28.4 billion roubles ($348 million) from the German automaker, court records...
Lawsuit, Adjuster Say UPC Altered Louisiana Estimate After Hurricane Ida
Apr 10 2023 // The practice of insurance companies revising independent adjusters’ damage reports may be as widespread in Louisiana as it is in Florida, according to adjusters and a plaintiffs’ attorney who has filed a...
DOJ Tentatively Settles Suit Over 2017 Texas Church Shooting
Apr 6 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. More than...
New Antitrust Lawsuit Against NCAA Seeks Millions in Damages
Apr 6 2023 // The attorneys who beat the NCAA in the Supreme Court have filed a new class- action antitrust lawsuit against the association and the five wealthiest college sports conferences that seeks millions of dollars in damages for...
Jury Awards $3.2M to Ex-Tesla Worker in California for Racial Abuse Suit
Apr 6 2023 // A federal jury has awarded nearly $3.2 million in damages to a Black former worker at a Tesla factory in California that has been at the epicenter of racial discrimination allegations hanging over the automaker run by...
