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Cleveland City Files Lawsuit to Prevent Browns’ Move to Suburban Dome

Cleveland’s fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown and into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another legal turn. The city has filed a lawsuit to stop the NFL team from leaving Cleveland’s lakefront when …

Moody’s Says LA Fire May Pose Risk to Southern California Edison

The Eaton Fire in central Los Angeles County poses a potential credit risk to power provider Southern California Edison, which operates electrical lines in the area where the destructive blaze first started, Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Thursday. …

Edison Utility Sued Over Role of Equipment in Los Angeles Fire

Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility was hit with a lawsuit blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of the wildfires still raging in the second-largest US metropolis. The lawsuit is on behalf of a group of homeowners, renters, …

Lawsuit Filed Against City of New Orleans Over Fatal New Year’s Truck Attack

Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from …

Exxon Sues California AG, Environmental Groups Over ‘Smear’

Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit alleging that California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups made defamatory comments about the oil company’s ability to recycle plastic. Exxon accused Bonta, the Sierra Group and others of making “false accusations” …

End of Criminal New Mexico Movie Shooting Case Against Baldwin May Unlock Civil Suit

The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for …

Top West Region Insurance Journal Stories of 2024

Wildfires and their effect on the California’s homeowners insurance crisis dominated Insurance Journal’s West headlines this year. Other popular stories included big lawsuits, and stories on fraudsters and bad actors being caught and punished. Top Insurance Journal West Stories of …

Nebraska AG Sues Change Healthcare Over Data Breach

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit last week in Lancaster County District Court against Change Healthcare alleging violations of the state’s Consumer Protection and Data Security Laws. The complaint stems from a February data breach and subsequent operational …

Jury Finds Vegas Police Fabricated Evidence in Killing, Awards $34M to Exonerated Woman

A federal jury in Nevada has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who was arrested at age 18, wrongly convicted twice, and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing she did not …

California Eyes $25 Million Legal Fight Against Trump Plans

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to allocate as much as $25 million to challenge President-elect Donald Trump’s most aggressive policies with a battalion of lawyers. On Monday the state legislature, led by a Democratic supermajority, will convene a special session …