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Delaware Top Court Will Hear Drugmakers’ Appeal to End Zantac Lawsuits

Aug 28 2024 // Delaware’s highest court said on Tuesday it will hear an appeal by GSK and other drugmakers seeking to end more than 70,000 lawsuits claiming discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi and...

Delaware High Court Upholds Blockbuster $267 Million Legal Fee in Dell Lawsuit

Aug 15 2024 // Five law firms should receive $267 million in legal fees for obtaining a $1 billion settlement for shareholders of Dell Technologies DELL.N, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting arguments that the...

Delaware Judge Allows Suit Over Police Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Woman

Jul 8 2024 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was killed by a state trooper in 2021 after she fired a shotgun at him.Raymond Rooks contends that state police used...

Delaware Law to Allow Big Investors Greater Sway Over US Corporate Boards

Jul 2 2024 // Delaware is poised to adopt changes to its widely used corporate law that critics argue could weaken U.S. boards of directors in favor of influential investors such as private-equity firms.State lawmakers last week...

All the Major Legal Battles Elon Musk and His Companies Are Facing

Jun 10 2024 // Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees.Tesla’s board and...

Judge Lets More Than 70,000 Zantac Lawsuits Go Forward

Jun 4 2024 // A Delaware judge has allowed more than 70,000 lawsuits over discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to go forward, ruling that expert witnesses can testify in court that the drug may cause cancer.The ruling on Friday by Judge...

Family of Black Teen Wrongly Executed in 1931 Seeks Damages

May 24 2024 // The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the county that prosecuted...

Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence

May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...

Judge Rejects Former Delaware Trooper’s Discrimination Claims Against State Police

May 21 2024 // A federal judge ruled last Friday in favor of the Delaware State Police in a lawsuit filed by a former trooper who said she was subjected to years of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation as she rose through...

Delaware High Court Hands Agency a New Shot at Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm

Apr 23 2024 // An insurance agency has won another chance at proving a law firm was negligent in defending it in a non-compete dispute with another agency, a dispute it ended up settling for $1.2 million.The Delaware Supreme Court has...

Sanofi to Settle 4,000 Zantac Cancer Lawsuits in US State Courts

Apr 4 2024 // Sanofi has reached an agreement in principle to settle 4,000 U.S. lawsuits linking the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, the company said on Wednesday.Sanofi did not disclose the financial terms of the deal....

How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia

Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...

Meta Seeks Dismissal of Shareholder Suit Alleging Failure to Address Human Trafficking

Mar 8 2024 // Attorneys for Meta Platforms and several of its current and former leaders, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging the company has deliberately failed to...

Woman Gets 5-10 Years for Workers’ Comp Scam of Family Dollar, Restaurant

Mar 1 2024 // A Delaware woman will serve 5 to 10 years in state prison for a workers’ compensation scam that spanned 2.5 years, two states, and cost a Pennsylvania employer more than $170,000, according to Pennsylvania Attorney...

Long-Serving Delaware Chancery Court Judge to Retire at Year’s End

Feb 21 2024 // Delaware’s nationally important Court of Chancery, which has come under criticism from Elon Musk this month, is losing its second-longest-serving judge.Sam Glasscock, who has served on the go-to venue for U.S....

Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge

Jan 26 2024 // GSK, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence plaintiffs’ lawyers want to use in about 72,000 lawsuits claiming that the discontinued heartburn drug...

People Moves: Nunnally Joins Alliant in Boston; Hilb Names Harm to Carrier Relations; Arthur Hall Promotes Marshall

Jan 18 2024 // Chris Nunnally joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Nunnally is based in Boston, Massachusetts.Before working with Alliant, Nunnally was area vice president within...

Judge Limits Delaware’s Sweeping Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies

Jan 14 2024 // A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry has downplayed the risks of climate change. Tuesday’s ruling significantly narrows...

Delaware Hospital System to Pay $47 Million to Settle Billing Fraud Claims

Dec 27 2023 // Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals,...

Ohio Settles Lawsuit With Chemical Companies For $110 Million Over PFAS Contamination

Dec 1 2023 // DOVER, Del. (AP) – The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit over environmental threats from toxic chemicals used at a former DuPont facility in neighboring West...