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Appeals Court Spikes Brett Favre’s Defamation Suit Against Shannon Sharpe

Sep 18 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused Monday to revive a defamation lawsuit that former NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame member — former tight end Shannon...

Oracle To Pay $115M To Settle Suit Over Tracking Consumer Data

Sep 18 2024 // Tech behemoth Oracle has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $115 million over allegations that it tracked consumer activity both on and offline.The suit alleges Oracle captured, compiled, and sold...

Bump in Federal Trade Secret Litigation Seen in 2023: Report

Sep 18 2024 // Analytics from Lex Machina 2024 Trade Secret Litigation Report reveals a rise in trade secret cases filed in federal district court in 2023, along with the continued steady trend of trade secret cases that involved Defend...

Iowa and Iowa State Athletes Join Civil Lawsuit Over State Gambling Sting

Sep 17 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ten more Iowa and Iowa State athletes and an Iowa basketball equipment manager ensnared in a 2023 state gambling sting joined a civil lawsuit Tuesday seeking unspecified monetary damages from the...

Cigna Sues Federal Trade Commission Over ‘Defamatory’ Report

Sep 17 2024 // Cigna Group’s Express Scripts sued the US Federal Trade Commission over a recent report that the company said demonizes pharmacy benefit managers and asked the court to order the agency to retract it.The lawsuit...

Russia’s RusChemAlliance Sues 5 European Banks Over Aborted Gas Project

Sep 17 2024 // Russian company RusChemAlliance has filed new lawsuits against five European banks that stopped financing the construction of a gas project in Russia after the West imposed sanctions against Moscow over the 2022 invasion...

Big Oil Companies Defeat Consumer Lawsuit Over Production, Prices

Sep 17 2024 // Several oil companies including Exxon Mobil and Chevron defeated an appeal on Monday by consumers who accused them of colluding with former U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut oil production,...

DraftKings Sued by MLB Players Union for Using Names, Images

Sep 17 2024 // Sports-betting platform DraftKings Inc. has been using names and images of Major League Baseball players without permission and in violation of Pennsylvania law, their union alleged in a lawsuit.Boston-based DraftKings and...

Real Estate Firm’s D&O Not Available for Defense in RealPage Antitrust Lawsuit

Sep 17 2024 // A property management firm’s excess insurers are not obligated to defend it in multi-district price-fixing litigation involving use of the real estate software RealPage.A federal district judge in Massachusetts found...

Michigan Company Sued for Violating Federal Law on Employee Accommodations

Sep 16 2024 // PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, violated federal law at multiple locations in the Detroit area by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities...

D&O Market in ‘State of Transition’ on Litigation Trends: Woodruff Sawyer

Sep 16 2024 // It looks like the market for directors and officers insurance is shifting, according to Woodruff Sawyer, with the number of renewals seeing flat or price increases for the first time in 18 months.Though 83% of its clients...

Former UPS Driver Wins $238 Million Verdict in Suit Over Firing

Sep 16 2024 // A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired.The verdict, rendered Thursday in the US...

23andMe Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $30 Million

Sep 16 2024 // 23andMe will pay $30 million and provide three years of security monitoring to settle a lawsuit accusing the genetics testing company of failing to protect the privacy of 6.9 million customers whose personal information...

Pittsburgh Offers $500,000 to Settle Bridge Collapse Lawsuits

Sep 16 2024 // The city of Pittsburgh is seeking approval of a half-million-dollar payment to settle lawsuits over the collapse of a bridge into a ravine more than 2 1/2 years ago.Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak said Friday he had asked the...

Venture Capital Fund Ends Grant Program for Black Women After Lawsuit

Sep 13 2024 // An Atlanta-based venture capital fund on Wednesday agreed to stop operating a program that awarded grants to small businesses run by Black women to settle a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that claimed it...

$1 Billion San Francisco Tower’s Revival Clouded by Lawsuit

Sep 13 2024 // One of San Francisco’s most iconic buildings is celebrating its reopening after a four-year, $250 million makeover meant to symbolize the city’s renewal. It’s doing so under the shadow of a lawsuit from...

Maryland Supreme Court Hears Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Arguments

Sep 13 2024 // The Supreme Court of Maryland heard arguments on Tuesday about the constitutionality of a 2023 law that ended the state’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed...

New Mexico Attorney General Files Suit Against Snapchat

Sep 12 2024 // New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual...

Hospital to Pay $65M to End Suit Over Cyberattack That Exposed Patients’ Nude Photos

Sep 12 2024 // Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to a $65 million settlement of a class action with patients and employees affected by a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed personal and medical information including nude photos of...

Study Stirs Debate on Real Impact of Litigation, Fraud on Property Insurance

Sep 12 2024 // An academic paper published in the Journal of Insurance Regulation seems to have rekindled the debate over how much of an impact litigation and fraud have had on property insurance losses and premiums, particularly in...