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NRA Sues Over Illinois Two-Week-Old Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons

Jan 26 2023 // SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ two-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws “ubiquitous” firearms in “radical” defiance of the Constitution’s Second Amendment, a federal...

Shareholders Can Sue McDonald’s Ex-Executive in Landmark Ruling

Jan 26 2023 // Shareholders can sue McDonald Corp’s former global chief people officer for the damage they claim he caused to the restaurant chain by allegedly allowing a culture of sexual harassment to flourish, according to a...

ACLU Sues Bennington Police Over 2016 Investigation, Arrest

Jan 26 2023 // BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Bennington man is suing the town, its police chief and two officers, accusing them of violating his constitutional rights by arresting him in the 2016 armed robbery of two convenience store...

Judge Dismisses Former Charlottesville Police Chief’s $10M Wrongful Termination Suit

Jan 26 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a former Virginia police chief’s $10 million wrongful termination lawsuit saying she didn’t have sufficient evidence of discrimination, conspiracy or malice.U.S. District Judge...

Subpoena Granted in Reno Mayor’s Lawsuit over Tracking Device

Jan 25 2023 // A Nevada judge has granted subpoenas sought by Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve to force a private investigator to identify who hired his firm to secretly install a tracking device on her vehicle.Washoe County District Judge...

Twitter Sued in Germany in Bid to Force Vetting of Antisemitic Posts

Jan 25 2023 // Twitter Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany by an anti-hate speech organization and a European group of Jewish students in a bid to force the platform to remove antisemitic content.HateAid and the European Union of Jewish...

A Class-Action Wave Is Coming for ESG Claims

Jan 25 2023 // Lawyers are bracing for an increase in ESG-related cases as corporate disclosure requirements stiffen around the world.A survey by the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright found that 28% of more than 430 general counsel and...

US Targets Google’s Online Ad Business Monopoly in Latest Big Tech Lawsuit

Jan 25 2023 // The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a key business at the heart of one of Silicon Valley’s most...

Supreme Court Won’t Take up Applied Suit Against California Department of Insurance

Jan 24 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit from Applied Underwriters Inc. over a decision by the California Department of Insurance to put its affiliate into conservatorship.The court on Monday declined to hear the...

Hazing Lawsuit at Ohio’s Bowling Green Ends With $3M Settlement

Jan 24 2023 // The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity will receive nearly $3 million from Bowling Green State University to settle its lawsuit, according to an agreement announced Monday.As...

DOJ Poised to Sue Google Over Digital Ad Market Dominance

Jan 24 2023 // The US Justice Department is poised to sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google as soon as Tuesday regarding the search giant’s dominance over the digital advertising market, according to people familiar with the matter.The...

Judge Dismisses Whole Foods Workers’ Lawsuit Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Masks

Jan 24 2023 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by three former Whole Foods employees who said they were illegally fired for opposing the upscale grocery chain’s alleged discriminatory discipline of workers who wore...

Son Seeks $50M in California Suit for Dad’s Death From Stun Gun

Jan 24 2023 // Lawyers for the 5-year-old son of a man who died after repeatedly being shocked by Los Angeles police with a stun gun following a traffic collision filed a $50 million claim Friday for damages against the city.The legal...

California Lawsuit Claims Woman’s Death Stemmed from Disneyland Fall

Jan 24 2023 // A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat before she fell and broke a leg, leading to her death from an infection five months later.The lawsuit was filed...

Germany’s Commerzbank Sues EY for Losses Incurred in Wirecard Collapse

Jan 23 2023 // The German lender Commerzbank is suing accounting firm EY over the 200 million euros ($216.12 million) in losses that it incurred in the collapse of Wirecard, a bank spokesperson said on Thursday. Wirecard’s downfall...

Juul Settlement to End Youth-Vaping Lawsuits Gets Initial Approval

Jan 23 2023 // Juul Labs Inc. won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic.U.S. District Judge William Orrick said on...

Bayer Sued for Barring Non-U.S. Citizen from Roundup Settlement

Jan 23 2023 // A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany’s Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, because she is not a U.S. citizen.The...

Cameraman Hurt on New Mexico Film Set Gets $66M in Lawsuit

Jan 23 2023 // A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state’s history, a news outlet...

Washington AG Sues Plastic Surgery Provider for Fake Reviews

Jan 23 2023 // By Claire RushWashington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against a plastic surgery provider in the Seattle area over claims it misled patients and the public “through a multitude of unlawful,...

Suit Alleges Agency Liable in Accidental Child Shooting

Jan 23 2023 // The parents of a Maine three-year old boy who accidentally shot himself with a loaded pistol filed a negligence suit against the owner of a Vermont home where the boy found the gun while on a visit. The boy’s family...