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Lawsuit in Idaho Settled over Antiquated Law

Nov 16 2022 // People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender list, according to a settlement Idaho has reached to resolve a...

FTX’s Bankman-Fried, Celebrity Promoters Sued by Crypto Investors

Nov 16 2022 // U.S. crypto investors sued FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and several celebrities who promoted his exchange including comedian Larry David, alleging they engaged in deceptive practices to sell FTX yield-bearing digital...

Lawsuit: 2 Wyoming Mental Patients Dead, Procedures Ignored

Nov 16 2022 // Two Wyoming State Hospital patients died while staff at the mental health institution failed to follow procedures in a series of choking, neglect and medication error incidents over the past four months, a lawsuit...

District’s AG Sues Commanders’ Snyder, NFL, Goodell Alleging They Deceived Fans

Nov 16 2022 // Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were sued by the District of Columbia on Thursday, accused of colluding to deceive fans by lying about an inquiry into “sexual misconduct and...

Florida Citizens Revises Ian Loss Estimate to $3.8B, Including Litigation Expenses

Nov 15 2022 // Direct losses, litigation and other expenses from Hurricane Ian will reach $3.8 billion for Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp., but that’s still below the threshold that would trigger an assessment on...

PennDOT Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Open Ditch Hit by Motorcyclist

Nov 15 2022 // Pennsylvania’s transportation agency dug a ditch and didn’t tell anyone, and it cost a motorcyclist her life, the victim’s family says in a new civil lawsuit.Leslie Gingrich, a mother of three who was...

Aircraft Lessor BOC Aviation Sues 16 Insurers Over Claims for Jets Stuck in Russia

Nov 14 2022 // BOC Aviation Ltd. has begun legal action in pursuit of claims against 16 insurers over aircraft the lessor owns that are stuck in Russia, an Irish High Court filing shows.The insurers named in the proceedings, which the...

Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit

Nov 14 2022 // Alphabet’s Google will pay $391.5 million to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users’ locations, the Michigan attorney general’s office said...

California Sues Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ That Taint Water

Nov 14 2022 // A lawsuit filed by the state of California accuses 3M, Dupont and 16 smaller companies of covering up the harm caused to the environment and the public from chemicals manufactured by the firms that have over decades found...

Baldwin Sues to Clear Name in New Mexico Movie Set Killing

Nov 14 2022 // Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin is suing people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in...

3 Australian Banks Settle Class Action Lawsuits Over Sale of Credit Insurance Products

Nov 14 2022 // Three of Australia’s “big four” banks settled separate class action lawsuits for A$126 million ($84.51 million) with Slater & Gordon, who took the banks to court two years ago over sale of credit...

Jury Orders Filmmaker Haggis to Pay $7.5M in Rape Lawsuit by Publicist

Nov 14 2022 // A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one of several (hash)MeToo-era cases that have put Hollywood notables’ behavior...

Jury Awards Massachusetts Police Detective $4M in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

Nov 14 2022 // A jury has awarded more than $4 million to a former Massachusetts police detective who said in a lawsuit that she was subjected to demeaning and sexist comments at work and rebuked for speaking up about dangerous conduct...

Appeals Court Dismisses a Third-Party Payer Class Action in Win for Zantac Makers

Nov 10 2022 // Reports about the risk of carcinogens in Zantac heartburn medications may be piling up, and lawsuits over the discontinued drug have topped more than 100,000 nationwide. But a proposed class action involving dozens of...

Former Danske Bank CEO Cleared in $322M Investor Lawsuit

Nov 8 2022 // Danske Bank’s former chief executive Thomas Borgen was cleared by a Danish court on Tuesday of any liability for shareholder investment losses linked to the lender’s involvement in one of the world’s...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: 2023 Bringing Lawsuits, Higher Property Rates, More Products

Nov 8 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvAn increase in new markets, and better brand recognition and distribution from existing markets, has led to more competition in the insuring cannabis space. That’s a good for the...

Special Report: Corporate Chiefs Dodge Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse, Deadly Products

Nov 8 2022 // Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction landed him in prison. Allegations of serial sexual abuse cost him his career and his movie studio. His company went bankrupt and later settled legal claims by...

Richard Branson Must Face Lawsuit in U.S. Over Virgin Galactic Space Travel Problems

Nov 8 2022 // A U.S. judge on Monday said British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson must face shareholder claims he concealed problems in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc’s spaceship program, and sold hundreds of millions of...

$17M to Settle New Mexico Gender Pay Lawsuit

Nov 7 2022 // Hundreds of female city employees are anticipating back payment from the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make up for a wage gap going back years.KOB-TV reported that a judge is expected to sign off on the $17 million...

Gabby Petito’s Family Files Wrongful Death Suit in Utah

Nov 7 2022 // CORRECTION: The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the city spokesperson. It is Lisa Church, not Lisa Adams. This article has been corrected to reflect that change.Family members of a 22-year-old woman whose...