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D.A. in California Sues Farmers, Other Home Insurers Alleging Scheme to Underinsure

Jul 1 2024 // Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s Consumer Justice Bureau has sued multiple home insurance carriers in California, including Farmers Insurance Exchange, alleging they’re operating a scheme that...

Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says

Jul 1 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled in June that two of those...

Texas Health System Loses COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit – 5th Circuit

Jun 28 2024 // A Texas nonprofit health system who purchased a specialized commercial property insurance policy is not covered for business interruption losses caused by COVID-19, a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled, relying on...

Ex-Staffers of Missouri Boarding School Face Suit Alleging Abuse of Students

Jun 28 2024 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yet another civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Missouri Christian boarding school by a former student accuses staffers of forced child labor, physical abuse and tactics aimed at hiding...

Lawsuits Targeting ‘Climate Washing’ Becoming More Frequent

Jun 28 2024 // Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist groups look to hold some of the world’s worst polluters to...

New Hampshire Sues TikTok Alleging Consumer Protection Violations, Harm to Kids

Jun 27 2024 // New Hampshire is suing social media video service TikTok Inc. for allegedly violating the state’s consumer protection act, Attorney General John M. Formella announced.The state’s complaint against TikTok filed...

Connecticut Firefighters Sue DuPont, 3M, Honeywell Over Allegedly Contaminated Gear

Jun 27 2024 // DuPont, 3M, Honeywell and 16 other defendants were sued on Tuesday by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer.Lawyers for the...

Arkansas Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Alleged Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis

Jun 26 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday sued two pharmacy benefit managers that oversee coverage for insurers, employers and other large clients, accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis in the state.Attorney...

Grocery Store Chain Settles Suit Alleging Sexual Harassment, Disability Discrimination

Jun 26 2024 // Regional grocery chain Weis Markets, Inc. has settled a sexual harassment and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of an employee, the federal agency...

Music Labels Sue AI Companies Suno, Udio for Copyright Infringement

Jun 25 2024 // Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels’...

Workers Sue Disney, Say They Were Wrongly Induced to Move to Florida

Jun 25 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a fight...

Facial Recognition Startup Clearview AI Settles Privacy Suit for $50M

Jun 24 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights, a deal that...

DOJ Drops Claims That TikTok Misled US Consumers in Lawsuit

Jun 24 2024 // The US Justice Department is dropping one of two proposed claims against ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, planning to focus a consumer protection lawsuit later this year on children’s privacy instead of allegations the...

Exxon Suit Targeting Activist Group Arjuna Tossed by Judge

Jun 21 2024 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Exxon Mobil Corp. against Arjuna Capital after a lawyer for the activist investor group vowed not to try to resurrect a shareholder policy opposed by the company.The judge in Fort...

Los Angeles Will Pay $300K to Settle Lawsuit Against Journalist Over Undercover Photos

Jun 21 2024 // Los Angeles has agreed to pay $300,000 to cover the legal fees of a local journalist and a technology watchdog group that had been sued by the city last year for publishing photos of names and photographs of hundreds of...

Chicago Health Care Company to Pay $2M To Settle False Claims Act Suit

Jun 20 2024 // A Chicago health care company and its former owners will pay nearly $2 million to the United States and the States of Illinois and Indiana to resolve a civil lawsuit arising from the submission of false claims to Medicare...

Industry Groups Back Drugmakers’ Appeal in Zantac Cancer Lawsuits

Jun 20 2024 // A bid by GSK and other drugmakers to stop more than 70,000 lawsuits in Delaware over discontinued heartburn drug Zantac has received the backing of leading U.S. industry groups, including the United States Chamber of...

Florida Citizens Board Votes to Raise Rates 14% But Litigation Costs Dropping

Jun 19 2024 // The board of governors for Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted unanimously Wednesday to raise personal lines rates by an average of 14% statewide – near the maximum allowed under the...

Exxon Suit Targeting Activist Group Arjuna Tossed by Judge

Jun 19 2024 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Exxon Mobil Corp. against Arjuna Capital after a lawyer for the activist investor group vowed not to try to resurrect a shareholder policy opposed by the company.The judge in Fort...

Ex-Browns QB Sues Digital Media Company Over Firing for Sportsbook Bet

Jun 18 2024 // CLEVELAND (AP) — Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar has sued a digital media company over his firing as a pregame radio host for placing a bet on a sportsbook app when Ohio legalized gambling last...