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Supreme Court to Hear Nvidia Bid to Scuttle Shareholder Lawsuit

Jun 18 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Nvidia to scuttle a securities fraud lawsuit accusing the artificial intelligence chipmaker of misleading investors about how much of its sales went to the volatile...

Texan Whose Husband Died by Hot Tub Electrocution at Mexican Beach Resort Files Suit

Jun 17 2024 // MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American tourist was killed and his wife hospitalized after being electrocuted in a hot tub in a Mexican beach town earlier this week, an incident that prompted the family to sue the resort for...

Family of Bystander Killed in Minneapolis Police Chase Sues City

Jun 17 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a bystander killed during a 2021 police chase in Minneapolis is suing the city and alleging that dangerous pursuits are more common in areas of the city with predominantly Black...

Business Liability Claims Litigation Jumped in 2023: Lex Machina

Jun 17 2024 // After holding relatively steady for nearly a decade, the number of business liability policy claims cases jumped 28% in 2023, according to a litigation report from Lex Machina.The report found that 3,596 business liability...

Bayer Plans Renewed Push for Legal Shield Against Cancer-Related Lawsuits

Jun 17 2024 // After failing in several U.S. states this year, global chemical manufacturer Bayer said Tuesday that it plans to amplify efforts to create a legal shield against a proliferation of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn that...

Oklahoma Supreme Court Dismisses Reparations Lawsuit of Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors

Jun 14 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the city would make financial amends...

Louisiana High Court Reopens Window for Adult Victims of Childhood Sex Abuse to Sue

Jun 14 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits.The state Supreme...

Apple Accused in Lawsuit of Underpaying Female Workers in California

Jun 14 2024 // Apple on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action accusing the tech giant of paying more than 12,000 female employees in California less than men with comparable jobs.The lawsuit filed in state court in San Francisco...

Four Tops Singer Sues Detroit-Area Hospital for Racial Discrimination

Jun 13 2024 // WARREN, Mich. (AP) — The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group.Alexander Morris,...

SpaceX Sued by Engineers Fired After Accusing Elon Musk of Sexism

Jun 13 2024 // Rocket maker SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by eight engineers who say they were illegally fired for raising concerns about alleged sexual harassment and discrimination against women.The...

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

Jun 13 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...

Elon Musk Withdraws Lawsuit Against OpenAI

Jun 12 2024 // Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday moved to dismiss his lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the startup’s original mission of developing artificial intelligence for...

Carmakers Face UK ‘Dieselgate’ Lawsuits Worth at Least $7.6B, Lawyers Say

Jun 12 2024 // Some of the world’s biggest carmakers are facing 1.5 million lawsuits in Britain for allegedly cheating emissions tests that could cost them at least 6 billion pounds ($7.6 billion), claimants’ lawyers told...

Real Nut Case: Ice Cream Maker Sued Over Lack of Actual Pistachios

Jun 11 2024 // Is it nuts to assume a scoop of pistachio ice cream should contain actual pistachios? Or how about real butter in a dish of butter pecan?Such weighty questions about a favorite summertime confection could soon be decided...

US Supreme Court to Hear Facebook Bid to Scuttle Shareholder Lawsuit

Jun 10 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Meta’s Facebook to scuttle a private securities fraud lawsuit accusing the social media platform of misleading investors in 2017 and 2018 about the misuse of...

Supreme Court Seeks Government Views on Honolulu Climate Suit Against Oil Companies

Jun 10 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden’s administration to offer its views on a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu accusing them of deceiving the public about...

Top Law Firms in US Opioid Lawsuits to Get Hundreds of Millions in Fees

Jun 10 2024 // A court-appointed panel on Friday recommended how to divvy up a pool of $2.13 billion in legal fees from nationwide drug industry settlements over the U.S. opioid crisis, with top firms set to receive hundreds of millions...

Maine’s Biggest Water District Sues 18 Manufacturers Over Forever Chemicals

Jun 10 2024 // The biggest water district in Maine is suing manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals in the hopes of recouping costs of monitoring and treating polluted wastewater.The Portland Water District lawsuit comes as the cost...

After 11 Deaths, Lawsuit, Arrests at Jail, Travelers Drops NC Sheriff’s Liability Coverage

Jun 7 2024 // After multiple deaths in the jail, criminal charges against an employee and alleged sexual relationships with inmates, a North Carolina sheriff’s office has lost its law enforcement liability insurance coverage from...

Texas County to Pay Female Deputies $1.5M to Settle Sexual Misconduct Suit

Jun 7 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they were abused and harassed when a constable’s office turned undercover operations...