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Content Creators at Risk: How Evolving Copyright Law Is Opening New Doors for Litigation

Jul 5 2021 // There has been a substantial uptick in litigation involving copyright infringement in the music industry thanks a groundbreaking decision involving the 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.” The dispute involved Marvin...

Update: Ship that Blocked Suez Canal to Be Released; Formal Settlement Is Agreed

Jul 4 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt — The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March said on Sunday a formal settlement had been agreed in a compensation dispute, and the canal authority...

Environmentalists To Sue West Virginia Over Pollution At Greensdale Coals Site

Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site.In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...

Pitcher’s Family Sues Angels, 2 Employees for Negligence

Jun 30 2021 // The family of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed lawsuits Tuesday in Texas and California charging the team and two former employees with negligence in his drug-related death two years ago.The lawsuits...

North Carolina Doctor Sued by Former Employees Alleging Sexual Misconduct

Jun 30 2021 // A North Carolina doctor who pleaded guilty in March to assault on a female has been sued by two former employees who allege sexual misconduct.Dr. Diaa Eldin Hussein, who has practices in Morganton, Marion and Lenoir, is...

VW to Appeal Court Ruling That Clean Air Act Doesn’t Bar State Suit Over Emissions

Jun 30 2021 // Ohio’s Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for the state’s attorney general to move forward with a lawsuit against Volkswagen AG over its “Dieselgate” scandal and manipulation of...

Wall Street, Tech Firms Fear SEC Climate Disclosure Will Trigger Lawsuits

Jun 29 2021 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may make corporations reveal more about climate risks in key regulatory filings, a push that Wall Street and the biggest tech companies say will lead to a barrage of shareholder...

Penn. Manufacturing Company, Owner Sued for Firing Worker Over Safety Concerns

Jun 29 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a Pennsylvania paper products manufacturing company and its owner after they fired a worker for raising safety concerns and asking several times for safety gloves to...

E-Cigarette Maker Juul to Pay $40M to Settle North Carolina Suit Over Youth Marketing

Jun 29 2021 // E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to North Carolina to settle a lawsuit by the state accusing it of marketing its products to minors.The settlement, announced on Monday by North Carolina...

Ex-Player Sues Chicago Blackhawks; Alleges Sexual Assault by Assistant

Jun 29 2021 // An unidentified former Chicago Blackhawks player says in a lawsuit against the team that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted him in 2010 during a playoff run to a Stanley Cup title and that the team did nothing after...

South Carolina Governor Signs Bill Preventing COVID Suits Against Businesses

Jun 28 2021 // Gov. Henry McMaster again said South Carolina is recovering better from the COVID-19 pandemic than just about any other state as he held a ceremonial signing of a bill preventing people from suing companies over the...

J&J Reports $263M Resolution of N.Y. Opioid Lawsuits Before Trial

Jun 28 2021 // Johnson & Johnson said it agreed to pay $263 million to resolve opioid lawsuits filed in New York, settling the cases on the eve of the first U.S. jury trial over claims the company mishandled the highly addictive...

Parents Whose Baby Died Settle Malpractice Suit with S.D. Hospital

Jun 28 2021 // The parents of an infant who died at a Sioux Falls hospital have agreed to settle their malpractice lawsuit against the healthcare provider.The terms of the mediated settlement between Avera McKennan Hospital and the...

Texas Supreme Court: Academy Can’t Be Sued for Selling Gun Used in Texas Mass Shooting

Jun 25 2021 // The man who gunned down 26 people at a Sutherland Springs church in Texas’ deadliest ever mass shooting should not have been able to buy the assault style weapon he used, but the store that sold it to him can’t...

Lawsuit Filed over Illness After Kansas Wildlife Park Visit

Jun 25 2021 // A woman who said she and her three children became violently ill after using a splash park at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is suing the attraction, alleging unsanitary conditions led to an illness outbreak.The Kansas...

EEOC Sues Minnesota’s AscensionPoint for Religious Discrimination

Jun 25 2021 // A Minnesota-based estate and probate debt recovery company that manages decedent debt recovery for creditors is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly fired Christian employee after he refused to be fingerprinted due to...

Jim Bakker, Missouri Church Settle Suit over COVID-19 Claims

Jun 25 2021 // Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming a health supplement could cure COVID-19.Missouri court records show that a...

Police, Trump Supporters Sued for Alleged Harassment of Texas Biden Bus

Jun 25 2021 // Former state Sen. Wendy Davis and others who were traveling on a campaign bus for President Joe Biden in October 2020 when it was surrounded and followed by former President Donald Trump’s supporters on a Texas...

Chicago Archdiocese Settles Clergy Sexual Abuse Suit for $880K

Jun 25 2021 // Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting other boys have agreed to a settlement of $880,000 from the Archdiocese of Chicago, attorneys...

Kobe Bryant’s Widow Agrees to Settle Lawsuit over Deadly Crash

Jun 24 2021 // Kobe Bryant’s widow has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the pilot and owners of the helicopter that crashed last year, killing the NBA star, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.Vanessa Bryant, her children and...