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Authorities Working to Free Giant Stranded Container Ship Blocking Suez Canal

Mar 24 2021 // CAIRO – The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked on Wednesday as 10 tug boats struggled to free one of the world’s largest container ships after it ran aground in the Suez Canal.The...

Reporters Without Borders Sues Facebook in France over Hate Speech, False Information

Mar 24 2021 // PARIS – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France over hate speech and false information, the global media watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday.RSF said that in a lawsuit filed...

Judge: No Dismissal of Ammo Seller from Suit over Texas School Shooting

Mar 24 2021 // A Tennessee-based online retailer accused of illegally selling ammunition to a student who fatally shot 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 won’t be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by families of those killed and...

RICO Suit against Colorado Cannabis Firms Highlights D&O Dearth

Mar 23 2021 // A scarcity of directors and officers coverage for cannabis companies may be take an even bigger spotlight following a Colorado lawsuit in which two large cannabis operators and several executives are accused of illegally...

Supreme Court Nixes Facebook Bid to Curtail $15B Class Action Over User Tracking

Mar 22 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc.’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when they are logged...

Minneapolis to Pay Floyd Family $27 Million in Civil Rights Lawsuit Settlement

Mar 22 2021 // The city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s...

Oregon Lawsuits Seek $1B from Pacific Power over Wildfires

Mar 22 2021 // Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the utility’s negligence led to wildfires in the Santiam Canyon last year.The two lawsuits filed in...

California Lawsuit Says Deputies Shared Grisly Bryant Photos

Mar 19 2021 // Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, on Wednesday posted the names of four Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies she alleges shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed her husband,...

Illinois Court: Suit Against MLB over Wrigley Field Foul Ball Injury Can Proceed

Mar 18 2021 // An Illinois appellate court has ruled a woman struck by a foul ball at Wrigley Field can move ahead with a lawsuit she filed against Major League Baseball.In upholding a lower court ruling, the appellate court said the...

Inmate Suits Blame California Corrections for Spreading Virus

Mar 18 2021 // The family of a 61-year-old California inmate who died of the coronavirus sued state corrections officials Tuesday, blaming a botched transfer of infected inmates to San Quentin State Prison that killed 28 inmates and a...

Georgia City Resident Sues Over Chemical Discharge in Water

Mar 17 2021 // A Georgia city, a textile manufacturer and others are being sued by a former Summerville, Georgia, city council member over a water crisis that forced Summerville to distribute bottled water for weeks and still could cost...

Arkansas AG Sues Walgreens over Opioid Crisis

Mar 17 2021 // Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on March 15 sued Walgreens, accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the opioid crisis in the state by filling a large number of suspicious orders for painkillers.Rutledge filed the...

California Suing Major Nursing Home Operator

Mar 17 2021 // California’s attorney general and local officials sued the nation’s largest senior living home operator Monday, alleging the company misled consumers on quality ratings and broke laws intended to protect...

Reuters Special Report: Suit Over Deadly Crash Renews Spotlight on GM Safety

Mar 17 2021 // On a clear afternoon in November 2014, Glenda Marie Buchanan set off in her silver Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV from her home in rural Georgia. Several minutes into the drive, she started veering off the road. Buchanan...

Topeka, Kansas, to Settle 2016 Police Crash Lawsuit for $335K

Mar 16 2021 // The city of Topeka, Kansas, has settled a lawsuit over a 2016 crash involving a police cruiser that left two people injured, according to a city official. The city has agreed to pay $335,000 to settle the case, Topeka City...

New York Suit Against EPA Over GE’s Hudson River Cleanup Dismissed

Mar 16 2021 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from New York state against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its 2019 decision that General Electric had completed a Hudson River dredging remediation...

Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Proposes Public Trusts to Settle Opioid Lawsuits

Mar 16 2021 // Purdue Pharma LP filed a bankruptcy plan on Monday that would resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits by restructuring the OxyContin maker into an entity that would steer profits to plaintiffs and require the company’s...

Florida Senate Weighs Legal Immunity Against COVID Lawsuits

Mar 16 2021 // A measure that would shield businesses from COVID-related lawsuits could make it before the Florida Senate later this week, providing another key test for a measure that supporters assert will protect against frivolous...

Investor Suit Alleges Tesla CEO Musk’s Tweets Violate SEC Pact

Mar 15 2021 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has been sued by a shareholder who accused him of violating his 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over his Twitter use.According to a complaint unsealed...

Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Third Trial in Hyundai Wrongful Death Suit

Mar 15 2021 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is ordering a third trial in a wrongful death case, years after a jury told Hyundai Motor Company to pay millions of dollars to families of three people killed in a 1995 car crash.In a ruling...