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18 States Sue Over EEOC’s Policy on Transgender Workers

May 14 2024 // A group of Republican-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing broad legal protections for transgender workers.The 18 states filed the complaint in...

Tesla Settles Factory Worker’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

May 14 2024 // Tesla has settled a lawsuit by a former factory employee who says she was fired for complaining about severe sexual harassment, as the electric carmaker faces a series of sex and race discrimination lawsuits.U.S. District...

Lawsuit: Tesla’s Autopilot Caused Fiery Crash into Tree, Killing Colorado Man

May 14 2024 // The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the carmaker, claiming its marketing of the technology is...

Gay Employees Sue New York City for Withholding IVF Coverage

May 14 2024 // A former New York City assistant district attorney and his husband are suing the city, claiming its health plan discriminates against gay male couples by denying them coverage of in vitro fertilization benefits.The city...

Louisiana Court May Reopen Window for Suits by Adult Victims of Child Sex Abuse

May 13 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court agreed Friday to reconsider its recent ruling that wiped out a state law giving adult victims of childhood sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits.The...

Wisconsin Wedding Barns Sue Over State’s New Liquor Law Requiring Licensing

May 10 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Wisconsin wedding barns sued the state Tuesday seeking to block enactment of a new law that requires them to get liquor licenses similar to other establishments that host events.Owners and...

Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Launches Suite of Professional Liability Products for Specialist Engineers

May 10 2024 // Mosaic Insurance, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer, has launched a suite of professional liability products for specialist engineers, offering $15 million in targeted primary coverage for unique risks.The new form...

Google Fights $17 Billion UK Lawsuit Over Ad-Tech Practices

May 10 2024 // Google parent Alphabet has urged a London tribunal to block a mass lawsuit which accuses it of abusing its dominance in the online advertising market, in the latest case to focus on the search giant’s business...

Nine Out of 10 Wrongful Death Lawsuits Settled Over Astroworld Crowd Surge

May 10 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed after a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival have been settled, including one that was set to go to trial this week, an attorney said...

China Construction Bank Sued in US Over Reinsurance Fraud Losses

May 10 2024 // China Construction Bank Corp., the nation’s third-largest commercial lender, was accused in a US lawsuit of enabling a massive fraud in the reinsurance industry that left companies with “monumental...

Lawyers Handling Lawsuits Over Maui Wildfires to Get Investigation Documents

May 10 2024 // A judge on Friday forced the Hawaii attorney general’s office to turn over to lawyers involved in the hundreds of lawsuits over last summer’s Maui wildfires all documents, interviews and data collected by the...

Texas Energy Company to Pay $260K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit

May 9 2024 // A Texas energy company will pay a $265,000 fine to settle charges that it subjected Black and Hispanic field mechanics to harassment.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced last week that Liberty...

Jury Awards $9M to Player Who Sued US Tennis Association Over Coach’s Sexual Abuse

May 9 2024 // A tennis player was awarded $9 million in damages by a jury in federal court in Florida after accusing the U.S. Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she said sexually abused her at one of its training...

Judge Dismisses Suit by Mother Who Claimed School Hid Teen’s Gender Expression

May 9 2024 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting...

Lawsuit Alleges Decades of Child Sexual Abuse at Illinois Juvenile Detention Centers

May 8 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers...

Pfizer Agrees to Settle More Than 10,000 Zantac Cancer Lawsuits

May 8 2024 // Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle more than 10,000 cases accusing it of hiding the cancer risks of its Zantac heartburn drug, according to people familiar with the deal, the biggest of the litigation.The agreements cover...

TikTok Lawsuit Sets Stage for Prolonged Legal Fight Over US Ban

May 8 2024 // China-based ByteDance Ltd. made clear it won’t comply with a new US law requiring it to sell its popular TikTok video-sharing app, setting up what likely will be a prolonged court battle pitting free-speech rights...

Slain Visiting Nurse’s Husband Sues Employer, Alleging It Ignored Safety Concerns

May 8 2024 // The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about...

Maui Sues Cell Carriers Over Failure of Wildfire Warning Alerts During Outage

May 8 2024 // Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer’s deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a...

Everton FC Buyer Accused of Fraud, Double-Pledging Assets in Lawsuit

May 7 2024 // Lenders to 777 Partners have accused it of fraud, claiming that the Miami-based investment firm borrowed against $350 million of assets that it didn’t own, didn’t exist or were already promised to someone...