All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2021 // Drivers for app-based ride-hailing and delivery services filed a lawsuit Tuesday to overturn a California ballot initiative that makes them independent contractors instead of employees eligible for benefits and job...
Jan 13 2021 // British Airways Plc faces the largest privacy class-action lawsuit in UK history over its 2018 customer data breach.More than 16,000 victims have now joined a case seeking compensation from the airline. They could claim...
Jan 12 2021 // Former NFL player Antonio Gates and his wife, Sasha Gates, are suing their homeowners insurer, AIG Property Casualty Co., accusing them of delaying coverage and ignoring their claim for insurance policy benefits after a...
Jan 12 2021 // East Carolina University is restoring two of its women’s teams cut last spring for budget problems compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and paying more than $189,000 to avoid a gender discrimination lawsuit.The...
Jan 12 2021 // A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against lawsuits related to the pandemic.The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs...
Jan 12 2021 // A Maine-based smoked salmon producer is defending itself against claims that its products are not sustainably produced.A New York resident alleged in a lawsuit that Ducktrap River of Maine does not use sustainable...
Jan 12 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has introduced two new cyber risk assessment services – the Workforce Cyber Culture Assessment (WCCA) and the Ransomware Risk Assessment (RRA)Willis Towers Watson describes the WCCA...
Jan 11 2021 // Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election...
Jan 11 2021 // The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2 million in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Mark Braswell, who died on May 16, 2014,...
Jan 8 2021 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington and several former city officials stemming from an arson that left three city firefighters dead and three others injured.A...
Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...
Jan 7 2021 // The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow in 2021, according to legal experts.At the same time, the incoming Biden Administration is expected to...
Jan 6 2021 // The CEO of a marketing and technology company has gone to court over what he says are faulty custom-made steel-and-glass windows and doors in his $16 million Charlotte home.Ric Elias, CEO and co-founder of Red Ventures,...
Jan 6 2021 // The company behind a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska faces lawsuits from investors claiming it misled shareholders who have seen an 85% drop in stock value since the summer.Two lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court...
Jan 5 2021 // A Kentucky judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking refunds for University of Kentucky students who had to vacate campus because of the COVID-19 pandemic could continue, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.Franklin County...
Jan 5 2021 // A Delaware judge ruled this week that former Viacom shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing Shari Redstone of engineering a “patently unfair” merger that created ViacomCBS Inc. so she could become a media...
Jan 4 2021 // Louisiana motorists filing car accident lawsuits will encounter tougher rules to win damage awards, under a new law championed by the state’s business lobby that took effect Jan. 1, and that backers hope will lower...
Jan 4 2021 // A mayor’s lawsuit is making baseless arguments as it seeks to overturn a medical marijuana initiative that Mississippi voters approved, state attorneys said in court papers filed Monday.Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins...
Jan 4 2021 // BRASILIA – Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem SA said on Wednesday it reached a 9.1 billion reais ($1.75 billion) deal to settle lawsuits over cracks and sinking ground near its salt mines in the city of Maceio that...
Jan 3 2021 // Corporate board members and company executives have a lot to worry about these says and can be held liable for an increasing range of scenarios. Key risks for directors and officers to watch in 2022 include the increased...