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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...

Iowa and Iowa State Athletes File Lawsuit Against State Over Gambling Sting

May 6 2024 // Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal...

SEC Warns Robinhood That Its Crypto Business Faces Lawsuit

May 6 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission warned Robinhood Markets Inc. that it faces an enforcement action over its crypto business — the latest sign that the regulator isn’t letting up on its years-long crackdown...

Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination, Firing Suit

May 6 2024 // Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her.The Frostburg,...

Appeals Court Rejects Climate Change Suit by Young Oregon Activists

May 6 2024 // A federal appeals court panel last week rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional...

Oklahoma Sues Gas Companies for Alleged Fraud During Winter Storm Uri

May 6 2024 // Two Texas-based natural gas companies are being sued by Oklahoma, which alleges they fraudulently reduced gas supplies to send prices soaring during Winter Storm Uri making huge profits while thousands shivered across the...

Texas Home Manufacturers to Pay $135K to Settle Race Discrimination Suit

May 6 2024 // Cavco Industries, Inc.; Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.; and Palm Harbor Villages, Inc., which manufacture and sell manufactured homes in Waco, Texas, will pay $135,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S....

Class Action Settlements Flooded With Fraudulent Claims by Scammers

May 3 2024 // Artsana, a maker of child car booster seats, last year agreed to settle claims that it had misled customers about how to use its products, offering $50 to people who had bought Chicco-brand seats.The company, which did not...

Uber Hit With £250 Million Suit From London’s Black Cab Drivers

May 3 2024 // Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by thousands of London’s black cab drivers in a suit seeking hundreds of million pounds accusing it of unlawfully operating in the capital city.The claim alleges Uber improperly...

Miami Retirement Fund Class Action Alleges Globe Life Officers Concealed Fraud

May 3 2024 // After an investment research firm dropped a bombshell last month and sent shares of Globe Life Inc. plunging by 53%, the insurance company denied the allegations that officers had concealed fraud and sexual harassment...

Markets/Coverages: Resilience Announces New Cyber Loss Prevention Tools; Amwins Forms New Transportation Entity; Aon Launches Suite of Risk Analyzer Tools

May 2 2024 // Resilience announced new integrated capabilities that enable enterprises to continuously monitor and prioritize their mitigation and transfer of cyber risk.Following the launch of Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O)...

J&J Advances $6.48 Billion Settlement of Talc Cancer Lawsuits

May 1 2024 // Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it is moving forward with a $6.48 billion proposed settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian...

State AG, Atlantic City Casino Union Ask Judge to Dismiss Anti-Smoking Lawsuit

May 1 2024 // Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general this week asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city’s nine casinos.Local...

Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training

May 1 2024 // A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their generative...

Family of Chicago Man Killed in Police Shooting Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Apr 30 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week, accusing the department of...

‘Fearless Girl’ Lawsuit by State Street Settles on Eve of Trial

Apr 30 2024 // State Street Corp. and the artist it commissioned to create Wall Street’s sculpture have settled a 2019 lawsuit on the eve of trial.The bank, which commissioned the artwork, was set to square off against the...

Class Action Opposes Limiting Ship’s Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Apr 26 2024 // A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month.The suit, filed Thursday by the Karen Austin, the founder...

Missouri House Backs Legal Shield for Weedkiller Maker Facing Cancer Lawsuits

Apr 26 2024 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The manufacturer of a popular weedkiller won support Wednesday from the Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers its product...

Judge Won’t Dismiss Lawsuits Against Travis Scott Over Deadly Astroworld Concert

Apr 26 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge.State District...

Family of Nigerian Businessman Killed in Helicopter Crash Sues Charter Company

Apr 26 2024 // The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in February filed a lawsuit claiming the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous...