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Connecticut M&A Advisor Agrees to Pay $1.5M to Settle Data Breach Class Action

Apr 26 2024 // Merritt Healthcare Advisors, a Connecticut mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm for healthcare practices, has agreed to a $1.525 million settlement of a class action stemming from a 2022 data breach.The money...

DHL to Pay $8.7M to Settle Race Discrimination Lawsuit in Illinois

Apr 25 2024 // Delivery company DHL will pay $8.7 million and be subject to the oversight of a court-appointed monitor to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...

4,800 Claims Handled by Unlicensed Adjusters in Florida After Irma, Lawsuit Says

Apr 25 2024 // Two south Florida lawsuits against property insurers argue that two major carriers employed a business strategy of hiring inexperienced or even unlicensed claims adjusters after storms, practices that have led to...

Youth, Environmental Groups Sue Maine to Force Action on Climate

Apr 25 2024 // A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the state to reduce carbon emissions in the era of climate change.Maine Youth Action, the Conservation Law Foundation and...

Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

Apr 24 2024 // Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block a rule finalized this week that would outlaw non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs...

Property Owner Sued for Negligence in Hiring of Worker With Criminal Record

Apr 24 2024 // April Hurley’s attacker entered her apartment after identifying himself as the building maintenance man — a job he should never have obtained, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses the property owner and...

Grindr Sued in UK for Allegedly Sharing Users’ HIV Data With Ad Firms

Apr 23 2024 // Grindr Inc. was sued by users for sharing sensitive personal information, including their HIV status, with advertising companies in a London lawsuit.The LGBTQ+ app allegedly shared information to third parties for...

Sanofi to Pay $100 Million to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits

Apr 23 2024 // Sanofi will pay more than $100 million to settle about 4,000 lawsuits accusing the French drugmaker of failing to warn users that its Zantac heartburn medicine could cause cancer, according to people familiar with the...

Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022

Apr 23 2024 // Three investment firms connected to some of the best-known names on Wall Street have upped the ante in a legal dispute over now-insolvent Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., based in Tampa.Fortinbras Enterprises, the...

Wells Fargo Bond Saleswoman Sues Over ‘Unapologetically Sexist’ Workplace

Apr 22 2024 // Wells Fargo was accused of sex discrimination in a lawsuit by a bond saleswoman who said the fourth-largest U.S. bank denied pay and promotions available to men and tolerated an “unapologetically sexist”...

Walgreens to Pay $110M to End Philadelphia Opioid Litigation

Apr 22 2024 // The city of Philadelphia has reached a $110 million settlement of its 2021 lawsuit against Walgreens pharmacy for the company’s role in supplying and perpetuating the opioid addiction crisis in Philadelphia.Under the...

Travis Scott’s Attorneys Argue for Dismissal of Astroworld Lawsuits

Apr 19 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for rap star Travis Scott argued in court this week that he should be dismissed from hundreds of lawsuits filed over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, saying he was not responsible for safety...

Gun Makers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Mexico’s Lawsuit

Apr 19 2024 // U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug...

California Lawsuits Say Fertility Operation Destroyed Embryos

Apr 19 2024 // Several lawsuits in California were filed against Ovation Fertility, a large network of fertility clinics, were filed by former patients whose embryos were destroyed due to a reported critical error at the company’s...

Update: Nord Stream Insurers Deny Policies Covered War Risks in UK Lawsuit

Apr 18 2024 // Nord Stream’s insurers have denied that their policies provide cover for gas pipelines damaged by blasts in 2022 because the damage was caused by war, in their written defense to a lawsuit filed at London’s...

Bayer Pushes Legislation in Multiple States for Legal Shield Against Lawsuits

Apr 18 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim...

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination

Apr 18 2024 // The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis police officer who says she was shifted to a different role against her will because she is female.The...

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

Apr 17 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....

MGM Resorts Sues FTC to Stop Investigation of Casino Hack

Apr 17 2024 // MGM Resorts International sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop an investigation into how it dealt with a cybersecurity attack last year.The company said the investigation deprives it of its fundamental due process...

North Dakota Hospital to Pay $45K Over EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Apr 16 2024 // Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the...