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Illinois Hog Farm Sued for Gender Identity Discrimination

Apr 3 2024 // Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of her sex and gender identity, forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard by DeSantis Can Sue Charter Flight Company

Apr 3 2024 // BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the charter flight company that transported them, according to a ruling Monday by a...

Public Health Groups Sue FDA Again Over Delayed Menthol Ban

Apr 3 2024 // Public health groups sued US regulators a second time for failing to follow through on a plan to ban menthol-flavored tobacco products.The lawsuit filed Tuesday in a federal court in Northern California claims that the...

AIG Sues Newly Launched Dellwood Insurance and Its Founders

Apr 3 2024 // American International Group and a group of its excess and surplus lines subsidiaries have filed suit against Dellwood Insurance Group and three former AIG executives who launched the nationwide E&S lines insurance...

How Lawsuits Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse Are Likely to Play Out

Apr 3 2024 // The owner, operator and charterer of the container ship that struck Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday are likely to face lawsuits over its collapse and the people killed or injured, but legal experts...

Survivors of Sex Abuse Ask Louisiana High Court to Open Window to Sue

Apr 2 2024 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling that wiped out 2021 legislation giving them a renewed opportunity to file...

Google Agrees to Delete Web Browsing Data as it Settles ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit

Apr 2 2024 // Google said it would delete millions of records of users’ browsing activities as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged it tracked people without their knowledge.The case, filed in 2020, alleged...

Pennsylvania County Suing Oil Industry Over Climate Change

Apr 2 2024 // A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments around the country in suing the oil industry, asserting that major oil producers systematically deceived the public about their role in...

Russia’s Baltika Sues Carlsberg Subsidiaries for Over $900M in Damages

Apr 1 2024 // Russia’s Baltika Breweries has sued four Carlsberg subsidiaries for damages amounting to 6.24 billion Danish crowns ($902 million), Russian court filings showed, as the two parties fight over the future of...

Canadian School Boards Sue Social Media Giants for Over C$4B in Damages

Apr 1 2024 // Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms and Snap in a lawsuit, alleging that their products harmed students.The products are...

Handcuffed Colorado Man Stunned by Taser Settles Lawsuit for $1.5M

Apr 1 2024 // A man who was stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including on his lip, has settled a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff’s department for $1.5 million, his lawyers said.Kenneth Espinoza was arrested after he...

Michigan Man Sues After Losing Eye from Ghost Gun Incident

Apr 1 2024 // A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit against his former best friend who accidentally shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold...

J&J to Pay $75 Million to Settle Mississippi’s Baby Powder Suit

Mar 28 2024 // Johnson & Johnson will pay $75 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Mississippi over the company’s talc-based baby powder, according to people familiar with the matter, resolving litigation in...

Boston Settles Wrongful Death Suit Over Police Shooting of Mentally Ill Man for $4.6M

Mar 28 2024 // The city of Boston will pay about $4.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the police killing of a mentally ill man in 2016.The mother of Terrence Coleman, 31, filed the federal lawsuit six years ago....

Mother of 8-Year-Old ‘Violently Sucked’ Into Houston Hotel Pool Files Wrongful Death Suit

Mar 28 2024 // The mother of an 8-year-old Texas girl who died over the weekend after being “violently sucked” into a gap in a hotel’s pool system has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hotel seeking damages in...

Private Space-Station Maker Sued Over Claims Radio Bands Misused

Mar 28 2024 // Vast Space LLC, founded by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb, is being sued by a former engineer who claimed he was fired for refusing to use improper radio frequencies in designs for a commercial space station the...

Disney Ends Fight With Governor DeSantis by Settling Florida Lawsuit

Mar 27 2024 // A board appointed by Ron DeSantis to oversee the municipal authority that governs Walt Disney Co. in Florida has voted to settle a state lawsuit against the company. The board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight...

Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Arizona Gun Dealers Can Proceed, US Judge Rules

Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the...

5th Circuit: Chubb Must Cover SXSW in Suit Over Cancelled 2020 Festival

Mar 26 2024 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Chubb must cover restitution claims paid to ticket holders of the 2020 South by Southwest film festival cancelled due to COVID-19.A three-judge panel reversed a summary...

Musk’s X Corp. Loses Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Watchdog

Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday threw out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that faulted him for allowing a rise in hate speech on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter.U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer...