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Eggland’s Best Is Sued Over Saturated Fat Claims for Its Eggs

Mar 14 2024 // Eggland’s Best, one of the largest U.S. egg producers, has been sued for falsely claiming that its eggs contain less saturated fat than other eggs.The proposed class action filed on Tuesday in federal court in...

Class Action Lawsuits Pile Up Over UnitedHealth Data Breach

Mar 14 2024 // UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people’s personal data from last month’s hack of Change Healthcare, its payment...

Lawsuit Accuses Oregon Officer of Excessive Force in Shooting of Unarmed Black Man

Mar 14 2024 // A police officer in Portland, Oregon, has been accused in a federal lawsuit of excessive force over a 2022 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man.The officer shot Immanueal “Manny” Clark in the back as he ran...

Would-Be Everton Owner 777 Partners Faces Lawsuit Over Asset Transfers

Mar 13 2024 // The investment manager trying to buy Everton FC is being sued by a creditor who wants to stop the firm from transferring two subsidiaries, claiming that the transaction was designed to “shield” the assets.Obra...

Nord Stream Sues Insurers in London Over 2022 Pipeline Blasts

Mar 12 2024 // Nord Stream is seeking more than 400 million euros ($436 million) from its insurers over explosions in 2022 which ruptured pipelines designed to transport Russian gas to Germany, court filings show.Nord Stream AG names...

Meta Sues Former Employee Over Alleged Stolen Documents

Mar 12 2024 // Meta Platforms Inc. sued one of its former vice presidents for what it called a “stunning” betrayal in his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud computing startup.Dipinder Singh Khurana, also known as...

Nvidia Is Sued by Authors Over AI Use of Copyrighted Works

Mar 12 2024 // Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform.Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O’Nan...

Update: James River Files Suit Against Fleming for Failing to Close Purchase of JRG Re

Mar 11 2024 // James River Group Holdings Ltd. announced it has filed a lawsuit against Fleming Intermediate Holdings for its failure to complete the $277 million acquisition of its casualty reinsurance subsidiary, JRG Reinsurance Co....

Lawsuit Accuses MIT of Allowing Antisemitism on Campus

Mar 11 2024 // Two Jewish students filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accusing the university of allowing antisemitism on campus that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and...

Mega Trucking and Prime Insurance Company Partner to Fight and Win Frivolous Litigation

Mar 11 2024 // SALT LAKE CITY, UT., March 11, 2024 — Rick J. Lindsey, President and CEO of Prime Insurance Company, a specialty insurance carrier, announced today that the company partnered with Mega Trucking to fight and win frivolous...

Meta Seeks Dismissal of Shareholder Suit Alleging Failure to Address Human Trafficking

Mar 8 2024 // Attorneys for Meta Platforms and several of its current and former leaders, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging the company has deliberately failed to...

Three More Women Join Crispen Odey Sexual Misconduct Suit

Mar 7 2024 // Three more women have asked to join a sexual misconduct lawsuit against hedge fund manager Crispin Odey and his eponymous former firm.The alleged victims of sexual harassment by Odey applied at a London court to join two...

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

Mar 7 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...

Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules

Mar 7 2024 // Ten Republican-led states have sued to challenge new federal rules that require U.S.-listed companies to report climate-related risks, a spokesperson for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Wednesday,...

Group That Sued Pfizer Over Diversity Program Loses Appeal

Mar 7 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black,...

Lawsuit Filed Against Lighting Company Over Ohio Cannabis Facility Explosion

Mar 7 2024 // An Ohio cannabis manufacturer and its insurer are suing a lighting products provider for negligence after a lamp it sold exploded at a greenhouse, causing six figures worth of damages.Cure Ohio and Dorchester Insurance...

Most Americans Want Legal Reforms Against Practices Like Litigation Funding: Survey

Mar 6 2024 // A majority of Americans are unaware of third-party litigation funding but most believe state and federal laws should be changed to address abuses in the legal system.According to the results of a recent survey of 2,000...

Connecticut Residents Sue Kimberly-Clark Over PFAS Use That Firm Denies

Mar 6 2024 // Some of manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s neighbors in New Milford, Connecticut believe the paper goods manufacturer has contaminated their soil and drinking water with PFAS chemicals.Three of them have filed a...

US Trade Groups Sue Over Biden Rule on ‘Gig’ Work, Contracting

Mar 6 2024 // Major U.S. business groups on Tuesday filed the latest lawsuit challenging a Biden administration rule that would make it more difficult for companies to treat some workers as independent contractors rather than...

SpaceX Bid to Keep Labor Suit in Texas Denied by 5th Circuit

Mar 5 2024 // SpaceX’s bid to keep its lawsuit against the US National Labor Relations Board in Texas was denied by a federal appeals court, a setback for Elon Musk’s aerospace company in its battle against the agency.The...