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US Supreme Court Tosses Case Involving Securities Fraud Suit Against Nvidia

Dec 11 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Wednesday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia of misleading investors about how...

Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil Vessel

Dec 11 2024 // British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists boarded a Shell oil production vessel last year.Greenpeace said it had agreed to pay...

Lawsuit Accuses Major Food Companies of Marketing ‘Addictive’ Food to Kids

Dec 11 2024 // Major food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola, were hit with a new lawsuit in the U.S. on Tuesday accusing them of designing and marketing “ultra-processed” foods to be addictive to...

North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Crisis

Dec 10 2024 // A town in North Carolina sued utility firm Duke Energy DUK.N on Wednesday, accusing the company of deceiving its customers and the broader public about the harms of climate change.The town of Carrboro, about 30 miles from...

CFPB Claims Supervision Over Google Unit, Which Promptly Sues

Dec 9 2024 // The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it’s claiming supervisory authority over Google Payment Corp., as the agency extends its oversight of nonbank financial platforms. The unit of Alphabet Inc. promptly...

Father of Victim of NYC Subway Chokehold Sues Defendant Daniel Penny

Dec 9 2024 // The father of the victim at the center of the fatal New York City subway chokehold trial has sued the defendant as a Manhattan jury continued to deliberate the case Thursday.Jordan Neely ‘s father, Andre Zachary,...

Target Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Pride Backlash, Judge Rules

Dec 5 2024 // Target has failed to persuade a judge in Florida to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the retailer of deceiving shareholders after its sales of LGBTQ-themed merchandise for Pride Month sparked a backlash and a customer...

Judge Dismisses Suit Over Savannah Outlawing Guns Left in Unlocked Cars

Dec 4 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a Georgia gun owner who sought to challenge a Savannah city ordinance that imposes fines and potential jail time for people who leave firearms inside unlocked...

Mattel Sued Over ‘Wicked’ Dolls With Porn Website Link

Dec 4 2024 // Mattel was sued on Tuesday by a South Carolina mother for mistakenly putting a link to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie “Wicked.”In a proposed class action filed in...

New Jersey Shore Resort Town and State Settle Litigation Over Deteriorating Beaches

Dec 4 2024 // A decadelong conflict over the condition of a New Jersey resort town’s beaches, involving tens of millions of dollars in litigation and fines, could come to an end soon.Patrick Rosenello, the mayor of North Wildwood,...

People Moves: Bertoldi Joins Alliant to Lead Litigation Insurance Practice

Dec 4 2024 // Jason Bertoldi Jason Bertoldi has joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as global team leader, litigation and contingent risk insurance. Bertoldi assists clients in obtaining bespoke...

Ex-TV Host Charlie Rose Resolves Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Dec 3 2024 // Former TV host Charlie Rose has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three women in the wake of his #MeToo-era ouster from CBS News in 2017 and the cancellation of his long-running, eponymous PBS talk show.In...

British Columbia Can Mount Opioid Class Action, Canada’s Top Court Says

Dec 2 2024 // The province of British Columbia can bring a class action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for opioid harms on behalf of multiple governments across Canada, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday.In...

International Court Begins Hearings That May Shape Global Climate Litigation

Dec 2 2024 // The United Nations’ top court [this] week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to global warming, the outcome of which could...

Minnesota County to Pay $3.4M to Settle Suit Over Detainee’s Death

Dec 2 2024 // Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days begging to be taken to a...

Lawsuit Seeks OSHA Records on Deaths of 3 Amazon Workers

Nov 27 2024 // A worker activist has sued the Department of Labor (DOL) to force the release of records surrounding the deaths of three workers at New Jersey Amazon workplaces in 2022.The lawsuit says DOL’s Occupational Safety and...

Maine Joins States Suing Big Oil to Recover Costs of Climate Change ‘Deception’

Nov 27 2024 // Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed suit in state court against Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute for allegedly “deceiving Mainers for decades about the role of their...

Prince Harry’s Phone-Hacking Lawsuit Against Daily Mail to Go to Trial in 2026

Nov 27 2024 // Prince Harry and other high-profile British figures’ privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail newspaper’s publisher will go to trial in early 2026, London’s High Court heard on Tuesday, with the...

Disney Settles Suit Over Women’s Pay for $43 Million

Nov 26 2024 // Walt Disney has agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its female employees in California earned $150 million less than their male counterparts over an eight-year period, the plaintiffs’...

FTC, Meta Face April Trial Over Suit to Break Up Company

Nov 26 2024 // Meta Platforms Inc. faces an April 14 trial in the Federal Trade Commission’s long-running antitrust lawsuit to break up the company.US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Monday that the trial will take place in...