All the headlines from our Lawsuits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2017 // Texas Roadhouse, a national, Kentucky-based restaurant chain, will pay $12 million and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Apr 20 2017 // Texas’ so-called “hailstorm” bill has passed out of the Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee, its author reports.Senate Bill 10 by committee Chairman Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, is...
Apr 20 2017 // A traumatic fall in a dark, icy parking lot wasn’t enough to sway the Michigan Supreme Court.The justices last week reversed a decision by the state appeals court and said the conditions should have been “open...
Apr 20 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off the Astoria Bridge in northwestern Oregon seeks nearly $1 million in a lawsuit filed against a county mental health contractor.The lawsuit filed Saturday alleges Clatsop Behavioral...
Apr 20 2017 // The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual...
Apr 20 2017 // A North Carolina appeals court won’t revive a lawsuit by two former athletes who say they were harmed by sham classes at the University of North Carolina.The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a...
Apr 18 2017 // A committee of attorneys involved in litigation arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has made its recommendation for dividing some $700 million in fees among 122 law firms involved in years of complex legal...
Apr 18 2017 // The city of Vancouver and others successfully conspired to close a nightclub because of racial prejudice, the owners of the club say in a $22.5 million lawsuit.The owners of Q Nightclub and Lounge say efforts by the city...
Apr 18 2017 // IRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba robotic vacuum, brought a string of lawsuits on Monday accusing rivals including The Hoover Co and Black & Decker Corp of using its patented technology without...
Apr 18 2017 // Fidelity & Guaranty Life terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to be purchased by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. and said it will weigh other possible deals.FGL’s board “is continuing to evaluate...
Apr 18 2017 // A Houston manufacturing facility has agreed to pay $150,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Apr 18 2017 // The homesharing platform Airbnb is suing the city of Miami, where officials threatened to crack down on hosts who publicly protested regulations prohibiting short-term rentals.According to the lawsuit filed Friday in...
Apr 17 2017 // A legal settlement has been reached between the University of California, Berkeley, the former dean of its law school, and his former assistant, who said he sexually harassed her.The settlement between the school, former...
Apr 17 2017 // Former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock is suing the city, claiming a sidewalk fall ruptured his wife’s breast implants.The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Hedgecock and his wife contend the city was careless and...
Apr 17 2017 // The Iowa House has approved legislation that would cap financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits except in severe cases.The House approved the bill 65-32 to limit pain and suffering payouts at $250,000 in most cases...
Apr 17 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three oil and gas companies over Oklahoma’s ongoing earthquakes.The lawsuit, filed last year on behalf of Sierra Club Oklahoma, asked for a reduction of production...
Apr 17 2017 // Decatur, Ill.-based company King-Lar will pay $325,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that King-Lar, which...
Apr 17 2017 // The largest U.S. electric company sued 30 international and domestic insurance companies last month, saying they should cover part of the utility’s multibillion-dollar cleanup costs in the Carolinas for toxic...
Apr 13 2017 // A federal lawsuit contends football players at a San Antonio-area high school were subjected to hazing, sexual abuse and other mistreatment as part of an initiation that coaches and others failed to stop.The lawsuit was...
Apr 13 2017 // A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s bid to dismiss two of the four female plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminating against women in pay and...