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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination in Texas A&M Faculty Fellowship Program

Oct 5 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Texas A&M University claiming a faculty fellowship program at the flagship in College Station discriminated against white and Asian male candidates.In a decision...

Elon Musk Must Face Fraud Lawsuit for Disclosing Twitter Stake Late

Oct 4 2023 // Elon Musk was ordered by a U.S. judge to face most of a lawsuit claiming he defrauded former Twitter shareholders last year by waiting too long to disclose that he had invested in the social media company, which he later...

Musk Facing Defamation Suit in Texas Over Posts That Falsely Identified Man in Protest

Oct 4 2023 // A California man who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified posts on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that falsely placed the man at a confrontation involving far-right protesters sued the...

AstraZeneca to Pay $425 Million to End US Lawsuits Over Heartburn Drugs

Oct 4 2023 // Britain’s AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $425 million to settle about 11,000 lawsuits in the United States that claimed its heartburn drugs Nexium and Prilosec caused chronic kidney disease.AstraZeneca did not admit...

Lawsuits Blame Utility for Washington Fire That Killed Man and Burned Hundreds of Homes

Oct 3 2023 // Two lawsuits have been filed against an electric utility for allegedly sparking a fire in eastern Washington that killed a man and burned approximately 240 homes.A lawsuit filed in Spokane County Superior Court says Inland...

Nooses Found at Construction Site Lead to Lawsuit Against Amazon, Contractors

Oct 3 2023 // Five Black and Hispanic electricians who felt threatened when several nooses were found at an Amazon warehouse construction site in Connecticut have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the company and two...

McDonald’s, Wendy’s Defeat Lawsuit Over Size of Burgers

Oct 3 2023 // McDonald’s and Wendy’s have defeated a lawsuit accusing them of deceiving hungry diners by exaggerating the size of their burgers.In a decision on Saturday, U.S. District Judge Hector Gonzalez in Brooklyn found...

Pennsylvania Borough Settles Lawsuits Over Shooting at High School for $11M

Oct 3 2023 // An $11 million settlement has been reached in federal lawsuits over police gunfire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia in 2021 that killed an 8-year-old girl and wounded others, an attorney for the girl`s...

$650K to Settle Whistleblower Suit in New Mexico

Oct 3 2023 // New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department has reached a $650,000 settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by two former agency officials.The settlement was announced Tuesday, just weeks before the...

Injured Worker Compensated in Rhode Island Barred From Suing in Massachusetts

Oct 3 2023 // An injured worker who collects workers’ compensation in Rhode Island cannot sue his employer in Massachusetts, according to a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Both states bar any other recovery once an...

Texas Investment Firm Settles Fraud Lawsuit for $2.51 Million Over Madoff Ponzi Scheme

Oct 2 2023 // A Texas investment firm agreed on Friday to pay $2.51 million to settle a U.S. government lawsuit accusing it of fraudulently obtaining payments from a fund meant to compensate victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive...

Guess Board Agrees to Settle Co-Founder Marciano’s Harassment Case; Insurers Sued

Oct 2 2023 // Guess? Inc. directors agreed to a settlement worth as much as $30 million to resolve claims they turned a blind eye to co-founder Paul Marciano’s harassment of the company’s models despite sexual misconduct...

Chipotle Sued After Manager Allegedly Ripped off an Employee`s Hijab at Kansas Location

Oct 2 2023 // A federal agency has sued the restaurant chain Chipotle, accusing it of religious harassment and retaliation after a manager at a Kansas location forcibly removed an employee`s hijab, a headscarf worn by some Muslim...

California School District Paying $2.25M to Settle Suit Involving Teacher Who Had Student’s Baby

Oct 2 2023 // A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing.The settlement brings to...

Litigation Funding Firms Seek to Intervene in Disciplinary Proceedings Against MM&A

Oct 2 2023 // Two litigation funding firms are seeking to intervene in disciplinary proceedings against McClenny Moseley & Associates after a federal judge in Louisiana ruled that the law firm has no right to any attorney fees for...

Tesla Sued by US Agency Over Alleged Harassment of Black Factory Workers

Sep 29 2023 // A U.S. civil rights agency sued Tesla Inc. on Thursday, claiming the electric carmaker has tolerated severe harassment of Black employees at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant, in charges similar to cases...

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Texas and Louisiana Healthcare Facilities

Sep 28 2023 // Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates facilities across Texas and Louisiana, and MPD Operators Nazareth Hall, LLC, doing business as Nazareth Living Care Center in El Paso, Texas, violated federal law when...

Viewpoint: Biometric Litigation Is Significant Emerging Risk for Insurers

Sep 28 2023 // Executive Summary: Biometric litigation is a significant emerging risk that insurers must now take into consideration, says Jim Blinn, vice president, Client Solutions, Zywave.States are increasingly passing biometric laws...

Marsh McLennan Asks Court to Revisit Data Breach Ruling to Avoid Flood of Litigation

Sep 28 2023 // Marsh McLennan wants the Second Circuit appeals court to reconsider its August decision that overruled a district court and reinstated a former employee’s lawsuit against the company over a 2021 data breach.Marsh...

Insurer Sued Over 80th Birthday Event Cancellation at Sting’s Estate in Italy

Sep 28 2023 // A Pennsylvania firm that organized a three-day musical festival for its owner’s 80th birthday at the Italian residence of musician Sting is suing its insurer seeking payment under an event cancellation...