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Allied World Policy Doesn’t Cover Troubled Sperm Bank’s Lawsuits, Court Says

Dec 26 2024 // At what point does a demand from an injured party constitute an insurance claim? In the case of a Georgia-based sperm bank, it’s when the injured party sends the letter – a date that came before the clearly worded...

Trump’s Lawyers Take Broad Approach in Suits Against Media

Dec 26 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump is adopting a wide-ranging legal strategy in suing media companies over what he describes as false or misleading coverage about him, filing cases under civil anti-fraud laws in addition to...

CFPB Sues Walmart, Fintech for Illegally Opening Accounts

Dec 23 2024 // Walmart Inc. and one of its financial technology partners allegedly opened expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers of the world’s largest retailer without their consent, a US consumer protection agency said on...

Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor Found in Contempt of Court After Lawsuit Loss

Dec 20 2024 // A computer scientist who falsely claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin was handed a suspended prison termafter being found in contemptof court by a London judge after a stinging lawsuit loss.The Cryptocurrency Open Patent...

American Airlines Settles Race Discrimination Suit by Black Men Removed From Flight

Dec 20 2024 // American Airlines has agreed to settle a race discrimination lawsuit by three Black men who were temporarily removed from a flight at the insistence of white flight attendants, according to a court filing on Thursday.The...

Texas Property Management Companies Pay $55K in Disability Discrimination Suit

Dec 19 2024 // Texas property management companies Castle Hills Master Association Inc., Bright Realty LLC, Bright Industries LLC, and Bright Executive Services LLC will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...

Donald Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Pre-Election Poll

Dec 19 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a...

CVS Accused of Illegal Opioid Dispensing in Whistleblower Suit

Dec 19 2024 // CVS Health Corp. pharmacies illegally dispensed controlled substances including opioids, fueling an overdose crisis as short-staffed stores ignored red flags, the US Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit unsealed...

Can Comp-Exempt Sub Owner Sue Contractor for Work Injury? Miss. Court Says ‘No’

Dec 18 2024 // It’s a question that has cropped up in state courts only on rare occasions: If the owner or officer of a subcontractor firm opts out of workers’ compensation coverage for himself, can he then sue the general...

Troubled New York Taxi Insurer Sues 180 Providers in Huge No-Fault Fraud Case

Dec 17 2024 // New York’s largest taxi insurer that is facing serious financial and regulatory challenges has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $450 million against medical providers it alleges have been part of a huge fraud scheme...

Deloitte Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over Rhode Island Cyber Breach

Dec 17 2024 // Deloitte Consulting has been hit with class action lawsuits over the cyber breach of Rhode Island’s portal for state-administered benefits known as RIBridges.The suits have been brought in Rhode Island and New York...

Meta Settles With Australia’s Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit

Dec 17 2024 // Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million), Australia’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, closing long-drawn, expensive legal proceedings for the Facebook parent over the Cambridge...

Lawsuit Challenges Law Shielding Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills Via Telemedicine

Dec 17 2024 // Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after...

Woody Allen’s Personal Chef Sues Over Firing

Dec 16 2024 // Woody Allen’s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the U.S. Army Reserves and questions about his pay, then “rubbed salt on the...

EEOC Sues Texas Pizza Hut Operator for Workplace Discrimination

Dec 16 2024 // Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants in ten states and multiple locations in the Houston area, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to...

New Jersey, Minnesota Sue Glock Over Firearms With Adaptable Switches

Dec 16 2024 // NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock last Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute.New Jersey Attorney...

Texas Sues Chemical Manufacturers for Deceptive PFAS Marketing

Dec 12 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Dec. 11 against manufacturers 3M and DuPont for misrepresenting the health risks of products made with forever chemicalsThe lawsuit alleges the companies for decades...

Florida Hospital Can’t Avoid Med Mal Suit Over Birth Injury, Appeals Court Says

Dec 12 2024 // Florida lawmakers established the Birth-Related Neurological Injury fund in 1988 to provide a no-fault remedy for parents of children with certain injuries incurred at birth, with an aim toward reducing the soaring cost of...

Women Drop Groping Lawsuit Against Indiana Attorney General

Dec 11 2024 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four women who accused Curtis Hill of drunkenly groping them at a bar when he was Indiana’s attorney general dropped their civil lawsuit against him hours before jury selection was set to begin...

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...