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Democrat AGs, activists want Rhode Island's climate change case sent back to state court
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has received a clutch of amicus briefs supporting Rhode Island's belief that its climate change lawsuit against 21 energy companies should be heard in state court - even though the State might have to figure out how to get around state Supreme Court precedent once it gets there.
Napoli asbestos firm accused of 'vexatious and bad-faith conduct' by fellow lawyers during $1.5M lawsuit over fees
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge is considering a motion for attorneys' fees and costs by a Baltimore personal injury law firm following a $1.5 million jury award last month against a prominent New York firm and others in litigation over referral fees from asbestos lawsuits.
NY Dept of Health not responding to Legal Newsline freedom of information requests
ALBANY, N.Y.. (Legal Newsline) – Almost three months ago, Legal Newsline sent requests about regulation and enforcement narcotics laws to the New York Department of Health under a state freedom of information law that requires a response in less than a week.
Most clients in the dark about benefits, nuances of expungement process, criminal litigator says
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Helping clients with criminal records appreciate the importance of expungement can be as simple as sitting them down with an attorney who understands the process, according to one prominent litigator in Indiana.
'No injury' PFAS class action asks for a panel to study exposure; Two companies again ask for dismissal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has not yet ruled on a motion filed in October that asks him to reconsider his decision to let continue a PFAS lawsuit that does not allege the chemicals have caused any of the diseases to which they are linked.
Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses online travel companies' appeal in tax dispute, says lower court order not final
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) – A group of online travel companies, including Hotels.com and Travelocity.com, recently lost its appeal before the Arkansas Supreme Court because the class action against it led by the city of North Little Rock and an ad agency isn't yet final.
Nevada Supreme Court dismisses congressional candidate's libel litigation over 2016 campaign ad
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) – Libel allegations against now-former Democrat Nevada U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen by her Republican rival in the 2016 race Danny Tarkanian are pretty much done following the state Supreme Court's decision last month to dismiss the case.
Virginia city escapes lawsuit alleging defective hydrant helped cause death of man in fire
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – A southeastern Virginia city is immune from liability for the death of a 48-year-old man in an early 2017 house fire, the Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled.
Governmental immunity subject to no-evidence motions in termination case, Texas Supreme Court rules
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – The case of a Texas town's fired secretary who claimed she lost her job for reporting open meetings violations is on its way back to an appeals court following a Texas Supreme Court ruling last month.
N.J. woman loses slip-and-fall lawsuit after failing to pinpoint location where it happened
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey appeals court recently declined to revive a woman's personal injury case against a Hudson County town and a Hackensack water company over a 2014 fall in the town.
Delaware judge calls off $34M trial between biotech company and AstraZeneca
GEORGETOWN, Del. (Legal Newsline) – An India-based biotechnology company and an UK-based biopharmaceutical business won't be seeing each other in court this month after a Delaware judge ruled the plaintiff in the case took too long to file its original suit.
Claims in wrongful termination lawsuit fail after employee is reinstated
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Common-law claims for being wrongfully fired after refusing to take a drug and alcohol test as required by state law won't fly in Iowa, the state's Supreme Court ruled last month.
Judgment of $2.3M in question in Michigan lawsuit over electronic bingo machines
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A contract dispute over electronic bingo equipment between two Michigan gaming companies and a Minnesota video game business is on its way back to the Genesee Circuit Court to rethink its earlier $2.3 million judgment in the case.
N.J. court affirms dismissal of student's harassment case, saying 'miscarriage of justice' not demonstrated
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey appeals court recently declined to revive the gender-based harassment lawsuit against a vocational-technical public high school, ruling a new trial in the dismissed case was unwarranted.
Dollard Evans Whalin learned lessons in its first year, is looking ahead, partner says
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (Legal Newsline) – Dollard Evans Whalin LLP, which this month celebrates its first anniversary of opening its doors in the Indianapolis suburb of Noblesville, has faced some tough choices but the toughest was to start at all, firm partner Trampas A. Whalin said during a recent interview.
Attorney: Private lawyers hired by local governments are the 'single greatest threat to attorneys general'
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – City, county and tribal governments' strategy of hiring private plaintiff's attorneys in opioid and other litigation is causing a "misalignment of the values" between those entities and the traditional primacy of state attorneys general, a government litigation expert said.
Class action lawyers bicker over how to split $3.7M; One firm couldn't work well with others, judge ruled
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – An ugly disagreement over a portion of $3.7 million in attorneys' fees and expenses from the $10 million settlement reached last spring in a class action against Bank of New York Mellon probably won't be decided this year.
Former employees suing disgraced AG Kane lose effort to obtain her attorney communications
PHILADELPHIA – Former Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General employees caught up in the scandal around disgraced former Attorney General Kathleen Kane won't be getting her attorney communications, a federal judge recently ruled.
Trade group: Misunderstanding of medical sterilization chemical could lead to shortages, harm patients
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – With possible shortages looming amid debate over environmental impacts of ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilize billions of medical devices each year, an industry advocate is advocating a more reasoned view of how the gas is used.
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Hearing today for challenge to Massachusetts' ban on vaping product sales
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A hearing is scheduled for today for a federal judge to reconsider whether to place on hold Massachusetts' emergency four-month ban on vaping product sales after previously finding e-cigarette organizations hadn't made their case for a temporary halt.