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500 days of litigation: Delay caused by Calif. officials doesn't doom False Claims Act case
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Defendants facing accusations they defrauded California's workers' compensation system through medical insurance fraud can't take an exit ramp to dismissal after the case failed to proceed to trial within five years.
Calif. court won't penalize company that thought it was complying with labor law
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Good intentions have paid off for a company sued in California for failing to include reimbursement for rest breaks on wage statements for employees.
Starbucks say class action over its bagels is a zero
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Starbucks is fighting a class action lawsuit over its "Sprouted Grain" bagel that alleges customers expect more when they order it.
Anti-abortion lawsuit: Texas AG Paxton out, but local prosecutors still face claims
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas lawsuit brought by groups protecting out-of-state abortions will continue against local district attorneys but not state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
NCAA challenges volunteer baseball coaches' lawsuit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - An antitrust lawsuit against it targets a "commonsense" rule limiting the amount of paid coaches baseball teams can have, the NCAA says.
Court: Objectors added little to $85M Zoom settlement, won't get attorney fees
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Objectors whose efforts led to changes in an $85 million class action settlement with Zoom won't be awarded nearly $125,000 in attorneys fees.
Settlement in Kenneth Feinberg's $3.5M lawsuit
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Famed lawyer and deal-facilitator Kenneth Feinberg has quickly settled a lawsuit alleging he was owed more than $3 million from a company that provides litigation technology services.
S.F. Chronicle fends off defamation lawsuit from failed Congressional candidate accused of sexual harassment
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - California Democrat Shahid Buttar, an attorney and civil rights advocate, has lost the rest of his defamation lawsuit over 2020 articles in the San Francisco Chronicle that followed sexual harassment allegations.
Oasis Legal Finance points to Cook County clause as it fights usury class action
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - Oasis Legal Finance says a proposed class action against it should be tossed from New Jersey court.
Judge stops Maine law preventing political work from outsiders
BANGOR, Maine (Legal Newsline) - A Maine federal judge has entered judgment for a political group that challenged the state's petition circulation law.
PFAS case against Cava Grill clears hurdle
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - The Mediterranean food restaurant chain Cava Grill must still face claims that is misled customers when it claimed its products were "evolved to be smarter, healthier and more transparent."
Cool your jets, judge tells defendant hoping to punish prolific class action lawyer
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Trident gum, sued over a mint leaf on its package, wanted an Illinois federal court to penalize the lawyer who has besieged the food industry with lawsuits but a judge there has ruled that request premature.
Judge sees no reason to change mind in case between lawyers, man hired to find wildfire clients
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A Tennessee federal judge won't change his ruling in a dispute between a personal injury law firm and a man it hired to drum up business because of a one-day delay in one of the firm's filings.
Coca-Cola wins class action over pina colada Fanta
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The attorney suing over pina colada-flavored Fanta soda has failed to allege a reasonable consumer would be misled by the product's packaging, a federal judge has ruled.
D.C. appeals court won't halt district's climate case to wait for SCOTUS review
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Washington, D.C., federal appeals court won't put a hold on climate change litigation filed by the district's attorney general through private lawyers working on contingency fees.
Firm asks to lead Silvergate securities class action
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A company that says it lost nearly $650,000 when the value of Silvergate Capital's stock dropped in November believes it should be the lead plaintiff in securities class action litigation.
Plaintiff claims PFAS in Capri Sun, but defendant questions 'independent' testing
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Lawsuits alleging the presence of chemicals known as PFAS in consumer products fail to allege anyone was actually hurt by them, the maker of Capri Sun is arguing.
Investors knew risks, says company fighting shareholder class action
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A company that designs online ordering systems for restaurants says a class action lawsuit over a drop in its stock price has no merit.
Plaintiffs firm to face lawsuit over abandoned app
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A Los Angeles technology company will be able to pursue a lawsuit that says a Washington, D.C.-based law firm failed to pay it for development of a mobile app used to help find wildfire plaintiffs.
Law firms in hernia mesh cases bicker over joint bank account
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Mass tort lawyers want a deeper commitment from their business partners and are going to court to get it.