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Potential jurors in trial against matchmaker to be asked their feelings on class action lawyers
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Ahead of a July trial, lawyers pushing a class action lawsuit against the dating service It's Just Lunch have submitted their questions for jury selection.
Judge: Ethics law in South Carolina violates First Amendment rights of legislative caucuses
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - Lawmakers in South Carolina have won their lawsuit against part of state ethics law that kept them from various political activities.
Arkansas says nothing federal about its lawsuit against TikTok
EL DORADO, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin wants his state's lawsuit against TikTok sent back to be heard in the state court in which it was first filed.
Lead positions picked for class action against Alphabet
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California federal judge has picked the lead plaintiff and law firm to head class action shareholder litigation against Google's parent company Alphabet.
Orlando hospital says COVID measures to blame for newborn's hearing loss
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida hospital says federal emergency law protects it from a lawsuit alleging air scrubbers employed to fight COVID-19 caused a newborn's hearing loss.
No defect in gun so no failure to warn, judge rules for SIG Sauer in accidental shooting lawsuit
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The entirety of a lawsuit alleging a SIG Sauer P320 pistol went off without its owner pulling the trigger and shot him in the thigh has been thrown out by a Kentucky federal judge.
Schwan's to Wisconsin judge: Reject pie crust class action just like Illinois judges would
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers for food company Schwan's hope judges in Wisconsin are just as annoyed by the theories of a class action lawyer as colleagues in Illinois.
Argo argues for dismissal of shareholder class action over stock drop
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers can't prove a Bermuda-based underwriter knew years ago its business would suffer a setback in 2022, the company says.
Snapchat, Google and Apple defeat claims they help sexual predators find victims
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Federal law protecting online platforms from liability over what users post has blocked young girls' claims that apps like Snapchat are dangerous because they help sexual predators locate victims.
Robbins Geller picked out of trio to head lawsuit against Dentsply
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The firm Robbins Geller will lead shareholder litigation against Dentsply, the world's largest producer of professional dental products.
Shareholder litigation against solar company has lead plaintiff, firm
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - By a relative nose, A Tampa, Fla., firefighters and police pension fund has won lead plaintiff status in shareholder litigation against Generac.
DayQuil-maker makes all-caps argument in motion to dismiss class action
PEORIA, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit alleges two products, packaged together, would lead a consumer to believe both will treat cold and flu symptoms. The defendant's response?
Last of wrongful death lawsuit over suicide at juvenile center settled
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - A mother who tried unsuccessfully to sue a Missouri court after her son hanged himself at a juvenile justice center has settled her lawsuit against the remaining defendant.
Not enough on the table for federal court in lawsuit between personal injury lawyers
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - A Dallas federal judge has sent a dispute between personal injury lawyers back to the state court in which it was originally filed.
California taxpayers to foot $557K bill for part of gun control law no one wanted
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Making a political point can have real-world costs, and California's taxpayers will now get to pay more than a half-million dollars so that state Attorney General Rob Bonta could deliver a message to Texas.
Another lemon lawsuit lacks bite; Publix defeats class action over cough drops
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) - A Florida federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that complained honey and lemon-flavored lozenges did not contain real lemon.
Judge again tosses case over benzene in Tinactin, Lotrimin; Lawyers failed to prove injury
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A proposed class action lawsuit over benzene in Lotrimin and Tinactin fails for many reasons, a New Jersey federal judge has ruled.
Sleepy plaintiff gets to sue over non-drowsy cold and flu meds
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has turned down Bayer's motion to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that argues its non-drowsy Alka-Seltzer products cause sleepiness.
Judge: Ill. Supreme Court's biometrics decision doesn't apply to class action over yearbook photos
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A Chicago federal judge won't second-guess herself for tossing a proposed class action lawsuit that accused Ancestry.com of violating the Illinois Right of Publicity Act.
Lawyer wants to fight AOB scheme allegations in arbitration
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - An attorney for a Houston firm accused of sneaking into homeowners' lives to take a cut of insurance proceeds says their lawsuits against him are subject to arbitration clauses they signed with a roofing company.