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'Rape' coverage of Trump sexual assault verdict has ABC, Stephanopoulos deeper into defamation case
MIAMI - Former President Donald Trump will get to pursue defamation claims against ABC News for its use of the word "rape" when reporting on the "sexual abuse" verdict against him.
Makeup lawyers make out with $2 million
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - It's a $2 million payout for class action lawyers who scored a settlement with Grande Cosmetics over its eyelash-enhancing products.
Oregon given green light to regulate chemicals in kids' toys
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court won't help industry groups challenging Oregon's Toxic-Free Kids Act, finding certain parts of it aren't preempted by federal law.
U.S. Labor Dept. accused of fraud; Banished lawyer lied to jury, timeline suspicious, company says
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A high-ranking U.S. Department of Labor attorney in Pennsylvania was actually exiled to D.C. as he was simultaneously disparaging opposing counsel as "Washington lawyers" in a $22 million case in Philadelphia.
Biden-appointed judge rejects claims Biden Admin has overstepped authority
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge won't block new rules from the administration that appointed her to the bench, affirming a ban on noncompete clauses in employment contracts and rejecting claims the Federal Trade Commission was acting outside its authority.
Massive penalty hits troubled Pa. nursing home chain
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) - It's a worst-case scenario for a now-bankrupt Pennsylvania health care company accused by the Department of Labor of not fairly paying its employees.
Argument tossed in challenge to Utah's social media law
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - A key claim in the challenge to a Utah law designed to protect minors on social media has been thrown out.
Major asbestos law firm facing RICO suit defends its actions
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A prominent asbestos law firm accused of cheating by J-M Manufacturing has filed the second part of its defense.
Pay that man his money: Ohio Supreme Court tells East Cleveland to find $25 million
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - An Ohio city needs to pay up after losing a $55 million lawsuit brought by a man beaten by cops who arrested him for no reason.
Class action lawyer pleads ignorance as he fights having to pay victorious defendant's fees
OCALA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - A Florida class action lawyer is claiming he didn't know an identical lawsuit against Big Lots had failed before he filed his, in an attempt to avoid paying a share of a $180,000 penalty.
PFAS plaintiff failed to connect testing to the Nantucket Nectars he drank
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Nantucket Nectars has defeated a class action over alleged chemicals in its bottles, as a federal judge has found claims of contamination far too vague.
Asbestos lawyers fight fraud lawsuit with anti-SLAPP motion
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - The major asbestos law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy is hoping to SLAPP down a lawsuit that accused it of cheating its way to billions of dollars.
All my X's: Former Twitter to face trademark suit from X Social Media
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - X Corp., the former Twitter, has lost most of its motion to dismiss a trademark lawsuit from a social media company that was first called X.
Is life slavery? A win in court would help this Philadelphia man die
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Death comes quickly for some, but not soon enough for others.
Morgan & Morgan challenges where opioid fee fight was filed
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - One of the nation's most prominent personal injury firms says a lawsuit against it over the massive fees gained in opioid litigation doesn't belong in federal court.
Class action lawyer facing possible $180K penalty for filing second suit after first failed
OCALA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Big Lots wants a $180,000 penalty levied against a notorious class action lawyer recently slapped down by a Florida federal judge for bringing a case that had no chance of winning.
Baltimore judge throws out climate change case, says it's beyond the power of a state court
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) - For the first time, a state court judge has thrown out one of the climate change lawsuits brought against the energy industry by an alliance of government officials and private lawyers.
Michigan pipeline battle: Judge rejects Whitmer's call to dismiss Enbridge lawsuit
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has lost a key ruling in Enbridge's lawsuit against her over her efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline.
Wrongful death claims tossed in cops' fatal shooting of Indiana man
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (Legal Newsline) - Individual officers are still facing litigation over the fatal shooting of an Indiana man, though they have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
Conservative justices in Wisconsin: Lib majority ignoring law for political reasons
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin's liberal-led Supreme Court has bookended this term with politically motivated decisions, according to conservatives on the court who just had a ruling they made two years ago overturned.