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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Kyla Asbury News


Ga. attorney disciplined by Supreme Court for a second time surrenders law license

By Kyla Asbury |
ATLANTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline) — The Georgia Supreme Court accepted the voluntary surrender of a Georgia attorney's law license after he was accused of communicating with a person represented by another attorney without permission.

Georgia Supreme Court recommends disbarment of attorney who failed to pursue clients' claims

By Kyla Asbury |
ATLANTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline) — The Georgia Supreme Court recently rendered a decision regarding disciplinary matters involving an attorney who voluntarily surrendered his license ahead of being disbarred after he was accused of failing to pursue several client claims, which resulted in dismissal due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Georgia Supreme Court: 'severe misconduct' by attorney for misappropriating funds

By Kyla Asbury |
ATLANTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline) — The Georgia Supreme Court recently decided disciplinary matters involving the disbarment of an attorney who was accused of misappropriating funds.

Build-A-Bear, Squishmallow head into legal battle over plushies

By Kyla Asbury |
ST. LOUIS — Build-A-Bear and Squishmallow are suing each other over "knock off" allegations.

Trans, nonbinary teachers sue over Florida pronoun law

By Kyla Asbury |
TALLAHASSEE — A lawsuit is suing the Florida Department of Education challenging a new law that prohibits public school employees and contractors from using their preferred personal titles or pronouns if they do not correspond to their sex assigned at birth.

Appeals court vacates challenge involving West Virginia's COVID-19 shutdowns

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — A federal appellate court judge handed down a ruling shutting down challenges to Gov. Jim Justice's COVID-19 shutdowns.

Four lawsuits blame feds, drug companies for babies being born addicted to opioids

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — Four lawsuits have been filed against the federal government and several pharmaceutical companies alleging they are at fault for children born addicted to opioids.

Morrisey cheers U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear EPA challenge

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the state's challenge to a ruling by the appeals court that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to have what he says is nearly unlimited authority that could devastate coal mining and increase energy costs.

States join in support in federal lawsuit calling Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act unconstitutional

By Kyla Asbury |
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Several states have joined in an amicus brief asking the federal court to hold the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 as unconstitutional.

Morrisey joins 20 states against Biden Administration for Keystone Pipeline cancelation

By Kyla Asbury |
GALVESTON, Texas — West Virginia has joined a lawsuit with 20 other states against President Joe Biden's administration for the cancelation of the Keystone Pipeline.

Businesses need to adjust to help customers without face masks, disabilities lawyer says

By Kyla Asbury |
WASHINGTON - (Legal Newsline) — An American With Disabilities Act (ADA) expert says it's not yet completely clear if individuals with disabilities can be excluded from places of business for not wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Atlantic Coast decision

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito praised a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Johnson & Johnson loses bid for stay of Delaware talc cases

By Kyla Asbury |
GEORGETOWN, Del. (Legal Newsline) — The Delaware Superior Court granted a motion to sever Imerys Talc America Inc. from more than 200 lawsuits that involve talc products.

'A last resort': Massachusetts courts forced to make changes to election laws during COVID-19

By Kyla Asbury |
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) —The Massachusetts Supreme Court ordered the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Office to make several temporary changes involving candidates who are requesting to be on the state's primary ballot due to COVID-19.

Ignored and unpaid sanction costs med-mal plaintiff her case

By Kyla Asbury |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Legal Newsline) — The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of a woman who filed a medical malpractice claim against a hospital and doctor's office, siding with the lower court.

Judge transfers lawsuit claiming Yeti colsters don't hold beer bottles well enough

By Kyla Asbury |
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has transferred a lawsuit against Yeti Coolers to federal court in Texas for lack of personal jurisdiction.

No new defamation trial for Minnesota murder suspect who was cleared

By Kyla Asbury |
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) — The Minnesota Supreme Court found that reporting privileges protect news reports regarding certain statements made in police press conferences that were later reported on by media outlets.

Immunity doesn't extend to Native American-owned business, Arizona Supreme Court rules

By Kyla Asbury |
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a tribal entity did not prove it is entitled to share in a tribe's sovereign immunity, and subsequently that a superior court did not err when it denied an business' motion to dismiss a lawsuit.

Arkansas Supreme Court says law was improperly applied in class action against Fort Smith

By Kyla Asbury |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that a circuit court erroneously interpreted the law when it concluded that a defendant waived its right to compel a pretrial notice.

Alabama Supreme Court rules construction company failed to provide proof of arbitration clause

By Kyla Asbury |
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled a construction company failed to establish the existence of a contract that included an arbitration clause.