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Chemical in Skittles is safe, Mars says in class action defense
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The amount of titanium dioxide in Skittles is legal under Food and Drug Administration regulations, the candy's maker is pointing out as it fights a class action lawsuit.
Super Lawyers recognizes 20 New York-based Reed Smith attorneys
Super Lawyers recognizes 20 New York-based Reed Smith attorneys.
Samsung faces consumer class action over July data breach
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) — Samsung is facing a class action over a July data breach of its networks and servers that exposed customers' personal information.
Facebook users claim their online activity was illegally tracked
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Facebook users have filed a class action against Meta over the social media platform's in-app tracking of their online activity.
Church that challenged Kentucky's COVID restrictions not entitled to lawyer fees
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky church that successfully fought Gov. Andy Beshear's 2020 COVID orders won't recover the attorneys fees it incurred in doing so.
Lawyers who get sued can't avoid punitive damages
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - Clients who are ordered to pay punitive damages can sue to recover the money from their lawyers, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments state law and public policy protect lawyers from being subject to punitive damages awards.
Lawyers end up fighting for their house while tangling with third-party litigation funder
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who decided to bring in a financial backer to help pay for litigation (on a 26% interest rate) were left defending their home during a series of disagreements with their client, the funder and an arbitration panel.
Four Montgomery Mccracken Attorneys Selected to the 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers List
Four Montgomery Mccracken Attorneys Selected to the 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers List.
Suit: Inmate fatally assaulted with boots by substance abuse staff
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The family of a California Department of Corrections inmate who was fatally assaulted at a substance abuse treatment facility in Corcoran is claiming civil rights violations.
San Fran accused of keeping the DNA of sexual assault victims
SAN FRANCISCO — A sexual assualt victim alleges the San Francisco Police Department unlawfully kept her DNA in their data base without her consent and years later falsely used her DNA to connect her to a crime. Jane Doe filed a complaint Sept. 12 in the U.S.
One-year limit doesn't apply to woman suing over stillbirth, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A hospital that argued a woman was a day late in suing over the death of her fetus lost on appeal, as a California court ruled a judge or jury might decide she didn’t suspect medical malpractice until later.
Life insurer gets huge win in court, as class action rejected in California
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge refused to certify a class action that could have exposed life insurers to billions of dollars in damages, saying the proposed class was too broad and the lead plaintiff wasn’t typical of other claimants lawyers sought to bundle into one massive case.
Ads: America's AGs use 'slush fund' to meet in foreign country, make investments with state money
DES MOINES (Legal Newsline) - An ad campaign launched statewide in Iowa targets Attorney General Tom Miller and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), which he leads, for siphoning settlement money from consumer fraud lawsuits into what critics are calling a NAAG “slush fund.”
Elizabeth Preate Havey Appointed General Counsel and Secretary to National Constitution Center
Elizabeth Preate Havey Appointed General Counsel and Secretary to National Constitution Center.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Blankenship's conviction appeal
WASHINGTON – The United State Supreme Court has said it won’t review the conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.
Do bongs need warning labels? Judge makes decision
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Just because most bongs are used to smoke marijuana doesn’t mean they have to carry warning labels against pot smoke, a California appeals court, rejecting claims by a group associated with a San Diego law firm that sues companies over the state’s Proposition 65 cancer-warning statute.
Minn. AG allowed to keep info on climate change litigation private
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison can cite the “common-interest doctrine” to shield communications with outside parties involved in climate litigation, the state’s highest court ruled, reversing an appeals court decision that would have made public Ellison’s conversations with other state AGs and private organizations.
Fox News wins battle to get sexual harassment case out of court
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Fox News can fight a sexual harassment lawsuit in arbitration instead of open court, a federal judge has ruled.
Oil company alleges West Virginia DEP illegally prevented work at its well sites
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) — A West Virginia oil company alleges the state's Department of Environmental Protection illegally prevented its extraction of natural gas at several of its well sites.
Class action alleges biscotti misleads consumers about real lemon contents
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — The manufacturer of a lemon-flavored biscotti is facing a class action alleging its product misleads consumers about its real lemon contents.