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Man's estate can't sue Dept. of Defense over COVID vaccine claims
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Defense has defeated a lawsuit that blamed it for the death of a man who took the COVID-19 vaccine. -
Keller Postman, fighting Tubi lawsuit, says mass arbitration tactics were for clients' benefit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The plaintiffs firm Keller Postman has previewed its argument for dismissal of a lawsuit against it that complains it files massive amounts of arbitration claims to hide frivolous ones. -
Law firm's spending on Camp Lejeune ads leads to lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A law firm spending millions of dollars on advertising for Camp Lejeune clients is unhappy with a marketing firm it hired and is now suing it in D.C. federal court. -
House committee sues AG Garland, wants audio of Biden interview with special counsel
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The House Judiciary Committee has gone to court to get access to the audio from President Biden's interview with special counsel regarding the handling of classified documents. -
Structure of NLRB challenged in federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A man with a gripe against a union is now suing the National Labor Relations Board, arguing its structure is unconstitutional. -
Crypto company says SEC going way overboard on possible penalty
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - What was once thought to be a $2 billion lawsuit that could change the cryptocurrency market forever might now end up being a $10 million hiccup for Ripple Labs, which says the federal agency desperate to regulate its product is being unreasonable. -
Judge asked to toss case over cashless national parks
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The National Park Service is defending its choice to stop accepting cash as it fights a federal lawsuit alleging it violated the Administrative Procedures Act. -
Plaintiff firm accused of compiling frivolous mass arbitration claims to extort multimillion-dollar settlements
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Fox Broadcasting’s Tubi unit has sued Keller Postman, accusing the law firm of filing thousands of fraudulent arbitration claims in an effort to extort a $71 million settlement. -
MGM alleges 'pattern of unconstitutional conduct' at FTC after chair Khan refuses to recuse
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The FTC is using unfair tactics to target MGM after a cyberattack that occurred while Chair Lina Khan was at one of its Las Vegas properties, the company says in a new lawsuit while it also faces more than a dozen private class actions. -
Settlement addresses ATV use at Glen Canyon
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - New rules for all-terrain vehicles at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are coming from the National Parks Service. -
National Parks Service sued over treatment of cats in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An advocacy group for cats is suing the National Parks Service over the "complete eradication" of cats at a park. -
U.S. Chamber sues CFPB over new late-fees rule
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sued a federal agency over its controversial rule restricting the size of late fees that credit card companies can charge. -
$25 million for lawyers who pushed PACER class action
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers who took on the federal government's system for charging fees for court documents will take close to $25 million for their efforts. -
EPA sidesteps challenge to favorable scientists reviewing its formaldehyde study
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has rejected calls to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from having its work reviewed by a favorable, supposedly independent panel to boost its effort to regulate formaldehyde. -
Consumers group uses D.C. law to sue Starbucks over alleged child labor
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Starbucks faces a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., alleging it can't call its coffee "ethically sourced" because it comes from farms that use child labor. -
House Judiciary Committee sues to get FBI agent in social media flap to testify
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Frustrated by him not appearing, the House Judiciary Committee has filed suit to force FBI special agent Elvis Chan to testify about efforts to censor social media speech. -
DoD fights lawsuit blaming it for COVID vaccine-related death
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Department of Defense is confused as to why it is named as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging a 24-year-old man's death was a result of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. -
Dispute between hernia mesh lawyers transferred out of federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Mass tort lawyers will get their wish to have their lawsuit against colleagues sent back to the court in which they filed it. -
EPA accused of controlling group that reviewed proposed formaldehyde regulations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A chemistry industry association has accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of controlling an outside group tasked with reviewing the agency’s proposed regulations on formaldehyde by stocking it with friendly scientists and limiting public access and comment on its work. -
Lawsuit blames COVID vaccine, Department of Defense for man's death
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The estate of a 24-year old who allegedly died from Covid-19 vaccine-related myocarditis is suing the U.S. Department of Defense for its role in facilitating the vaccines.