News from September 2014
Wisconsin AG wins $60K judgement against sand companies
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has obtained a $60,000 judgment against Arcadia Sand LLC and Mississippi Sand LLC for alleged violations of a stormwater pollution discharge permit at a Trempealeau County hydraulic fracturing sand mining and processing facility.
Arkansas AG urges FCC to review call blocking technologies
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, along with 38 other attorneys general, urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday to review the use of call-blocking technologies that enable consumers to prevent unwanted telemarketing calls.
Vermont to receive $81,708 in Omnicare settlement
Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell said the state will receive $81,708 in restitution and other recoveries as part of a $16.5 million national civil settlement with Omnicare Inc. that resolves allegations that the company offered improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities.
CompuDyne ordered to disclose relationship with asbestos-containing product
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – An Ohio appeals court has held that disclosure is proper in an asbestos case where the defendant failed to provide information in its interrogatories detailing the company’s history and relationship with the asbestos-containing product at issue.
Medical expert's testimony not good enough in asbestos lung cancer case, Ohio SC rules
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – The Ohio Supreme Court recently held that the medical doctor testifying on causation in a former smoker’s asbestos case must be a treating physician and must indicate that the smoking habit, alone, is insufficient to cause the asbestos-related disease for the case to survive.
Former Colorado State kicker files class action against NCAA
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - A California man has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association after he claims he was harmed by its recently abandoned rule that prohibited multiyear athletic scholarships for Division I football players.
Arbitration issue coming into focus for employers in West Virginia, attorney says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A series of recent West Virginia Supreme Court decisions confirms that if employers carefully draft arbitration agreements that comply with the court’s case law, they will likely be enforced, according to Joseph Leonoro, a labor and employment lawyer in the Charleston office of Steptoe & Johnson.
BP spokesman tells environmental journalists they got it wrong
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – In a speech given to the Society for Environmental Journalists on Wednesday, BP spokesman Geoff Morrell told the group that he was discouraged by speculative reporting that took place during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill regarding the impact the spill would have on the environment.
Conn. AG's investigation leads to securities class action against Lannett Company
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Purchasers of Lannett Company stock are suing after they claim the company violated federal securities laws by disseminating false and misleading statements to the investing public.
States join New York AG in amicus brief against monopolist
New York Attorney General Eric T.
Parents, Iowa Educators Corporation settle school lunch class action
ADEL, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Parents and IEC-member schools have reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit claiming the defendants conspired to restrain competition in the market for the retail sale of food at schools in Iowa and that Martin Brothers attempted to monopolize the market in violation of Iowa antitrust laws.
Indiana AG files lawsuit against KC Driving School
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed a lawsuit against KC Driving School and its owner, Kimberly J.
Plaintiffs claim Hawaii Department of Human Services ignored Medicaid rules
HONOLULU (Legal Newsline) - A single mother of an autistic child has filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Hawaii Department of Human Services and for allegedly ignoring federal Medicaid rules.
Napoli law firm addresses flooding of Madison County asbestos docket
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – The Napoli, Bern, Ripka, Shkolnik law firm held a meeting with asbestos attorneys on Friday to discuss future litigation plans and former mistakes, particularly with the firm’s initial approach to filing asbestos lung cancer cases in Madison County, Ill.
W.Va. jury awards $3.27 million in transvaginal mesh MDL case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - A West Virginia jury has awarded $3.27 million to the plaintiff in a multi-district litigation lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective transvaginal mesh products.
